“Nigel Farage was extremely eager to return to work and normal life.”

The claim concerns Nigel Farage's subjective state of mind — that he was "extremely eager to return to work and normal life" following his 1985 car accident. The accident itself is well-documented: Farage was hit by a Volkswagen Beetle in Orpington, spent two months in hospital, and had his leg in a cast for a year (per BBC, Telegraph, GB News, and others). However, the specific assertion about his internal eagerness to return to work is a claim about his personal feelings at the time. Public sources do offer some circumstantial consistency: Farage has described himself in interviews as quickly bouncing back from health scares (The Independent), and he has stated that the car accident made him more driven and resolved not to waste time (per the Mirror, citing the Telegraph). The Independent also quotes him describing how even after testicular cancer surgery, he had a phone line open to a bookmaker while in his hospital bed — painting a picture of someone who doesn't slow down. But none of these sources independently confirm the specific subjective claim that he was "extremely eager to return to work and normal life." They are either his own characterizations of his feelings or journalistic paraphrases of his self-presentation. Since this is a claim about a private, internal state of mind — how eager Farage felt — it cannot be corroborated or contradicted by public evidence beyond his own statements, which only confirm the act of utterance. Sources: BBC News — "The Nigel Farage story" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36701855); The Independent — "Has Ukip's Nigel Farage finally grown up?" (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/has-ukip-s-nigel-farage-finally-grown-up-8925748.html); The Mirror — "Nigel Farage's 4 brushes with death and fears over 'tampered' car" (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-4-brushes-death-32974350); GB News — "Nigel Farage reflects life 40 years after horror crash" (https://www.gbnews.com/news/nigel-farage-reflects-40-years-horror-crash-count-blessings)