"The Secret Double Life of Nigel Farage" - His Biographer

Michael Crick· Guest0:00

I think he's the most successful politician of this century.

Andrew Gold· Host0:03

Do you believe Farage is a racist?

Michael Crick· Guest0:05

I think he certainly was then. [dramatic music] More than 30 people who say that they were either victims or that they witnessed it.

Andrew Gold· Host0:13

I still think I would, at this point, I would vote for him.

Michael Crick· Guest0:17

So sometime between leaving Dulwich College and the foundation of UKIP, Farage seems to have lost his racism. There he is making out he's a, he's an ordinary man of the people, you know. He loves going to expensive London restaurants and cavorting around, uh, gentleman's clubs.

Andrew Gold· Host0:33

He is quite Trumpian then.

Michael Crick· Guest0:34

Farage's career is full of little accidents. He survived being close to death three times, the last occasion being... [dramatic music] Reform ru- running about a dozen councils around the country has just shown. I mean, it has been utterly chaotic. He wants to cock a snook at the establishment, but on the other hand, he wants to join the establishment.

Andrew Gold· Host0:53

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Michael Crick· Guest1:02

Well, it's very good of you to invite me. Thank you.

Andrew Gold· Host1:04

Well, it's good to have you here. You are a, a biographer of many different people, among them Nigel Farage. I want to ask you about him. Um, where to start? Does... Is Nigel Farage the most influential man in modern politics?

Michael Crick· Guest1:18

I think he's the most successful pol- politician of this century, but the century's only [laughs] 25 years old. [laughs] And he's the most succ- by far the most successful communicator, and he has some rivals. I mean, Boris