Donald Trump takes a back seat — albeit briefly — to Nigel Farage at the rally in Mississippi, with the theme of immigration high on the agenda for both men

Nigel Farage found himself playing a surprise cameo role in the US election last night when Hillary Clinton attacked him for being part of a dangerous “rising tide of hardline, right-wing nationalism” — the “grand godfather” of which, she said, was the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In a speech in which she alleged that Donald Trump held sympathy with right-wing hate groups, the Democrats’ presidential nominee singled out Mr Farage for “stoking anti-immigrant sentiment” during the Brexit campaign.

The Ukip leader, she held, was part of a broader movement. She said: “The grand godfather of this global brand of extreme nationalism is Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Nigel Farage tells Trump supporters he wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton ‘if you paid me’

“In fact, Farage regularly appears on Russian propaganda programmes.”

Mr Farage told The Times that Mrs Clinton had “wildly”