Nigel Farage clashes with LBC host after being questioned on Southport conspiracy theories

Nigel Farage clashed with the LBC host after being questioned on Southport conspiracy theories.Source: LBC

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00:00I did more, I did more to get rid of the BNP as a political force in Britain than anybody

00:06else in the country.

00:07You amplified this misinformation.

00:08No, no, no, Tom.

00:09Hang on a sec.

00:10No, you did.

00:11You were getting this wrong.

00:12Because you said some reports suggest.

00:13I said, give us clarity.

00:14You didn't just say that though, Nigel.

00:15I did.

00:16You also said the internet was awash with all sorts of theories, all of which proved

00:19to be unfounded.

00:20Yes.

00:21But that's what led to the riots in Southport.

00:23But you indulged in those theories that proved to be unfounded.

00:25By the way, I've still not been told whether this person was on a list or not.

00:30I don't know the answer.

00:31No, no one does.

00:32Do you?

00:33No, I don't know.

00:34So that's why it's a legitimate question.

00:35Do you think we deserve to know?

00:36Absolutely.

00:38I think the police need to give us the answer.

00:39So my question is still valid?

00:40Your question is valid, but not in the way that you put it.

00:41Because you know what you're doing.

00:42You suggested, some reports suggest, that he was known to the security services, that

00:46he came on in a boat, that he was an asylum seeker.

00:48That's not true.

00:49And I didn't.

00:50And my question to you is, did you know that that was not true?

00:53I don't know now whether this man was known to the police or not.

00:55So why are you promoting those reports?

00:57Because I want to know the truth.

00:58I wanted to know it then, and I want to know it now.