Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, is facing widespread criticism from across the political spectrum for his comments suggesting that NATO and the West provoked Russia into invading Ukraine. Farage's remarks, made during a BBC interview, have been condemned by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who accused him of playing into Vladimir Putin's hands, and by Labour leader Keir Starmer, who called the comments 'disgraceful.' Sunak likened Farage to Neville Chamberlain, echoing former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace's sentiments. Farage has defended his position, arguing that the West's actions, including NATO's expansion, gave Putin a reason to go to war. Despite the backlash, Farage has doubled down on his statements, calling for peace negotiations with Russia to end the conflict. Former military intelligence officer Philip Ingram and other critics have labeled Farage's claims as naive and dangerous, while supporters argue that he is merely pointing out uncomfortable truths. Boris Johnson also accused Farage of spreading Kremlin propaganda.
Farage is actually right about Ukraine, as our resident historian @HistoryBro1 explains: https://t.co/RKC0H3zLhM
Farage was savaged for stating the obvious: Ukraine's prospective NATO membership crossed a Russian tripwire. But the US media completely ignored a nearly identical statement by Donald Trump the day before. Who needs D-notices in an echo chamber? https://t.co/T0hokktYlt https://t.co/ne7qcW51Hf
Farage shamefully continues to blame the West for Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine. He's self-imploding before our eyes. Who would trust him on national security now? The guy's just a Kremlin puppet, spouting their talking points as he used to when he appeared on Russian state… https://t.co/Cl13iLZXGs
Nigel Farage needs to stop talking about Vladimir Putin! https://t.co/N7taDCmIQ8
Farage Doubles Down on Foreign Policy Row https://t.co/sWf4foWSBo https://t.co/RPzubpqqVl
'I would never defend Putin!' Furious Farage hits back at Russia outrage and says even the POPE agrees with him https://t.co/PRGQqvrDYw
NEW: Nigel Farage counters Boris Johnson's criticism of his Putin Ukraine comments by unveiling a huge i front page suggesting Boris made a similar argument back in 2016. Farage: "Perhaps it’s Boris Johnson who is morally repugnant, not me" https://t.co/PUzsUbh17G https://t.co/aLo84hWYST
Nigel Farage, Putin Whisperer. https://t.co/KKAUpVP2S0
Nigel Farage at a Reform rally Boos from crowd at mention of Nick Robinson “Our leaders have no knowledge of history, no knowledge of Russian psychology” Adds that he’s on the same page as the Pope re the war in Ukraine https://t.co/Y5GIcn9fZr
Watch live: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage makes campaign speech https://t.co/4UDWPdVuER
Will Farage's unfashionable Ukraine realism be an electoral weakness? The Mail on Sunday has compared him to Nazi sympathisers, writes @moveincircles 👇 https://t.co/rfTBs0bKYz
Rishi Sunak makes direct appeal to Reform voters - urging them: “Don’t let your frustration allow the SNP to keep their constitutional obsession going.” He blasts Nigel Farage over comments on Russia and Ukraine, saying “that appeasement is dangerous to Britain’s security”. He… https://t.co/97pSJRr46i
Nigel Farage - From Russia with Love, by @BylineTimes https://t.co/bSkRz9yQ5e
Nigel Farage calls for the West to start 'sensible' negotiations with Putin over 'horrific stalemate' in Ukraine as he faces fury for 'echoing' Russian dictator's lines https://t.co/kPOVDDiovp https://t.co/GSwClmzQIO
