Claim c75f749dChecked 21 Jul 2026
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“Nigel Farage talks in the book about some of the problems his father had.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
In the interview itself, Farage says "I talk a little bit in the book about some of the problems he had…" and the interviewer immediately responds "With alcoholism. And gambling?" — confirming that the "problems" Farage refers to in his book concern his father's alcoholism. Multiple independent sources corroborate that Nigel Farage's father, Guy Oscar Justus Farage, was an alcoholic who left the family home when Nigel was five, and that Farage discusses this in his autobiography *Fighting Bull* (published in hardback in 2010, and as *Flying Free* in paperback in 2011). For example, a BBC profile described Guy Farage as an alcoholic, and Farage himself acknowledged in a Times interview that his father "was a terrible alcoholic" whose drinking "wrecked him." The claim is a straightforward factual assertion about the content of Farage's book, and the available evidence confirms it.
Sources: BBC News — "Profile: Nigel Farage, UKIP leader" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-20543513); The Times — "Nigel Farage: Brimming over with bile and booze" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110811094714/http:/www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7069638.ece); Wikipedia — "Nigel Farage" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage); Huw Spanner interview (https://www.spannermedia.com/interviews/Farage.htm)
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Oh yes. In fact, both of my parents are very dynamic people – they get involved, they get stuck in. My father has just retired – quite good to be stockbroking still at the age of 75 – and now he’s very busy being president of his regiment and things like that. He is an extremely colourful character, and certainly in the City was extremely well known. I talk a little bit in the book about some of the problems he had…
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