Listening to this (so you don't have to). Unsurprisingly, Farage says he would end alignment with the EU. And he still thinks we can play hardball with the EU to get a much better deal - shades of 'they need us more than we need them'. No question, he would take the UK to 'No Deal'.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on dismantling consensus politics, Britain’s future relationship with the EU, and deporting migrants "nicely" Read his interview with Mishal Husain ⬇️
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Farage on Trump and immigration: 'what he has done is amazing'. He dismisses ICE-style raids as 'your media narrative'. While trying to answer what he would do, Farage says that in most countries illegal entry means immediate imprisonment. M Husain: 'So is that what you would do? They would be put in prison?' NF: 'That's what you say, I didn't say it.' MH: 'What do you say?' NF: 'I'm not playing games'. The usual Farage combination of going from slippery to prickly and back again, while constantly moving on to his next confident statement. He goes on to say (in his usual 'I'm going to say this but we then need to move on' way): 'people would be detained and deported. Dead simple'. Of course the answer is always 'dead simple'. It's just those weak complicators who can't see it.... After NF talks of a complete breakdown of trust in politics, MH starts moving onto Reform's own contract with the voters for the 2024 election (torn up by Farage weeks later). NF (interrupting): 'I didn't write it, I inherited it.' MH (incredulously): 'You were the party leader standing....' MH (continued)..... your face is right there on the front!' NF: 'I came in after it was published' Extraordinary. He was party leader throughout. He owns Reform. He *is* Reform. MH tries to pin him on this as it's a 'contract'. Again he gets prickly & slippery: 'Have you seen the Conserva.... ' Husain lets him off far too easily, I'm afraid. I'm sure 'time was against us', or some such. Farage knows how to play this game. Interviewers, particularly of set-piece interviews like this which Bloomberg will want to plug, do not want to take risks with him walking out. He knows it. Hence he gets very prickly if the interviewer starts putting him under pressure and getting too close to the truth. Over all, it was a fairly soft-soapy interview. By the end, one can't help pondering that Husain has sold her soul to some extent.