Farage said Andrew Tate was ‘important voice’ for men in podcast interview

Reform UK leader has also argued against diversity quotas and said people on benefits were too stupid' to work in appearances over past year

Nigel Farage has praised the misogynist influencer Andrew Tate for being an important voice" for the emasculated and giving boys perhaps a bit of confidence at school" in online interviews that appear to be aimed at young men over the past year.

The Reform UK leader spoke in favour of Tate for defending male culture" in a Strike It Big podcast that aired in February, while acknowledging that the influencer had gone over the top" and elsewhere that he had said some pretty horrible" things.