Nigel Farage’s secret is out. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, the leader of Ukip let slip that he once voted for the Green Party.
‘I voted Green in 1989 in the European elections,’ Farage admits.
While he fails to give any further explanation of why he supported a party that appears to be at loggerheads with his own views, Farage does go on to reveal the most insulting names he has been called. ‘I was called a football hooligan once in public and I didn’t like that. I am many things but a hooligan I am not. I have been called everything this year, absolutely everything, racist, xenophobe – there’s a list as long as your arm,’ he says.
If Natalie Bennett so desires, the leader of the Green Party should have a chance to try and win back Farage’s support at the pre-election television debates. After David Cameron refused to join in if Bennett was not included, new plans for a seven-party debate have been drafted.
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