Nigel Farage: I destroyed far-right politics in British politics

Nigel Farage has rejected suggestions he bears some responsibility for an apparent spike in race hate after the Brexit vote, and claimed he had "destroyed" the far-right in Britain.

Nigel Farage: I destroyed far-right politics in British politics

Nigel Farage has rejected suggestions he bears some responsibility for an apparent spike in race hate after the Brexit vote, and claimed he had "destroyed" the far-right in Britain.

Sporting a newly-grown bushy moustache, Mr Farage claimed Ukip won over protest voters who previously backed the "genuinely anti-Jew, anti-Black" British National Party (BNP).

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