Farage said the interview with Andrew Marr was the ‘worst ever’ (Picture: BBC)

Nigel Farage flew into a rage at Andrew Marr during a heated exchange, accusing the BBC presenter of ‘the most ridiculous interview ever’.

Farage grew increasingly incensed throughout the interview after Marr repeatedly brought up a series of controversial comments the Brexit Party leader had said in the past.

He was asked whether he still supported ‘replacing the NHS with a private insurance based system’ and also whether he still believed global warming was the ‘stupidest thing in human history’.

The Brexit Party leader also appeared to forget he had advocated a second referendum on membership of the EU, after telling Marr that conducting one would be ‘the ultimate betrayal’.




Marr proceeded to play a clip from January 2018, where Farage said ‘we should have a second referendum’.

Growing increasingly frustrated, he told Marr: ‘Do you want to discuss these European elections or not?

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‘Here we are with one of the biggest changes in politics that’s ever occurred and you’re not even interested. What is wrong with the BBC? What is wrong with the BBC?

‘I’ve been going round the country speaking at packed rallies every night and do you know who’s not there? The BBC, and from this line of questioning now I can see why.

‘You’re just not interested, are you? You are just not interested. Let’s talk about democracy, let’s talk about trust, let’s talk about competence in politics. This is ludicrous.’

He continued: ‘This is absolutely ludicrous. I’ve never in my life seen a more ridiculous interview than this.

‘You are not prepared to talk about what is going on in this country today. You’re in denial, the BBC is in denial, the Tory and Labour parties are in denial.’

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During the interview, Farage was also asked if he wanted to ‘roll back gun controls and reintroduce hand guns’, to which the former Ukip leader accused Marr of not being interested in the issues that matter.

When pressed on whether he still thought that people with HIV shouldn’t be allowed into the country, Farage replied, ‘do I think the NHS is there for British, yes I absolutely do’.

Farage was asked whether he supported rolling back gun control (Picture: BBC)

The Brexit Party leader said he would never use the word ‘manifesto’ ever again (Picture: Getty Images)

After being asked why the Brexit Party doesn’t have a manifesto, Farage said he would ‘never ever use the word manifesto again’ as it has ‘a word association with the word lie’.

Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth attacked Farage for dodging questions on his record and failing to put forward any manifesto.

He said: ‘Nigel Farage doesn’t want to stand on his record, because his record is one of wanting to privatise the NHS, it’s on big tax cuts for the very rich and penalising working people in this country.’

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