Reform UK (Great Britain)

Nigel Farage’s journey into the far right begins very early. His classmates and teachers recount the racist and antisemitic remarks he made at the time (“Hitler was right,” “gas ’em”...). One of them, of Nigerian origin, was daily ordered to go back to Africa. But Farage denies or downplays these accounts, including when confronted with statements from his former teachers who speak of his racist and neo-fascist views.

Around Reform UK, activists filmed with a hidden camera speak of “bringing back the noose,” turning the police into a paramilitary force, and expelling Muslims from mosques. Officially, these are just individuals, but the political line has never been mild. As early as 2015, he was already speaking of an internal enemy, of a fifth column operating in the United Kingdom and in many countries of the European Union. In 2016, the first Brexit poster, “Breaking Point,” aims to instill fear by showing Syrian refugees.

Asked which world leader he admires most, he obviously answers: “As an operator, I would say Putin.”