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.
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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.