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Originally Posted by claire stone
Why do you take the ST so seriously? I have a healthy disrespect for the media. I regard them all as liars. It saves an awful lot of time!
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Absolutely, but Farage is a liar too, so I don't trust either of them
In this case, I am fairly sure that he has been libelled. What is interesting is the slow motion car crash that is his handling of it. Because he has dithered around so much, instead of killing it off as soon as possible, he was ambushed live on the Daily Politics programme with it. Instead of this being a positive bit of news coverage just prior to the local elections and the London elections, Farage spent much of his time on the programme having to deny employing his son and justifying why he employs his wife.
If he had spent the time promoting the party instead of having to talk about his wife's employment, could this have secured a few extra votes in a few key wards for UKIP? Remember that UKIP missed out on a couple of councillors by just a handful of votes I believe. Whatever reputation Farage had as a great media manipulator is in tatters I think.
Presumably this episode has spurred him into action, and we will either see an apology in the paper tomorrow, or Farage will announce the start of legal action, or at the very least a complaint submission to the PCC. I won't hold my breath though
