Nigel Farage criticised after saying misogynist influencer Andrew Tate was important voice for men [Video]

Reform leader Nigel Farage has been criticised over a resurfaced podcast interview in which he praised self-described misogynist Andrew Tate as an “important voice for men”.

The Tate brothers deny the charges.

In an appearance on the Strike It Big podcast in February, Mr Farage claimed Tate was an “important voice” for men, but added that he had said some “pretty horrible” things.

“Tate was a very important voice for an emasculated … That masculinity is something we should look down upon, something we should frown upon,” he said on the podcast in comments first reported by The Guardian.

“It’s like the men are becoming feminine and the women are becoming masculine and it’s a bit difficult to tell these days who’s what.

“And Tate fed into that by saying, ‘Hang on, what’s wrong with being a bloke? What’s wrong in male …