Reform UK leader and Brexit ideologue @Nigel_Farage has called for Western leaders to hold peace talks with Putin to resolve the deadlock in Ukraine. “I believe that the war has reached a complete stalemate. The death toll is appalling, and there have been no reasonable… https://t.co/WTqn05WMdI https://t.co/uj3tvTjxQN
✍️ "Farage’s claim that Nato and EU expansion provoked the war in Ukraine have been seized on by Russia," writes @COLRICHARDKEMP . "The West must not fall into the trap of believing peace can only be achieved through appeasement." Read more here ⬇️ https://t.co/Do8EHAHTFD https://t.co/sbHKoawwpm
🚨POLL: BORIS V FARAGE! @BorisJohnson has called Nigel's comments on Ukraine "nauseating, ahistorical drivel" @Nigel_Farage hit back, calling Boris "a liar and a hypocrite" Who's got it right? Who do you back? Why? Leave comments, I will read out best on @GBNEWS 3-6pm 👇👇
Nigel Farage was one of the few British politicians to stand up for our right to self-determination and helped us to break free of an overbearing European power. Why can’t he see the Ukrainians are in the same position? https://t.co/UKNySiv62n
'Ukraine is the first substantive wedge Farage's enemies have identified with which they could potentially split the Reform coalition.' The conservative press is capitalising on his Nato comments, writes @moveincircles 👇 https://t.co/rfTBs0bKYz
From the excellent @BylineTimes --> Nigel Farage - From Russia with Love https://t.co/2ea2vChVKl
Farage has also admitted that Putin has 'absolute determination that Ukraine should not be allowed to exist as an independent sovereign state” - yet he blames the West for Russia's unwarranted attack and insults Ukrainians fighting for freedom and democracy. https://t.co/mmg3clIrLa
Farage took Moscow's money to appear on its propaganda channel and often been aligned with Putin's strategic aims, like other populists. Not just Brexit but incidents such as UKIP opposing EU condemnation of Russian repression and his own questioning of sanctions on oligarchs. https://t.co/oHuMOFCcnU
Nigel Farage - From Russia with Love, by @BylineTimes https://t.co/PwT9Bxl5BG
Nigel Farage - From Russia with Love As the Reform Party leader's support for Vladimir Putin draws the attention of the world, Peter Jukes' questions about his past become ever more pertinent by @BylineTimes https://t.co/uo1P89sqAT https://t.co/wfwpiG2kdp
🗣 Boris Johnson has accused Nigel Farage of spreading “Kremlin propaganda” over his claims Nato and the EU gave Putin a reason to justify his invasion of Ukraine. Read more here 👇 https://t.co/N5lpv5uGBq https://t.co/A7KVEtCIij
A must-read: Peter Jukes at Byline Times: "Nigel Farage - From Russia with Love - As the Reform Party leader's support for Vladimir Putin draws the attention of the world, Peter Jukes' questions about his past become ever more pertinent" @BylineTimes
A long read but worth it, and deserving of wider distribution. @Nigel_Farage Nigel Farage - From Russia with Love, by @BylineTimes https://t.co/9jVeVoY8u2
"If you poke the Russian bear with a stick - don’t be surprised if he reacts." 2014: Nigel Farage addresses the European Parliament, discussing the US involvement in Ukraine's 2014 election and the resulting threat to the West due to interference. https://t.co/gBMjHsljYR
Nigel Farage Has Called For Peace Talks With Putin To End The War In Ukraine https://t.co/Z35CUmTMUU
After saying the West "provoked" Putin into invading Ukraine, Nigel Farage now calls for negotiations with Moscow to end the war. https://t.co/wH04JwYAlI
'I felt the ever, ever eastward expansion of Nato and the European Union was giving Putin a reason to go to war.' Reform UK's Nigel Farage tells ITV News Political Correspondent @harry_horton he wants to see peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine https://t.co/etCMZvNSwm
