With one of his old muckers from the EU days jailed for taking Russian bribes, there was no better time for Farage to absent himself
J
ust occasionally the House of Commons is more remarkable for who isn’t in the chamber than for who is. So it was striking that Nigel Farage was absent for Keir Starmer’s statement on the G20 summit and the Ukraine peace process.
You might have thought the man who has spent the last six months telling anyone who will listen that he will be the next prime minister might take some interest in geopolitics and Britain’s global standing. Apparently not. Only Richard Tice from Reform stayed for the session. Lee Anderson scarpered the moment it started. So brave. Maybe he had an urgent appointment with his lunch.
There again, Nige has never really cared much for Ukraine. When Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, Farage was adamant that Ukraine was to blame. The Ukrainians should never have dared express a desire for their own sovereignty by wanting to join Nato. So they deserved everything they got. And it was only last week that Nathan Gill – one of Nige’s old muckers from his European parliament days and at one stage the Reform party’s leader in Wales – was banged up for a 10-year stretch for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia. It’s almost as if Putin appeasement is party policy.
