UK Reform party leader denies liking “dangerously clever” Putin
Pravda Ukraine
The leader of the UK eurosceptic party Reform UK Nigel Farage has said that the statement about his sympathy for Vladimir Putin was a “Russian hoax.”
Source: Farage on Sky Ness on 30 June, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Farage avoided a straight response to a question on his approach towards Putin, stating both the Labour and Conservative parties are “worried” about his stance on the war in Ukraine.
Quote: “I was opposed to the Iraq War. I thought it was absolutely crazy to go into Libya. Ten years ago, I stood up in the European Parliament and I said, you are giving a dangerous man an excuse to give his people to go to war. I said there will be a war in Ukraine,” Farage said.
He added that he considers Putin a “very, very dangerous and dangerously clever man.”
“I abhor what he’s done in Ukraine, totally and utterly. But I was far-sighted. I saw this coming,” Farage said.
The Reform UK leader also denied that Russia planned to interfere in the UK elections for his benefit.
Nigel Farage has made a number of controversial statements about Putin and Ukraine in recent days, including claims that the West encouraged the full-scale Russian invasion and that Ukraine should consider peace talks with Russia in order not to “lose all young men.”
Nigel Farage’s party has greatly raised its rating ahead of the UK parliamentary elections, albeit the electoral system’s quirks do not foresee a considerable number of mandates.
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