'I think that this has been very damaging for Farage because there is universal support in the west for backing Ukraine' - @toryboypierce 'Negotiations are up to the Ukrainians. It's their land that's being stolen and their people being killed' - @Kevin_Maguire https://t.co/xQGNWbFBqW
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pushed for Western leaders to hold peace talks with Russia, amid ongoing backlash against his claims that the war in Ukraine was provoked by the West. https://t.co/5aWgMF9L5T
Boris Johnson blasts Nigel Farage for spreading 'Kremlin propaganda' over Russian invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/eVTdOSYXOs
🤡NN🍌🏴🧱🏖BREXIT BIGOT ➗️ 🇬🇧: Today's Daily Heil Nigel Farage "How I ended up in a manage à treason with Vladimir Putin & Boris Johnson" 10 more days of Tory disaster before a Keir Starmer SUPERMAJORITY Le Pen a Paris Tory Party Dodo voted to extinction for red ✋️ meat https://t.co/RuA18TfjBu
NN🍌🏴🧱🏖BREXIT BIGOT ➗️ 🇬🇧 : Today's Daily Heil Nigel Farage "How I ended up in a manage à treason with Vladimir Putin & Boris Johnson" 10 more days of Tory disaster before a Keir Starmer SUPERMAJORITY Le Pen a Paris Tory Party Dodo voted to extinction for red ✋️ meat https://t.co/r0pRubeLbj
🤡NN🍌🏴🧱🏖BREXIT BIGOT ➗️ 🇬🇧 : Today's Daily Heil Nigel Farage "How I ended up in a manage à treason with Vladimir Putin & Boris Johnson 10 more days of Tory disaster before a Keir Starmer SUPERMAJORITY Le Pen a Paris Tory Party Dodo voted to extinction for red meat https://t.co/6ZhZffhhym
'He (Farage) is playing Putin's game.' Former Conservative MP, Edwina Currie, Says Nigel Farage is 'playing into Putin's hands' with his remarks that the West 'provoked' the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/eziVcuvxm0
Nigel Farage has had his words completely twisted: anyone who watched the full interview will know that he didn’t take the blame away from Putin for the war in Ukraine. @darrengrimes_ https://t.co/8oR11cKLb3
Nigel Farage is correct. NATO and the West are the reason for the invasion of Ukraine. From the illegal CIA coup which led to the genocide of Russians, to the NATO expansion - it is solely because of the West.
At least Farage can still rely on one media ally. Kremlin gold not wholly wasted, perhaps. https://t.co/Gc4NPW65I0
Nigel #Farage has said the West 'provoked' Russia into attacking #Ukraine. Here are five questions that need answering about the #Reform Party leader's links to #Putin posed by @peterjukes @BylineTimes With @GoldbergRadio https://t.co/3AsP1LeKZf
Farage is trying to save the UK from itself. The bellicosity and Russophobia of the British media has never been greater at the same time that its military has never been weaker. Of course they will expect the Americans to save their bacon if it comes to that. We don’t want WW3. https://t.co/GJwTYHR5pk
Nigel Farage praised by Russian state media over Ukraine war comments @janemerrick23 and @singharj report https://t.co/ORw6BflAtN
MoD shares 'myth-busting' video about NATO in apparent swipe at Nigel Farage after Reform Party leader claimed the West 'provoked' Putin's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/1Uk7WhAPka https://t.co/MihgYlfLuT
'Farage has a habit of saying things that are uncomfortable truths.' JJ Anisiobi agrees with Nigel Farage's claims that the West provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/aICSKmsv5Q
#UK's #NigelFarage says the #West provoked #Putin's invasion of #Ukraine https://t.co/18kf9IEWpT
Give Nigel Farage credit: he has challenged the arrogant, reckless, bloody hypocrisy of the West, noting how it helped trigger #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. https://t.co/xfbJ8x4bDo Moscow is to blame for invasion, but without US & allied blunders, it would not have happened.
