On November 14th, Nigel Farage wrote to several MEPs demanding they provide details of their relationship with the investor and philanthropist George Soros. Conspiracy theories around Soros are a common far-right trope throughout Europe and the US.

Here we reprint an email response from Labour MEP Seb Dance, who once held up a sign saying 'He's lying to you' while Farage delivered a speech in the European parliament, together with a full version of the Ukip politician's original message.

Email sent by Seb Dance to Nigel Farage, 23 November: