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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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We’re laughing at Nigel Farage, not with him

Nigel Farage on I’m a Celebrity…
‘Relax and enjoy it!’ Nigel Farage on I’m a Celebrity… Photograph: James Gourley/ITV/Shutterstock

Although Stewart Lee has presented an excellent summary of the obnoxious conduct of Nigel Farage, he probably doesn’t have to be that worried about his appearance on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, a programme clearly designed to humiliate anyone foolish enough to go into its fake “jungle” (“We’re only making platforms for Nigel”, the New Review).

It is unlikely that many people who work at ITV supported Brexit, more probable that they are out to get the vain Farage. He has already been made to eat several animal penises. How Julius Caesar would have laughed if he’d been able to get one of his enemies – Cato, for example – to suffer such humiliation in the Roman amphitheatre.

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