Nigel Farage calls BBC presenter ‘very boring’ in feisty TV interview

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Nigel Farage called BBC News presenter Ben Thompson ‘very, very boring’ in a heated TV interview after he announced he would stand in the general election for Reform UK. Credit: Newsnight / BBC / BBC iPlayer

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00:00You're a candidate to be an MP on a ballot paper in an election.

00:03How many times have you stood?

00:05I haven't, I'm just asking.

00:06What do you know about it? How many times have you stood?

00:08I'm asking you the question, Mr Farage.

00:10I mean, the challenge here is people will say,

00:12look, you've tried it before and you didn't manage to do it.

00:15What makes this time any different?

00:16Ask something intelligent and we'll carry on with the conversation, shall we?

00:19I'm interested in why people should trust you that seven times previously

00:22you didn't manage to do that.

00:24No, no, no, no, no, no.

00:26You also...

00:27I think you're very, very boring and I think your viewers will find you very boring

00:32and you ought to do rather better as the state broadcaster, in my view.

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