Nigel Farage holds up a sign he claimed to show Article 50’s wording (Picture: LBC)

Nigel Farage has been called a ‘foghorn of ignorance’ after he claimed to know what Article 50 contains.

The world-famous author Philip Pullman described the Brexit-supporter ‘b*llock-faced’.

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The author of the His Dark Materials trilogy had been riled because the radio presenter used a verb incorrectly.

Writing on Twitter, he said: ‘Extinguish is a transitive verb, you b*llock-faced foghorn of ignorance.’


It comes after Farage’s employer, LBC radio, issued a clarification about what he had said on-air.

Philip Pullman is known for his children’s books (Picture: David Levenson/Getty Images)

The radio presenter, and European Parliament MEP, campaigned to leave during the Brexit campaign and led Ukip until resigning (again) last year.



However he came unstuck after telling listeners that Article 50, the legal basis for triggering an exit from the EU, contains no obligations to pay extra money after leaving.

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The politician held up a sign reading: ‘Article 50. The rights and obligations deriving from the Treaties would therefore extinguish.’

In fact, the quote was a widely shared memorandum explaining the legal treaty to MEPs before Brexit.

Article 50 comes from the Lisbon Treaty, a key part of the EU legislation agreed in 2007.

He has called Brexit a ‘catastrophe’ (Picture: David Levenson/Getty Images)

LBC said in a statement: ‘LBC can clarify that a comment made by Nigel Farage on his show last night is not accurate.’

Pullman has in the past called Brexit a ‘catastrophe’ and outlined 1,000 reasons for the vote.

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