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Nigel Farage’s sneering response to a journalist when she asked about Reform’s education policy came straight from the Donald Trump playbook, and the internet saw right through him
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She should tell him not to speak to her like that. Our journalists should not take it like American ones do.
— joczechowska.bsky.social (@joczechowska.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Apart from his tetchiness, it was the FT that broke much of the recent Mandelson/Epstein affair so Farage is also flat wrong in his insinuations that they didn’t cover it.
— Andrew Connelly (@connellyandrew.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Nigel Farage refuses to answer a question about all 5 of his cabinet members going to expensive private schools.
Because he doesn't care.
If you aren't a millionaire and you vote Reform, Nigel Farage is going to sh*t on you.
— BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Farage absolutely clueless on the Epstein/Mandelson story here, where the FT (especially @pickardje.bsky.social) has led the way on recent revelations. His thin skin could easily become a vulnerability.
— James Ball (@jamesrball.com) February 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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People sometimes praise Farage for taking lots of questions from the press.
That seems irrelevant when he regularly responds to reasonable questions in insulting and Trump-like terms, often attacking individual journalists and their outlets. Collectively, the lobby shouldn’t stand for it.— James Chapman (@jamesmchapman.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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"Quiet, piggy"
— Nick Pettigrew (@nick-pettigrew.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Why didn't Farage just answer the question about Reform's education policy?
Why did he seek to mock and ridicule the journalist asking a perfectly legitimate question and try to deligitimise the FT?
Easy. That's who he is. An arrogant man who doesn't have any policies beyond pointing at the sea.
— Otto English (@ottoenglish.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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I hope the usual media outlets cover Farage's little tantrum at a question from the FT in the way they would if it was Starmer or Rayner acting in such a petulant manner
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@tobyontv.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
In case you were curious about that question, this is what prompted it.
Welcome to Reform’s front bench
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private schoolThe authentic voice of the working class
— CarolineJMolloy (@carolinejmolloy.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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