Alastair Campbell characterizes Nigel Farage as an elitist figure who presents himself as a man of the people to maintain his political appeal.
“if your whole stick is that you're the kind of you know, you're the man of the people fighting for the the common man, fighting for the guy who's being you know, beaten up by the authorities, and suddenly you seem to be like the uber elitist, it's very, very hard for that stick to hold.”
The Rest Is Politics · Jul 2026 · 4 episodes · 840K views on this topicNigel Farage's practice of restricting access for certain local journalists is a form of Trumpian behavior.
“So the question about whether this is Trumpism, yes it is. Richard Ty, the Dubai based MP for wherever he's the MP for, >> not for Dubai. >> He's not the MP for Dubai. No, but but he's he he's basically saying that they have the right to decide who they talk to, which of course is totally Trumpian.”
The Rest Is Politics · Sep 2025 · 3 episodes · 657K views on this topicCat Neilan believes that people close to Nigel Farage are becoming concerned that his business involvements in crypto ventures conflict with his political brand.
“even people around Nigel Farage are starting to get a little bit wary of his involvement with things like this because they worry that it in their view muddies the waters between what they see as a sort of genuine policy belief that he he advocates for crypto as a kind of leveler”
The Rest Is Politics · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 183K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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