Claim d52a090bChecked 09 Jul 2026
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“A lot of them are dead.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
The claim is too vague to verify publicly. In the interview transcript, Farage refers to unnamed “drinking mates in the City,” and contemporaneous reporting confirms that he worked in the City during a heavily drinking 1980s trading culture, but neither source identifies the people he means or provides a checkable list of deaths. Without named individuals or another public roster, the statement cannot be independently confirmed or disproved. (highprofiles.info) Sources: High Profiles interview with Nigel Farage (`https://highprofiles.info/interview/nigel-farage/`); The Independent, “Nigel Farage: 'Politicians govern through fear'” (`https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-politicians-govern-through-fear-6297949.html`).
From article
I didn’t say that in the book, no.
Listen, drink is an extraordinary thing. It’s very, very deeply embedded within our culture, and when I left school and went into the City – well, everything revolved around it. I’m very honest about the culture. You know, looking back on it now, many people would be repelled by it. And some people who go through that lifestyle are lucky and some are desperately unlucky, and you never know which you’re going to be. Lots of people who were my drinking mates in the City have been through the most disastrous downward spirals, and a lot of them are dead. A lot of them are dead. I lived through all of that and I’m very candid: I say I am lucky. I am lucky.
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| [1] | highprofiles.info |
| [2] | independent.co.uk |