NATO expansion provoked the Urkainian conflict – Farage Follow us on Telegram: https://t.co/gtQwYY5WSl https://t.co/onRpYJ5Ve7
“This doesn’t mean Farage is necessarily right — there are many well-informed people who take the opposite view — but his position is reasonable and intellectually defensible. It does not make him a ‘Putin apologist’.” @NoahCarl90 at @UnHerd: https://t.co/XzvHBPeFe3
✍️ 'Nigel Farage is simply wrong about Vladimir Putin' | @HamishDBG https://t.co/HQkQ9GiDsM
James Cleverly blasts 'toxic' Nigel Farage for 'echoing Putin' on Ukraine war & warns Reform 'do not share Tory values' https://t.co/Ice49mZPzY
Now Putin's propagandists leap on Nigel Farage's claims the West 'provoked' the Russian invasion of Ukraine - as Kremlin attack dogs praise his 'complimentary' remarks https://t.co/puf18swkio https://t.co/U1Ijhv5Yzn
So strange that Nigel Farage is now parroting Putin’s talking points that it’s our fault Putin invaded Ukraine because of NATO enlargement. I was on Nigel Farage’s show on GB News last year and he appeared totally sympathetic to my view that Putin is a monster. https://t.co/X7iat7mVwB
I read your piece @COLRICHARDKEMP on @Nigel_Farage & was dissappointed. I take your point Vladimir Putin took advantage of the West's weakenesses, but he still needs a catalyst to invade. (1) I'm sure we all, including Farage, have no rose tinted glasses when it comes to Putin,… https://t.co/JMe9ydm2F1
'Nigel was just pointing out some basic facts.' Ben Habib defends Nigel Farage over his claims that the West provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/YM2CjTkGrO
Putin's press secretary praising Nigel Farage from her personal account. Just another day. Putin's only chance for survival is to get all these far right idiots into power. https://t.co/DeC0BFHZa4 https://t.co/yv2jguW3QJ
British right-wing politician claims West "provoked" Putin to attack Ukraine https://t.co/tCe7Ll8Lng https://t.co/SCTOjSGabV
This must be 2016 during the Brexit Referendum when @Nigel_Farage criticises the EU & NATO for inviting Ukraine to join their organisations. He warns that Putin will "see it as a deeply provocative act..It is a danger to peace." Farage has always been consistent. https://t.co/QXFqk05oHs
Rishi Sunak and string of senior Tories condemn Nigel Farage’s defence of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine 👇🏼 https://t.co/PhkCFfDhvi
Breaking: Farage victim of new "Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax". As the UK legacy media run out of ideas at ways to prevent even a handful of @reformparty_uk MPs entering into WEFminster. This desperate 'attack monkey' was aimed at President Trump for the past 8 years. All… https://t.co/7rDPKaADqu
'Farage was offering an explanation for the Ukraine war, not a justification.' His critics will need to find more substantive reasons for voters to avoid Reform UK, writes @NoahCarl90 👇 https://t.co/zB8zSl2d1s
James Cleverly slams 'toxic' Nigel Farage for 'echoing Putin's lines' on Ukraine - warning that Reform does not share values of Tories https://t.co/Lm6XqZ57cd https://t.co/0nc04mv6pH
'I don't see how he's winning more voters by saying that the West is responsible for Putin's aggression...it's cranky stuff.' Kwasi Kwarteng slams Nigel Farage's claims that the West provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/Ocp6h4SyOC
This is @Nigel_Farage speaking in 2014 where he criticises the EU & NATO for wanting to include Ukraine. "If you poke the Russian bear with a stick don't be surprised when he reacts." He warns that we risk war with Putin. Farage could not be more in the right. https://t.co/D31uQpOB0s
Farage is right. https://t.co/SET6x3RwOY
Nigel Farage said that the West provoked Russia into a conflict in Ukraine and added that 10 years ago he warned where everything was heading. https://t.co/m6T9y5VJch
Nigel Farage doubled down last night on his claim that the West had “provoked” Russia to invade Ukraine ⬇️ https://t.co/cIMblylG0X
'All this phoney outrage and McCarthyite name-calling is completely unwarranted.' Nigel Farage's position on Ukraine is mainstream among experts, writes @NoahCarl90 👇 https://t.co/zB8zSl2d1s
For peace in Ukraine, the West must admit its mistakes - Nigel Farage The West needs to admit mistakes in order to take the first step towards peace in Ukraine, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage said in an article for The Telegraph. After the BBC interview, he was accused of… https://t.co/7NiAqhEwi2
Both of the UK's major parties have lashed Nigel Farage's "disgraceful" comments on Ukraine as they seek to dent the Reform leader's chances of gaining ground in the polls before next month's general election. https://t.co/V8numJ5tWt
ICYMI: 'This is being used as a tool against Farage because everyone's scared of him.' Dr Renee Hoenderkamp on the backlash facing Nigel Farage after his remarks on the West 'provoking' the war in Russia. https://t.co/tGdwGSPQUn
.@Nigel_Farage claims to have warned of war a decade ago and been 'consistently right and honest about Russia’s Ukraine war.' Has anyone found when he first made his alleged warning of war since I've not found anything but Kremlinesque jibes at the EU? Mabe he could share links? https://t.co/CBQzf0sRhr
.@NigelFarage claims to have warned of coming war a decade ago and to have been 'consistently right and honest about Russia’s Ukraine war.' Has anyone found when he first made this alleged warning of war since I've not found anything beyond Kremlinesque jibes at the EU? https://t.co/CBQzf0sRhr
'Putin has always had a thing about Ukraine.' Robert Fox analyses whether the West actually provoked Russia after Nigel Farage made claims that the EU's expansion evoked Putin's invasion of Ukraine. 🔓 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/Ns7EesdwU7
With his Ukraine comments, the media actually got Farage on something his own supporters disagree with him on. The typical Reform voter is in their 40s/50s and older, remembers Russia as the enemy from the Cold War and is fiercely pro-Western.
