Nigel Farage v James O'Brien - Interview In Full - LBC

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15 Nov 2020

Nigel Farage challenged James O'Brien to a debate over his criticism of UKIP what followed was one of the most electrifying interviews LBC has seen Following James's critical comments about Ukip then leader Nigel Farage challenged James to a debate And in a very tense interview with James O'Brien Mr Farage defended the parties from other countries he chooses to sit with at the European Parliament some of which have expressed extreme views What I've done in the European Parliament is try and draw a line to say we will not sit with people who we believe to be on the extremes We will sit with people who we believe have a reasonable balanced point of view Mr Farage said I'll be honest - we've had a problem in this group with one of two members of the Northern League But equally - the Conservative Party had problems with the man who celebrated the SS invasion of the Baltic states We have said we will not sit with parties like Front Nationale -we are not a party that wants a billing to the far right He added If you look at the associations everyone has to form in European Parliament - a degree of compromise is needed Mr Farage also said that any Ukip members with racist extreme views are expelled from the party Wherever we have found people who have extreme racist unpleasant views - we have unceremoniously got rid of them he told James live in the studio I have tried to protect the party by making clear that anybody that had previously been a BNP member - cannot join And to hold up the views of a handful of people as representative of Ukip -isn't true In an interview that has been described in the media as car-crash radio brutal and forensic Mr Farage looked rattled before his Director of Communications Patrick O'Flynn interrupted and called an end to the debate NigelFarage JamesOBrien LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs We let you join the conversation and hold politicians to account Subscribe for more a https 3A 2F 2Fl-bc co 2Fsubscribe a Watch More Here The Latest Coronavirus Videos a https 3A 2F 2Fl-bc co 2FCovid19Latest a The Latest Brexit Videos a https 3A 2F 2Fl-bc co 2FBrexitLatest a The Best Of James O Brien a https 3A 2F 2Fl-bc co 2FJamesObrien a The Best Of Iain Dale a https 3A 2F 2Fl-bc co 2FIainDale a The Latest Donald Trump Videos a https 3A 2F 2Fl-bc co 2FDonaldTrump a Join in the conversation and listen at a https 3A 2F 2Fwww lbc co uk 2F a Sign up to LBC s weekly newsletter here a https 3A 2F 2Fl-bc co 2Fsignup a Like follow and subscribe to LBC Website a https 3A 2F 2Flbc co uk a Facebook a https 3A 2F 2Ffb me 2Flbc a Twitter a https 3A 2F 2FTwitter com 2Flbc a Instagram a https 3A 2F 2Finstagram com 2Flbc a This is not your ordinary talk radio stream LBC is the leading YouTube channel for live debate around the news and current affairs We have live interviews and debates and you can even phone in to join in the conversation