BBC’s This Week joked that Nigel Farage isn’t on TV enough – the 17 most cutting replies

BBC current affairs show, This Week, has often been criticised for the frequent publicity opportunities it offers to the more right-wing members of the political Rent-A-Gob gang, particularly Nigel Farage. However, they recently thought it would be funny to tweet this:

Some say there's just not enough @Nigel_Farage on TV, so to make up for it, we have doubled up in this shot as he makes a film on #TrumpUKVisit for #bbctw

Thu 11.45pm @BBCOne pic.twitter.com/SQGPolS8u7

— BBC This Week (@bbcthisweek) July 12, 2018

Needless to say, the response was swift and strong.

1.

for fuck's sake. farage lost 8 local elections to be an MP and treated his role as an MEP as a source of free cash. he is, at best, a con-man. your addiction to giving him a platform is one of the reasons he became such a useful idiot and generator of chaos for putin. https://t.co/Fl1OylnPEw

— mark haddon (@mark_haddon) July 14, 2018

2.

Literally nobody says there’s not enough Farage on TV. https://t.co/pKZejlmeoL

— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) July 14, 2018

3.

It’s just embarrassing now. A total failure of journalism. Why was this man visiting Assange? Who we now know was communicating directly with Russian intelligence officers. I can’t get near him & the BBC journalists who can don’t ask. https://t.co/9wHDj8TQI2

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) July 14, 2018

4.

L I T E R A L L Y
F U C K I N G
N O B O D Y
S A Y S
T H A T https://t.co/tcWR6jGyC6

— Mitch Benn (@MitchBenn) July 13, 2018

5.

This is why you shouldn’t give Twitter duties to the sixth-form work experience lad. https://t.co/eXCltgB9PH

— Chris Addison (@mrchrisaddison) July 13, 2018

6.

Unless it's court testimony delivered from his jail cell, a hostage video, or motion capture for a video game where you get to realistically dragon punch a fascist, there's simply no need for this bloke to be on camera. https://t.co/OQ28CuiDFP

— Dai Lama (@WelshDalaiLama) July 13, 2018

7.

He addressed a far right rally in Germany only a few months ago. If you think his voice has to be heard that’s one thing but let’s not bring the bants? https://t.co/pm7MIi2i9U

— Alan White (@aljwhite) July 14, 2018

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There is wayyyyy too much racist anti-Semitic Nigel Farage on tv. https://t.co/Owyag8WoVR

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 14, 2018