UKIP leader Nigel Farage in car-crash interview as he faces racism claims

Ukip leader Nigel Farage ended up in knots in a car-crash interview as he suggested there was no problem with his wife’s first language being German because she did not speak it on British trains.

During a bruising interview on LBC radio that was eventually interrupted by his spin doctor, Farage was repeatedly challenged over recent comments that he felt “uncomfortable” hearing so many foreign languages spoken on trains in London.

Asked whether he was uncomfortable when his wife Kirsten and their daughters spoke German, Farage replied: “No, because they can speak English.”