Nigel Farage: I would strip BBC of their funding
Nigel Farage has been out and about today expressing his anger that Ukip were not represented in last night’s leader’s Question Time.
After pulling out of a BBC Radio 1 appearance later today Mr Farage told Sky News: “Ukip are the fourth major party in British politics and that is something that has been respected by Sky, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 but not by the BBC.
“If I was in a position of power, I would take away a lot of their funding, a lot of their influence.”
The Ukip leader did not invited to the Question Time event but did take part in an individual show broadcast separately in England and Wales.
Despite the protestations Mr Farage has also been on the BBC this morning for an interview on the Today programme. In it he said there were no circumstances that he would help prop up Labour.
He said: “I have a feeling after last night’s debates, Mr Miliband now cannot be prime minister. It would be the greatest lie of modern British politics for him now to try and form a coalition with the SNP.” Ukip, he says, would be prepared to enter into a confidence and supply agreement with the Tories.