Trivia

He was the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). He had previously been a Conservative Party member and ardent Thatcherite, but left the party when John Major signed the Maastrict Treaty in 1992, which created the European Union. He is not the founder of UKIP, as has been reported: actual founder Alan Sked has been extremely critical of the direction the party has taken under Farage.

He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1987 but made a full recovery.

He survived a plane crash in 2010, with minor injuries. His sternum and ribs were broken and his lung punctured.

He has been lampooned by comedians including Mark Steel and Russell Brand. Brand called him "a Pound Shop Enoch Powell".

He is mentioned in a song that was one of the "Disabled People Against the Cuts" group's favorite Campaign Songs: "The UK Independence Party" by the Band "Jonny and the Baptists". He is also mentioned in the song "We're so sorry Scotland" by the Fascinating Aida cast, and in an internet humourist's song - to the tune of Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" - called "We didn't vote for Brexit".

He is pro-British Independence and Anti-Scottish Independence.

He claimed that Downing Street had forbidden Cabinet Ministers from talking to him in late 2016.

He was compared to a cult leader on Have I Got News for You (1990).

He is a friend and ally of Donald Trump and was the first British politician to meet him following his election as US President. Hillary Clinton called him "one of Britain's most prominent right-wing leaders" during her unsuccessful 2016 US Presidential campaign.

His book "The Purple Revolution", has the "L" turned backwards and the fragment "Evol" of "Revolution" in a different colour so that it highlights that this is the word "Love" spelled backwards and inserted in there for some reason.

In an interview on the BBC's Sunday AM (2005) broadcast on 12 May 2019, Farage complained that the BBC had not given him enough coverage. Two days previously, he had appeared for the 34th time on the BBC's Question Time (1979).

UK political figure.

His presence in the video for "Modern Love" by David Bowie, singing backing vocals in a straw hat and striped blazer, has never been confirmed.