Claim 8ecef994Checked 21 Jul 2026
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“The interviewee writes about how much fun he had.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim that Nigel Farage writes about how much fun he had in his autobiography is accurate. The Independent confirms that Farage's first book contains the line: "I was handling millions and drinking more or less continuously." The publisher's own description (Biteback Publishing) of the book describes Farage as "A fun-loving iconoclast whose motto is 'work hard and play harder'" and references "the thrills – a boisterous boyhood in London and a career as a City trader." In the interview itself, Farage does not deny writing about having fun; instead he defends the work ethic behind the lifestyle, saying "Life in the City in the Eighties was enormous fun" and "I'm very honest about the culture" and "I'm very candid." He also explicitly uses the word "fun" multiple times to describe his City experience. The autobiography (originally titled *Fighting Bull*, 2010, republished as *Flying Free*, 2011) does indeed contain Farage's own accounts of the fun, drinking culture, and money of his City career.
Sources: The Independent, "Nigel Farage: 'Politicians govern through fear'" (https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-politicians-govern-through-fear-6297949.html); Biteback Publishing, "Flying Free" (https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/flying-free); Biteback Publishing, "FIGHTING BULL, the Autobiography of Nigel Farage" (https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/posts/fighting-bull-the-autobiography-of-nigel-farage-published-25th-march); High Profiles interview with Nigel Farage (https://highprofiles.info/interview/nigel-farage/)
From article
You write about how much fun you had, ‘drinking more or less continuously’, and what shedloads of money you were getting. What have you got in common with the kind of people you identify as the rank and file of Ukip: farmers, deep-sea fishermen, small shopkeepers? These are people whose living is often precarious, sometimes very dangerous, never ‘fun’, and they work very hard.
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