Farage urged to explain why he aired conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism in US

Nigel Farage is facing calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews in the wake of claims the Reform UK leader used racist language as a teenager.

- Peter Walker

In appearances on US TV shows and podcasts as recently as 2018, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and the financier George Soros as threats to democracy.

This included six appearances on the web TV show of the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was successfully sued by bereaved parents after he claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre was faked.

During one interview with Jones, in 2018, Farage claimed that "globalists" were trying to engineer a war with Russia "as an argument for us all to surrender our national sovereignty and give it up to a higher global level".

Farage also appeared six times on the web radio show of Rick Wiles, a far-right, antisemitic American pastor, with discussions covering subjects such as whether central bankers would soon start to appoint leaders of the UK and US, an idea Farage did not challenge.