Nigel Farage, the man invited on to BBC Newsnight to give his expert opinion on the coronavirus pandemic, once told people to “ignore” the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Tweeting in November 2017, Farage labelled the WHO as, “another club of ‘clever people’ who want to bully and tell us what to do.”

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The organisation was celebrating the Vatican’s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes. Farage, an avid smoker, told people to “ignore” their advice.

For context, the WHO is a specialist United Nations agency that deals with world public health. It is currently leading the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected over 100 countries.

And yet, health expert Farage was invited on to BBC Newsnight yesterday evening to spout his drivel about the coronavirus outbreak.

Farage is not an MP. He’s not an MEP. He has no real educational or professional qualifications to speak of, other than being a rapacious self-promoter. Despite all this, he was given a prime slot on one of the BBC’s flagship news programmes.

Truly baffling.

If you would rather hear from experts, rather than egomaniacs, about the coronavirus pandemic, send a message to broadcasters here.

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