Nigel Farage plays 'Fruitcake or Loony' | Have I Got News for You - BBC

Although it is funny, its also an underhand stitch up. And the BBC should not be doing things like that, there needs to be balance. And 9 years later, its got worse! And in that 9 years far more scandal has beset BBC than ukip or Farage.

I absolutely despise Nigel but he really held his own. Politicians really should be able to laugh at themselves!

Roy Hattersley certainly did with Spitting Image.

For context. The first Loony was a Tory for decades and had only recently switched to being a member of UKIP.

At least he can take a joke

Lol "travellers". I wonder how many of these people are forced to live near gypsies?

Imagine playing this game for the 3 major parties. They'd be there all night!

How can such statement on romanians be any proof of racism?

When have alleged cultural differences been races?

What a boody good sport nigel is .

I work with a Romanian chap. Very affable and does his job well. (He said he'd stab me if I didn't post this...)

Impartial BBC on point as always, imagine they did this to loony labour

The ultimate flaw of this show is in this clip. Soften the extremists to the point that you make them seem reasonable. This show has no bite anymore and tbh I don't think it ever did

Unfortunately the fruitcakes and loonies somehow won, and no one is laughing now.

Farage is both. Creepy too

Stephen Mangan

The BBC, helping Farage with PR even back then 🙄

People don't like him because of what he represents, not because of his personality.. He's actually a decent bloke.

This show has the unfortunate ability to make horrid people like Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage into lovable buffoons, who are actually quite friendly and funny, therefore no threat to the general well-being of the nation. “Oh look, he can take a joke, he can’t be THAT bad “.

Fruitcake or loony?

I'd say an blithering weapons grade plumsack fits him more.

But humans are humans, and he can take a joke. Not like the "I'm a fighter and not a quitter" 😂😂😂

Only on the BBC could the description of ‘extremist’ to describe Farage get a laugh of recognition

Farage is a lemon but he took this like a champ

I pray to Nigel every night before bed

Though I am loath to give Farage any credit, I will concede that he handled this with a grace many politicians could learn from. We should all be able to laugh at ourselves.

Just the usual
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The only thing that could have made this better is if Victoria Coren Mitchell had been there. Both because she would have have absolutely destroyed him and because she's the only person to ever have won two European poker tours.

He just doesn't look right without milkshake or egg on his suit.

Who'd of thought he would have had a bigger impact then any politician of recent decades despite never becoming an mp

All the comments saying that, while they don't like Farage's politics, they respect him for being able to take a joke make me feel very proud to be English.

so 2 of them weren't UKIP members... they're trying to make Nigel look bad by keeping them but they're not even in his party

Ukip are loonys to be fair . If you ever see them in little booths in town centres they are always reprobates and weirdos. You know its true

eeew. That sickening laugh as if these s**tbags are just a joke. Yuck. Now in 2022 we know what kind of despicable thoughts are harboured in that bunch.

Is this man back out of hospital? I thought he was mentally ill. ???

Nigel was Rim jobbing Ann Widdecombe 🍑💨👅🤯''

How did alienating UKIP members work out for the BBC?

He's to thick to understand !

Good on Nigel Farage.. brilliant

What's wrong with being independent from the eu. Whilst labour want to getvus back other countries are going off the eu

Can't stand remoaners. Like farrage.

I love this man

Haha isn't he funny, isn't he just a loveable scamp. Those are the qualities I look for in the people running our great and glorious, totally serious United Kingdom. Oh, isn't he a jokester😂

Should have been called 'Racist or Conman'

Typical lefty looney bbc.

I wonder if he enjoys all the problems Brexit has caused.

Farage doesn't have a "good sense of humor" he just doesn't care that everyone's pointing out his party full of racists and bigots because that's exactly what he wants it to be.

The comment on women isn't event wrong though LOL

Why dont the BBC do a show about all the Islamic Grooming gangs?

They're all laughing but London has turned to shit and they all know it.

JUNK.