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Nigel Farage is not ‘far right’

23 May 2019

1:48 AM

23 May 2019

1:48 AM

It is now fashionable to describe Nigel Farage as an ‘extremist’, ‘far right’ or ‘fascist’ politician. Last month, Dame Margaret Beckett denounced his ‘brand of extreme right-wing politics’; this week, Armando Iannucci tweeted:

‘Any vote for Farage on Thursday won’t be seen by him as a protest but as support for his brand of far-right UK politics.

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