Reform UK sources claim the BBC has never approached its leader about Tuesday night's interview with Nick Robinson
Reform UK sources claim the BBC has never approached its leader about Tuesday night's interview with Nick Robinsonthat Mr Farage was not contacted by the BBC about scheduling the interview despite the corporation formally announcing last week that he would be sitting down with presenter
The Panaroma interview, which has now been replaced in the BBC One schedule with an episode of drama Tokyo Vice, was rescheduled for “logistical reasons”, according to BBC insiders and the broadcaster said a new date will be announced soon. On Monday it emerged Ian Gribbin, who is standing for Reform in Bexhill and Battle, claimed the country would have been “far better” off if it had “taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality” instead of fighting the Nazis.
Mr Farage tried to brush aside the row on Monday, saying that “every party will suffer” controversy triggered by its candidates in a snap election and that his party “ran out of time” to properly vet them. Rishi Sunak was the first party leader to be interview by Mr Robinson, with the grilling airing on Monday night
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