Nigel Farage says David Cameron used to steal cigarettes off him and never bought any back in return
The former Ukip boss and infamously heavy smoker said the ex-PM used to borrow them from him in their early days in politics
NIGEL Farage has accused David Cameron of stealing cigarettes from him and never returning the favour.
The former Ukip boss and infamously heavy smoker said the ex-Prime Minister used to borrow them from him in their early days in politics.
Mr Farage made the claims as he discussed how the pair had bumped into each other recently at a party.
Speaking to for a special interview with Nick Ferrari to be broadcast on Boxing Day, he said: "It was very civil and I said, ‘Well, whatever happened, I never meant any of it towards you personally.’
“I was pleased that I said that because I meant it. I never thought David Cameron was a bad bloke.”
Ferrari asked if he was in return polite, which the Brexiteer said: “Oh very, oh very and he always has been.
“We joked about the first time we met years ago, back in 2002 doing a question time event and I said, ‘Well, you were always stealing cigarettes off me in those days,’ which he was.
“He was a smoker, David, but he never seemed to buy his own for some reason. I think he’s given up now.”
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Mr Cameron admitted last year that he had tried to kick the habit several times – but only "relatively successfully".
Asked a question in the Commons about e-cigarettes helping people quit, he said: "Certainly as someone who has been through this battle a number of times, eventually relatively successfully, lots of people find different ways of doing it and clearly for some people e-cigarettes are successful."
It was also reported in the summer that his wife Samantha had begun smoking again to deal with the stress of the EU referendum and her husband’s resignation as PM.
Elsewhere in the LBC interview Mr Farage used the season of goodwill to stick the knife into several other politicians, including those from his own party.
He accused George Osborne of “utter dishonesty” about his time presiding over the economy and called his behaviour during the referendum campaign “despicable”.
Of the former Chancellor’s continued presence in politics he added: Well, yes, he's basically going to re-brand and remodel an Edward Heath.
“He's going to sit on the back benches and be bitter and twisted for the rest of his career.”
Speaking about his short-lived successor as Ukip leader Diane James’ decision to quit after just 18 days at the helm, he called it “a very selfish act”.
And he said he does not rate the woman who tried to follow her, Suzanne Evans, adding that she has “a sort of ridiculous, I think rather overinflated opinion of herself”.
But his most damning words are reserved for Ukip’s only MP Douglas Carswell, who he says “shouldn't be in the party”.
Mr Farage said: “He doesn't believe in what we stand for, he never has done."
Asked why he welcomed him with open arms when he defected from the Tories in 2014, he replied: “Because you take people at face value in life but, I mean, really, since the general election all he's done is sought to undermine us and divide us.”
Despite his recent trips to America and friendship with Donald Trump, he refused to rule out ever running to try and become an MP again.
The 52-year-old is clearly still angry about his defeat in Thanet at last year’s General Election, accusing the Tories of driving “a coach and horses through electoral law”.
He said after the Electoral Commission complete their report into the race, won by Craig Mackinlay, then the police will investigate, which could lead to the race being re-run.
Mr Farage added: So, the answer to your question is, let's see what happens in Thanet. I don't know.
“Right at the moment I'm enjoying life. I don't have to wake up every morning thinking about the next set of elections next May.”
- The Secret Diary of Nigel Farage will be broadcast from 1pm on LBC on Boxing Day
