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.