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Leader Profiles: Nigel Farage

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This bonus episode of Newscast is a profile of the leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage.

Adam and Alex are joined by Alex Phillips, broadcaster and former Brexit Party MEP, to chronicle his early life and political career. They discuss his time as a stockbroker, his role in the Brexit referendum, plus why the pub is his preferred place to campaign.

This episode is part of a series where Newscast profiles each of the leaders of major political parties.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:05.0

Hello, as part of Newscast's election cast coverage,

0:08.4

we're bringing you bonus episodes profiling each of the major party leaders who are running in the 2024 UK general election.

0:17.0

We've been speaking to journalists who followed their careers and people who know these politicians very well about what they're really like.

0:25.4

In this episode we'll hear all about Nigel Farage, the 60-year-old leader of reform.

0:31.4

We'll talk about the decades he spent in politics and his role in the Brexit referendum,

0:35.9

but we'll also hear about how his early career as a stockbroker shaped his politics,

0:41.2

how he survived a plane crash and his love for a, quote, proper lunch, which

0:47.2

comes with plenty of drinks.

0:49.0

We'll cover all of that and more on this bonus episode of Newscast.

0:52.6

Newscast.

0:53.6

Newscast from the BBC.

0:55.6

Well we can talk about the man's life now because I'm joined in the studio by

1:02.2

Alex Vassyilles. Hello?

1:03.3

Hello. What percentage of your life has been following Nigel Farage around?

1:06.8

I haven't done the maths but I'd say it's a fair amount. I've basically been following what was

1:11.5

UKIP since 2014 and then all the way up to him now as

1:14.4

leader of reform so I'd say that's a decent chunk of my political life.

1:18.0

And someone who's also spent time following him around because they were working with him is the broadcaster

1:22.4

Alex Phillips.

1:23.1

Hi Alex.

1:24.1

Hello yeah I would say that I just pip other Alex to the post because I think I

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