Claim af19dd25Checked 21 Jul 2026
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“The addressed person says that a fierce and bloody civil war was fought to be rid of an arbitrary and capricious monarch.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The interviewer, Huw Spanner, directly quotes Nigel Farage's autobiography *Flying Free* (originally published as *Fighting Bull*), attributing to Farage the words: "We fought a fierce and bloody civil war … to be rid of an arbitrary and capricious monarch." Farage does not dispute the attribution in his response; instead, he engages with the substance of the question about the English Civil War and which side he would have joined. The quote appears in multiple reproductions of the interview. This confirms that Farage did say/write this in his autobiography, as claimed.
Sources:
- High Profiles interview with Nigel Farage (https://highprofiles.info/interview/nigel-farage/)
- Huw Spanner Interviews archive (https://www.spannermedia.com/interviews/Farage.htm)
- Third Way magazine, "Taking liberties" (https://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/alert-for-current-subscribers-59/)
From article
– and yet you say: ‘We fought a fierce and bloody civil war … to be rid of an arbitrary and capricious monarch.’ I’m curious to know which side you would have joined.
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