Claim 39be533cChecked 09 Jul 2026
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“When he was 13 or 14, somebody put a bottle of Perrier on the table in France.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
This is a personal anecdote about a specific memory from the 1970s, not a fact that appears to have an independent public record. I found the same statement in the High Profiles interview, and Britannica confirms that Nigel Farage was born on 3 April 1964, so the claimed age range would place the event around 1977–1978. But I did not find any reliable independent source that corroborates the specific detail that, in France, someone put a bottle of Perrier on the table when he was 13 or 14. Because the needed evidence is not publicly verifiable from the sources available, the claim cannot be confirmed or contradicted. Sources: High Profiles interview with Nigel Farage (https://highprofiles.info/interview/nigel-farage/); Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Nigel Farage" (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nigel-Farage).
From article
Though you recall that you fell in love with Portugal at a very young age and for many years were more interested in ‘abroad’ than in Britain.
Well, there’s no contradiction in that. Remember that 1960s and ’70s England was very different to now, wasn’t it? I remember going to France when I was 13 or 14 and somebody putting a bottle of Perrier on the table. Fizzy water? We didn’t do things like that. So, I think you can like and celebrate differences between peoples whilst understanding what you are yourself. Differences are wonderful. All my life I’ve been fascinated by people of different countries, people of different classes. You know, I like people. I’m a naturally pretty gregarious sort of person.
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| [1] | llceranglais.fr |
| [2] | highprofiles.info |