For more than a decade, Farage has warned about provoking a war with Russia in Ukraine - The media can explore and discuss the arguments Farage, or engage in childish name-calling and smears - What will the journalists do? https://t.co/2ZNR93rxpw
The assertion by the leader of Reform UK that NATO provoked Vladimir Putin is naive, foolish and historically inaccurate. It is also dangerous https://t.co/5oZimg55LE 👇
Farage acting like Neville Chamberlain by blaming West for Ukraine war, PM says https://t.co/IT56pdK5CY
Farage defends his views on Putin by saying all it reveals is that he was prescient in seeing the consequences for the West if it supported Ukraine. The truth is he provided succour to anti-western sentiment inside Russia. Here is an article written by @rowenamason and myself…
Election latest: Tom Tugendhat says Nigel Farage sounds like 'Putin's poodle' on Ukraine - but Reform leader doubles down in war row. Nigel Farage is right about this and WEF Sunak will send young Brits to die for his globalist masters. #Farage #UK https://t.co/Qpmrp0dL0C
Farage criticized for maintaining NATO expansionism provoked war in Ukraine UK Home Secretary James Cleverly claimed Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was unfit for political office for agreeing with Moscow’s “vile justification” of the special military operation - sparked by NATO… https://t.co/yF1bG1aDAI
🇺🇦🇬🇧 FLASHBACK: Nigel Farage at the European Parliament predicts war in Ukraine back in 2014 “If you poke the Russian bear with a stick - don’t be surprised if he reacts” https://t.co/GCfCOKU29u
#NigelFarage, leader of Britain's anti-immigration Reform U.K. party, faced strong criticism on Saturday after saying that the West provoked Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. https://t.co/4MVa6Fbt7y
Zelensky is leading the world head first into WW3 and Farage is the only politician in the UK who can stop it. https://t.co/jcYxZUrKQn
Nigel Farage in 2014 warning about war with Russia because of Ukraine. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a Prime Minister with such wisdom? Vote Reform UK 🇬🇧 https://t.co/rn7jnfRcP7
Nigel Farage in 2014 warning about war with Russia because of Ukraine. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a UK Prime Minister with such wisdom? https://t.co/rn7jnfRcP7
Nigel Farage’s Kremlin-friendly attempts to justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine are provoking quite the backlash - now President Zelenskyy is also voicing his criticism https://t.co/EY3sinkzS1
Farage a past regular on Russia Today has been a Putin apologist for a decade all initially driven by his belief that the EU is a more dangerous empire than the Russian empire. In March 2014 during TV debate with Nick Clegg he claimed “We should hang our heads in shame. The…
Suggests Labour as well as Conservatives fear Farage The hyperbole of their condemnation of his broadly accurate assessment of the genesis of the Ukraine war, gives away how much he worries them And he should. He is closer to being in tune with the UK majority than they are
Nigel Farage says a Labour Party in government led by Sir Keir Starmer 'will be the most incompetent we've ever seen' - as Reform UK leader pledges to build a 'mass movement' after general election https://t.co/WGJXVTjUZD https://t.co/KslmcRSa95
Nigel Farage is correct. Putin is not, and should not, be our enemy.
