Farage did publicly describe the European Parliament/EU in “gravy train” terms before the interview date. In a European Parliament speech on 16 May 2006, he said, “let us welcome their politicians onto the EU gravy train,” and in another official Parliament transcript on 17 January 2007 he referred to “the EU gravy train” again. That makes the interviewer's claim accurate, though the exact wording in the record is usually “EU gravy train” rather than a formal description of the institution by name. Sources: European Parliament verbatim report of proceedings (16 May 2006); European Parliament verbatim report of proceedings (17 January 2007).