Claim a6a5b5c2Checked 09 Jul 2026
TrueOn the truth scale
“Those MPs were called eccentrics.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
True. A reputable historical commentary on the appeasement era explicitly says that "the few on the Tory side who opposed appeasement were eccentrics like Churchill," which supports the claim that those anti-Hitler MPs were described as eccentrics. Contemporary material from the Churchill Archives Centre also shows opponents of appeasement being attacked as warmongers, so Farage’s wording is broadly consistent with the historical record. (the-independent.com) Sources: The Independent, "Comment: The great appeasers"; Churchill Archives Centre, "Appeasement: The Gathering Storm" and "Document F - Extract from the Daily Mail, 29 October 1938." (the-independent.com)
From article
How can the entire political class be wrong? Well, they were all wrong about Hitler, weren’t they? Out of 600 MPs, there were 20 [who raised the alarm] – and do you know what they were called? Warmongers. Eccentrics. They were lampooned; they were considered to be mad. Even when Churchill produced the data [about German rearmament], the political class looked away.
You know, we’ve seen it in science, we’ve seen it in business: even if the status quo is pointing in entirely the wrong direction, it exerts a very strong force on the political class – and the more career-orientated our politicians are, the stronger it is.
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| [1] | the-independent.com |
| [2] | archives.chu.cam.ac.uk |
| [3] | southernbaptistsermons.org |