Nigel Farage's 'Preposterous' Moustache Steals The Show During Television Interview

'Now all those pesky EU rules on moustaches are gone.'

Forget Labour’s implosion, Nigel Farage has again stolen the political spotlight - this time with a humble moustache.

The former Ukip leader displayed his new facial feature during an interview on the Sam Delaney’s News Thing on Friday.

Farage appeared on the show to respond to claims made by a former schoolfriend about his “dark” teenage years when he supposedly displayed “fascist” sympathies.

But it seems no one one listening to what he was saying.

BREAKING: Farage Facial Hair https://t.co/265GldffjR pic.twitter.com/jr8rIbGd78

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) August 12, 2016

In a teaser clip for the interview Farage made a number of points... but viewers only took one thing away from it - Farage now had a moustache, a “preposerous” moustache.

@GuidoFawkes this cannot be real

— Citizen Sophie (@sophie_citizen) August 12, 2016

Nigel Farage has grown a moustache. This is not a drill. https://t.co/ABeslusm8s pic.twitter.com/xg88Wfro2I

— Alex Wickham (@WikiGuido) August 12, 2016

Nigel Farage has just grown the most preposterous moustache in British politics #brexit #ukip #newsnight pic.twitter.com/3MivIBHdjS

— Ruaridh Arrow (@ArrowontheHill) August 12, 2016

The political development delighted some...

Thanks Twitter. Nigel Farage growing a moustache is exactly the update I need in my life right now 😜 https://t.co/9uPV7n7gHo

— Gayathri K. Sundaram (@missgayathri) August 12, 2016

Others made obvious comparisons between Farage and other mustachioed former leaders...

Nigel Farage has grown a moustache. BUT NOT LIKE THE ONE YOU'RE PICTURING. https://t.co/WtQ1GuqAxr

— William Ham Bevan (@HamBevan) August 12, 2016

@GuidoFawkes A rite of passage for any aspirational facist dictator.

— Andy M (@McLaucA) August 12, 2016

Although some on social media were more creatively minded...

Good god, Nigel Farage's new moustache. The full 'retired major at the golf club' – I can't bear to tweet a pic.

— Paul Clammer (@paulclammer) August 12, 2016

@WikiGuido @AdamFitchett Nigel is starting to look like Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels pic.twitter.com/klV31iSZ60

— #NeverEverHillary! (@SemperArgentum) August 12, 2016

. @WikiGuido pic.twitter.com/oOrHICmDxJ

— Chris Woodhouse (@MrCWoodhouse) August 12, 2016

@GuidoFawkes Just going to leave this here for no particular reason. pic.twitter.com/8TZHNxAvpa

— Fire Opal (@SymphonyHero) August 12, 2016

@GuidoFawkes I love the man but he now looks like a second hand car dealer called Reg

— Baroness Peppa (@OffencePolice) August 12, 2016

The new accessory didn’t win everyone over...

Oh dear. I'd support you to the moon and back @Nigel_Farage, but I can't support that moustache 😂. https://t.co/6sBmM498n6

— William Jones (@_WilliamJones_) August 12, 2016

And of course, there were a few Brexit jokes...

@WikiGuido now all those pesky EU rules on moustaches are gone 🎉🎉

— Cllr Brant (@PaulDBrant) August 12, 2016

Never heard of Brexit, mate. pic.twitter.com/BguIe1XtJ6

— Brian Spokemon (@BrianSpanner1) August 12, 2016

A conspiracy theory or two..

@GuidoFawkes that's not @Nigel_Farage , it's someone completely different who is about to announce he is running for UKIP leader!

— Will (@W2G2H) August 12, 2016

@GuidoFawkes - Oh well, at least we now know what happened to Lord Lucan!!

— Chris Davidson (@ChrisEWDavidson) August 12, 2016

During the interview Farage claimed to have “killed the far-right”.

He said: “I destroyed the British National Party - we had a far-right party in this country who genuinely were anti-Jew, anti-Black, all of those things, and I came along, and said to their voters, if you’re holding your nose and voting for this party as a protest, don’t.

“Come and vote for me – I’m not against anybody, I just want us to start putting British people first, and I, almost single-handedly, destroyed the far-right in British politics.”

You can see Farage’s moutache in action... (and hear what he had to say) inthe video below.

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