BBC’s Chris Mason accuses Nigel Farage of spouting ‘conspiracy theories’ in horrid interview for Reform leader
Nigel Farage endured a car crash interview with the BBC in his first sit-down interview since winning back his Clacton […]
Nigel Farage endured a car crash interview with the BBC in his first sit-down interview since winning back his Clacton seat in a by-election last month.
Farage, who quit as an MP after facing questions and a Standards Committee probe into his failure to properly declare a £5million donation he had recieved from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne, decided to re-stand in the same by-election in a bid to deflect from difficult questions.
His stunt spectacularly backfired after all of the major parties decided not to stand and Farage was left to face satirical candidate Count Binface.
However, now that Farage is back in the Commons, the parliamentary investigation into his alleged failure to declare the donation has resumed.
If Farage is found to have broken the rules and is suspended by parliament’s standards committee for more than 10 days, yet another by-election could take place.
When the BBC’s Chris Mason asked Farage what was the point of last month’s by-election, the Reform leader claimed that he would not be given a fair hearing.
Then asked about a separate Metropolitan Police investigation into four large donations to Reform UK, Farage insisted “we live in a complainant society”.
He said: “If you complain about me, automatically that triggers an investigation. So we’re under investigation every day for virtually everything we do, because the other political parties are constantly writing to all the authorities.
“There is a whole ecosystem with a century of development around this, and we come along from virtually nowhere and threaten the whole thing.
“So I think what you’re seeing is the establishment, in a very coordinated way, fighting back. But do you know something, it isn’t going to work.”
Mason answered: “Doesn’t that sound a bit conspiracy theory-like? This ‘the whole world’s out to get us’ stuff.”
Farage insisted there was a “degree of collusion” between Reform’s opponents.
Rather than playing victim, maybe Farage could answer the questions about his failure to declare the donations?
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