Nigel Farage faces backlash over his comments that NATO is to blame for provoking Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. However, despite the criticism coming from the UK's two biggest parties – and before the general election no less – it seems the voters like what they're hearing. https://t.co/uNrhbd1YSA
Nigel Farage doubles down after Keir Starmer brands Ukraine claims 'disgraceful' https://t.co/oDFDoQSsbU
Totally, absolutely and completely spot-on by @TomTugendhat about Nigel Farage’s outrageous appeasement of #VladimirPutin https://t.co/epr4AAIu4z
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Farage is no Trump - his soft spot for Putin endears him to no one https://t.co/PLMRIswuel https://t.co/j1pwcEZLUw
Surging conservative leader Nigel Farage must make a bold political deal in the next 11 days if he is to have any chance of saving Britain from a Labour whitewash on July 4, writes Roger Gewolb. https://t.co/O4DSc0axjf
Leader of the anti-immigration Reform #UK party, Nigel Farage, came under heavy criticism for stating that the West instigated the war in #Ukraine. In response, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called Farage's remarks "completely wrong and only plays into #Putin's hands." Leader of… https://t.co/MCogj3dLFr
⚡️UK's Nigel Farage doubles down on controversial Ukraine/Putin comments. In an article for The Telegraph on June 22 Farage denied he was "an apologist or supporter of Putin" but repeated claims that Russia's war was provoked by the West. https://t.co/jijJNcfvza
'I actually don't think it was a gaffe... I think everything he does is calculated' @AvaSantina and @CharlieRowley18 discuss Nigel Farage blaming NATO and the West for 'provoking' Russia's invasion of Ukraine #PoliticsHub https://t.co/GlTNastFii 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/SX33ORyYaf
Nigel Farage has doubled down on his Ukraine comments following criticism from Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer https://t.co/JB4DaCDeMD
The only country responsible for the invasion of Ukraine is Russia. By appeasing Putin, Nigel Farage is playing straight into the hands of the Kremlin. https://t.co/IV93gNL8O0
EXCL - Rishi Sunak says Nigel Farage is more "Chamberlain than Churchill" after Reform leader suggested West provoked invasion of Ukraine PM was echoing the words of former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace https://t.co/n5qr1Cc1lK
🧵I’m a bit surprised Nigel Farage has doubled down on this. Not just because the public overwhelmingly wants us to support Ukraine & think it matters for the UK (74%-9% in May 24). But because it undermines a key reason some are turning to Reform…https://t.co/nUToBwfyuZ
Western MSM are very upset about this interview. Why? Because Farage is calling out the foundational lie that is keeping NATO’s entire narrative afloat. Once the broader public realize that “NATO/EU expansionism” started the conflict in Ukraine, the charade is over. https://t.co/XE12ht2nyz
'During the cold war we called these people useful idiots... sounds like Nigel Farage is being Putin's poodle' Security minister @TomTugendhat criticises the Reform leader for saying NATO and the West 'provoked' the Ukraine war #PoliticsHub https://t.co/GlTNastFii 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/OXJNDX3vM1
Farage pushes Russian propaganda with Ukraine comments - Farage's claims push Russian propaganda, are amateurish and inconsistent with his own principles of national sovereignty. Click the image to read more. https://t.co/zdR8wz0pEt
'This is being used as a tool against Farage because everyone's scared of him.' Dr Renee Hoenderkamp on the backlash facing Nigel Farage after his remarks on the West 'provoking' the war in Russia. https://t.co/O2zpbPZaCL
The backlash against Nigel Farage’s Kremlin-friendly messaging continues https://t.co/gf5XHNHbbH
Sunak and Starmer condemn Farage’s ‘disgraceful’ comments on Ukraine war https://t.co/OnCsqqufxJ
A superb campaign video from @Nigel_Farage who has a 14 point lead in Clacton. He says the establishment & Conservatives are terrified. "Labour are not scared yet, but by the time I have finished with them, they will be. He wants @reform to become the voice of oppostition. https://t.co/WdZtYdxtXS
