Claim 2aac77aaChecked 09 Jul 2026
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“When I left school and went into the City, everything revolved around drink.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
Farage’s biography says he left school in 1982 and went straight into the City of London as a commodities trader, and Sky News gives the same basic career timeline. Independent reporting on the City in that era describes a strong drinking culture, including liquid lunches and alcohol being “systemic” in parts of the market, so his statement that life in the City revolved around drink is a fair characterization, albeit a rhetorical one rather than a literal claim about every activity. (nigelfarage.co) Sources: NigelFarage.co biography; Sky News profile on Nigel Farage; The Guardian, “Lloyd’s alcohol ban challenges City of London’s drinking culture”; The Guardian, “Bankers turn to drink as pressure intensifies”.
From article
I didn’t say that in the book, no.
Listen, drink is an extraordinary thing. It’s very, very deeply embedded within our culture, and when I left school and went into the City – well, everything revolved around it. I’m very honest about the culture. You know, looking back on it now, many people would be repelled by it. And some people who go through that lifestyle are lucky and some are desperately unlucky, and you never know which you’re going to be. Lots of people who were my drinking mates in the City have been through the most disastrous downward spirals, and a lot of them are dead. A lot of them are dead. I lived through all of that and I’m very candid: I say I am lucky. I am lucky.
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| [1] | news.sky.com |