Sebastian Payne

Steph and Dom Meet…Nigel Farage: the last authentic politician or tipsy fool?

Would you invite Nigel Farage around for drinks and dinner? Steph and Dom Meet…Nigel Farage shows what happened when the ‘posh couple’ from Gogglebox did just that. The Ukip leader comes across as a pretty ordinary bloke — or at least his projection of one.

This Gogglebox special could be seen as either a Ukip party political broadcast or the makings of a political satire — with some great throw away lines. ‘He looks like a frog that’s sat on a nail,’ said Dom in anticipation of his guest’s arrival. ‘Was it the politics that screwed up the first marriage?’ he went on.

THE POSH COUPLE MEET... NIGEL FARAGE

Steph Parker, Nigel Farage and Nigel Farage.

Farage happily told the pair he ‘couldn’t care less’ what people call him, ‘as long as they vote for me’ — although he did say Nige was the ‘street chat’. Serious politics had a look in, with Farage explaining he understands there is no chance of reforming anything in Europe, so Britain has to leave.

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