**The claim:** Farage asserts that in his City work during the 1980s, he was accountable — specifically, that if transactions went wrong and big losses were taken, people were "out the door," and that he personally witnessed people being asked to leave immediately. **Evidence:** 1. Farage did work in the City as a commodities trader/broker from 1982, starting at Maclaine Watson (a subsidiary of Drexel Burnham Lambert), then Crédit Lyonnais Rouse (from 1986), Refco (1994), and Natixis Metals (2003). This is confirmed by Wikipedia, BBC News, and CityAM. 2. The 1980s City trading culture after Big Bang (1986) is well-documented as performance-driven and high-pressure. The BBC describes it as "dog-eat-dog," with a bonus culture that "rewarded the best deal." A BBC article on City traders explicitly notes: "A wrong decision can not only lose your clients and employer money — it can cost you your job." 3. Notably, a CityAM article reports that Farage himself was "eventually, according to some accounts, asked to leave [Crédit Lyonnais Rouse] after a drunken incident at the London Metal Exchange" — which, regardless of the reason, is consistent with the accountability culture he describes. 4. One nuance: Farage was technically a commodities broker rather than a proprietary trader. Brokers earn commissions on transactions they facilitate rather than taking positions with firm capital, so the specific mechanism he describes — being accountable for "transactions that went wrong" and "big losses" — is more characteristic of proprietary traders than brokers. However, brokers were still performance-accountable in terms of generating commissions and maintaining client relationships, and the broader claim that the City environment was one of accountability (where poor performers could be dismissed quickly) is well-supported. The general assertion that City trading work in the 1980s involved accountability — where performance failures could lead to dismissal — is accurate and well-documented. Farage did work in this environment, and there is even evidence he himself experienced this accountability by being asked to leave at least one firm. Sources: BBC News - "Profile: Nigel Farage, UKIP leader" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-20543513); BBC News - "The Nigel Farage story" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36701855); BBC News - "How the Big Bang changed the City of London for ever" (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37751599); BBC News - "Traders cry into their champagne" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/349701.stm); CityAM - "Farage's revenge on the banks proves he is more Trump than Thatcher" (https://www.cityam.com/farages-revenge-on-the-banks-proves-he-is-more-trump-than-thatcher/); CityAM - "I'm A Celeb star Nigel Farage had failed London company before politics" (https://www.cityam.com/im-a-celeb-star-nigel-farage-had-city-career-including-failed-brokerage-that-went-insolvent/); Wikipedia - "Nigel Farage" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage)