How Farage became part of the Sussexes' television saga
The Independent|December 10, 2022
Never one to let things slide, Nigel Farage has hit back at the Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary in his usual rather clever and robust fashion.
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How Farage became part of the Sussexes' television saga

In covering the strained atmosphere in Britain during the height of the Brexit debates, which came just as Harry and Meghan's relationship was becoming public, the documentary-makers (styling themselves H and M) suggested that Brexit had fuelled racism, and thus the public reaction to their relationship. The film even included a clip of Farage declaring that "immigration is the number one issue", with the historian David Olusoga pointing out, perfectly reasonably, that immigration is often a trigger for racism.

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