I spent today watching Nigel Farage campaign in Frinton. Wow! Nigel was mobbed. Loads of beaming people asking for selfies/autographs. Particularly interesting was all the young people who’ve become Farage fans through TikTok. He’ll be an MP in a fortnight. @reformparty_uk
The leader of Reform UK has claimed that NATO provoked Russia. It is an argument that has gained currency in much of the world, but it is flimsy at best. Here’s why https://t.co/38lPzZpTBD 👇
My comment on @SkyNews about Farage’s words about Ukraine. https://t.co/yPZ3PTtNgC
Nigel Farage refuses to apologise for comments about Ukraine war after criticism from Sunak and Starmer https://t.co/4CR6INWgWN
Breaking: Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum are 'disgusted' at @reform leader Nigel Farage's truth bombs over EU/NATO expansionism causing the Ukraine/Russia proxy war. Well said that man !!! Over 600k young white Christian men have been slaughtered needlessly. £200 billion has poured… https://t.co/nbBSAfbjbU
Sunak accuses Farage of appeasing Putin https://t.co/nebrLQ5ezC
🇬🇧 There isn't a single globalist mainstream idiot who isn't spitting on UK politician Nigel Farage today after declaring that "NATO provoked the war in Ukraine". Well, the US senator Lindsey Graham said a few days ago that NATO must not allow itself to lose the war in Ukraine… https://t.co/QFcEJFBlAA
“He’s peddling the line that Putin is feeding to his own people - but he’s peddling it out into the west.” Former military intelligence officer Philip Ingram analyses Nigel Farage’s claim that the west provoked Russia into invading Ukraine. @nickdebois | @PhilipIngMBE https://t.co/Rr01SaDKj6
Today's British press is literally crucifying Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage for his statement yesterday on the BBC that “the West provoked Putin” and that “the blame for the war in Ukraine lies with the United States and Britain.” Farage is even being called “an absolute… https://t.co/9QZey2ZKLS
Why on earth does serious debate about Ukraine - causes/solutions - create such terror in Old Guard media/politicians? Isn’t it obvious we MUST find a negotiated solution? Without understanding the causes, that’s impossible. Farage is trying to create a mature dialogue.
Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform U.K. party, is facing wide-ranging criticism across the political spectrum over his claim that the West provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, including of being an appeaser. https://t.co/dhriYq3vg2
‘Simply unacceptable!’ Nigel Farage BLASTED in heated debate for Putin comments - 'Just so disgusting' https://t.co/cBhtKHOn4N
'I don't think this war would have happened if Trump had been president.' NATO 'ironically caused' Putin's invasion, caller James tells @AliMirajUK, adding that there is 'a lot of truth' in Nigel Farage expressing that sentiment of Western 'provocation'. https://t.co/txEvArMI7n
The Prime Minister likened the Reform UK leader’s suggestion the West provoked the invasion of Ukraine to appeasement https://t.co/br8FMuZISo
Nigel Farage’s claim that NATO provoked Russia is naive and dangerous https://t.co/5UsFJCvFuh via @TheEconomist
“What we should be doing in the West is standing up to that kind of brutal dictator, not kneeling down in front of him and kissing his boots.” Shadow Environment Secretary Steve Reed responds to Nigel Farage 'kowtowing’ to Vladimir Putin on Panorama last night. @petercardwell |… https://t.co/7wnG8bwsJc
Nigel is being accused by the Traitor Class of - "emboldening Putin", merely by telling the TRUTH regarding the causation of the NATO/EU/Ukraine proxy. Ironically, Sunak, Stamer, Macron, Merkel and the EU have clearly emboldened 20 million unfettered illegals into the UK and the… https://t.co/mGln3uedNh
Sunak says Farage 'playing into Putin's hands' https://t.co/dfaMgKjRAi
Nigel Farage, the British right-wing Conservative politician who is expected to win a significant share of the Conservative Party vote: "The West is the one that provoked the war in Ukraine" https://t.co/AqhFJ2aW1T
🇺🇦UKRAINE: The biggest lie told about Russia's invasion of Ukraine is that it was 'unprovoked'. We (NATO/EU), without a doubt, provoked Putin and Russia. @Nigel_Farage points out that while our provocation doesn't justify Russia's invasion it does explain why it happened. https://t.co/M5ZJJsDcKy
Rishi Sunak FUMES at 'completely wrong' Putin comments from Nigel Farage https://t.co/eUwACDCrVx