Spare a thought for poor Nige, clearly missing his podcast chats with Russell Brand

It’s not been a good week for Farage. Aside from that interview and disrespect from the BBC, he’s lost another senior Reform official

It’s a day late, but please observe a two-minute silence for Nigel Farage. Lest we forget. Sad to say, but Nige just hasn’t been quite the same since Sunday’s Remembrance service at the Cenotaph. Like me, you might have thought that he had been in Whitehall to honour those who had died in two world wars and subsequent armed conflicts. Only it turns out he was really there to commemorate himself.

Through his personal valet, Richard Tice, Nige has let it be known that he was extremely angry with the BBC’s coverage of the service. The cameras had spent too long lingering on the faces of the king, other members of the royal family and prime ministers past and present. When what they should have been focused on throughout was Nige. He was the one we were all there to see. The man who had done more for his country than anyone else. To have disrespected him in this way was unforgivable. Let’s hope the BBC has got its act together by next year.

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