Maitlis to Farage: What is Clacton's new MP doing in America?
What is the brand new MP for Clacton doing in Milwaukee right now?
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That’s the question I asked Nigel Farage, who was finishing off a fag outside the Republican Convention hall when we bumped into him just after 8pm this evening. The Trump family had all taken their seats inside the auditorium at this stage to watch JD Vance, the man chosen to be Donald Trump's running mate, make his first speech to the crowd.
Mr Farage told me he’d come to America to ‘be there for Trump’. He nearly died, he explained.
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What's the new MP for Clacton doing out here in Milwaukee? 🇺🇸@maitlis asks @Nigel_Farage... @GlobalPlayer pic.twitter.com/bpcDNwanfo
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Later, I ask him if he agrees with JD Vance’s assessment that ‘Britain is a truly Islamist country’.
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"Do you agree with Trump's VP that Britain is an Islamist nation?"@Nigel_Farage says J.D. Vance was 'half joking' but that 'parts of our cities are [Islamist].'@maitlis | @GlobalPlayer pic.twitter.com/pTeRagqjbG
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