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Nigel Farage to leave radio station LBC 'with immediate effect'
Farage has yet to comment on his departure but his LBC producer tweeted to say he had learned the news via social media. The LBC presenter James O’Brien tweeted: “We got our station back.”
Nigel Farage is to leave the radio station LBC “with immediate effect”, the company has announced.
The Brexit party leader will no longer present his weekday evening show on the talk radio station, which has previously been investigated by the media regulator Ofcom.
“Nigel Farage’s contract with LBC is up very shortly and following discussions with him, Nigel is stepping down from LBC with immediate effect,” said the station’s managing director, Tom Cheal, in a message to staff. “We thank Nigel for the enormous contribution he has made to LBC and wish him well.”
Farage has been a vocal critic of the recent Black Lives Matter protests and sources at the station pointed to internal fury over his comments earlier this week comparing protestors who destroyed the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol to the “taliban”.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/nigel-farage-to-leave-radio-station-lbc-with-immediate-effect/ar-BB15lQCS?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds
Farage has yet to comment on his departure but his LBC producer tweeted to say he had learned the news via social media. The LBC presenter James O’Brien tweeted: “We got our station back.”
Nigel Farage is to leave the radio station LBC “with immediate effect”, the company has announced.
The Brexit party leader will no longer present his weekday evening show on the talk radio station, which has previously been investigated by the media regulator Ofcom.
“Nigel Farage’s contract with LBC is up very shortly and following discussions with him, Nigel is stepping down from LBC with immediate effect,” said the station’s managing director, Tom Cheal, in a message to staff. “We thank Nigel for the enormous contribution he has made to LBC and wish him well.”
Farage has been a vocal critic of the recent Black Lives Matter protests and sources at the station pointed to internal fury over his comments earlier this week comparing protestors who destroyed the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol to the “taliban”.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/nigel-farage-to-leave-radio-station-lbc-with-immediate-effect/ar-BB15lQCS?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds
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Some staff members at radio company Global Media called for Nigel Farage to be sacked from his LBC show for his inflammatory remarks about Black anti-racism campaigners, HuffPost UK can reveal.
The privately-owned firm – which has a stable of radio stations including Capital Radio, Heart and Smooth – has also come under fire for what is claimed to be its lack of diversity, despite Capital Xtra being the UK’s biggest Black music station.
Following an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, Farage compared Black Lives Matter to the Taliban while criticising the toppling of statues of slave owners, prompting accusations of “inciting” bigotry.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage-lbc-global-media-staff-182824442.html
Nigel Farage was branded "outrageous" on Good Morning Britain during a furious row over the toppling of a slave trader statue at a Black Lives Matter protest.
The Brexit Party defended Edward Colston after a statue honouring him in Bristol city centre was ripped down by protesters on Sunday and dumped into a harbour.
Mr Farage also compared the Black Lives Matter movement to the Taliban.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage-branded-outrageous-furious-081144516.html
Farage has left LBC after comparing Black Lives Matter to the Taliban
LBC presenter James O’Brien has reacted with triumph to the news of Nigel Farage’s sudden departure from the radio station.
It was announced today (11 June) that Farage would be leaving LBC with immediate effect.
In a statement, the broadcaster said: “Nigel Farage’s contract with LBC is up very shortly and, following discussions with him, Nigel is stepping down from LBC with immediate effect.
“We thank Nigel for the enormous contribution he has made to LBC and wish him well.”
After the news was announced, O’Brien tweeted: “We got our station back.”
Earlier in the week, he had posted: “Nigel Farage is a particularly pungent skidmark on the underpants of Britain. Nobody can be genuinely surprised by his latest belches of base bigotry.”
Farage’s departure follows a backlash over his comments about Black Lives Matter.
After protests erupted in the UK over the death of George Floyd in America, Farage claimed a “new form of the Taliban was born in the UK” and described Black Lives Matter as “a far-left Marxist organisation that wants to abolish the police and dismantle capitalism”.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/nigel-farage-lbc-james-obrien-quit-black-lives-matter-a9561711.html
Something about free peaches?
The paper says Mr Farage has confirmed he is preparing a relaunch and "watching and waiting" because he believes that Boris Johnson and the Conservatives are losing control of the country, and could go soft on Brexit.
Sources described as close to the leadership are also quoted, suggesting "phones have been buzzing, donations pouring in." The unnamed individual adds "we're praying for a by-election in a Tory seat, and currently deciding on who would stand".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-53037832
Colleagues had ratcheted up pressure on the station's owner, Global Media, to drop the Brexiteer
Disquiet reached crescendo on Tuesday after Mr Farage compared anti-racism activists to the Taliban
But the firebrand politician was back on air this morning on a rival radio station and stuck by criticism of BLM
He also insisted there was no bitterness between him and LBC, saying he does not wish to display sour grapes
He is undecided about what he will do next, except for fishing and waiting for the pubs to open.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8413645/Nigel-Farage-dropped-LBC-amid-staff-backlash.html