Farage loves being on TV. But Mehdi Hasan asks why no one's ever asked him the questions that matter.
"Nigel Farage has been on question time 38 times. The only person who's been on as many or more times than Nigel Farage is Michael Hesseltine, who first appeared on question time in the late 1970s, right? In those 38 times he was on question time, how many times was he asked about his finances? Why did it take so long? He was an MEP in 1999 in the European Parliament. He became famous in 2009 when UKIP did really well in those euro elections, I remember it vividly. He did Brexit in 2016. He's been on the public scene for 15 years minimum, if not longer. Why has it taken so long to ask these very basic questions about who funds him? Who are his allies? Who does he hang out with? Well, but again, partly Trumpian, they hide in plain sight. The bad boys of Brexit, Aaron Banks, I mean, Aaron Banks was sort of scrutinized at least to some extent. The Russian connections were being talked about, but I think what's so interesting about the post-George story is that it is the Sunday Times. That says to me that the Murdoch press maybe is tiring of Nigel Farage."
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Farage loves being on TV. But Mehdi Hasan asks why no one's ever asked him the questions that matter.