By the end of his 8.10 interview on the Today programme, Nigel Farage was struggling a little. Once John Humphrys had taken him away from his hobby horse of a European Union Referendum, the UKIP leader started to wobble.
Humphrys: Let’s have a look at your policies. A bit puzzling, in a way, and it’s not the first time a political leader has done this. You seem to want to cut back taxes, you want to roll back the state, and yet, you want to spend loads of money on loads of things.
Farage: Well, we want to spend more money on defence, that is absolutely true, and we think, and we think…
Humphrys: Student grants, you want to restore student grants, free eye tests, free dental care…
Farage: Well, we think that what’s happened to our defences is absolutely shameful. As far as universities are concerned, we’re of the view and we have been for some time, that we’re simply sending too many 18-year-olds onto university.
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