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Nigel Farage has blamed "hard left lunatics" for forcing Ipswich Town to make a humiliating apology for hosting him, describing his critics as "deeply intolerant".
The Reform leader defended his controversial visit to Portman Road, which prompted criticism from many of the Suffolk club's fans, and said every Premier League and Championship club should want to meet him.
He made his remarks during a trip to the Norfolk Showground on Tuesday night, where his party held a rally.
He acknowledged his trip to Ipswich last week, during which he posted a video of him touring Portman Road, had "caused a stir in East Anglia".
The clip saw him pose with Ipswich Town shirts with "Farage 10" on the back, visit the club's media room and stand on the pitch side.
After days of criticism from fans saying the club should not have hosted the politician, chairman Mark Ashton released his own video in which he "unreservedly apologised".
Mr Farage was unapologetic.
"These are hard left lunatics, they're deeply intolerant - it's all part of cancel culture," he said.
He revealed he had travelled to Portman Road to discuss Reform's opposition to the government's independent football regulator, which was introduced last year to oversee clubs' financial conduct and test the suitability of owners.
The watchdog has also revealed plans to devise a new code of governance, with clubs having to show what they are doing to tackle under-representation of minorities and increase their focus on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
"I went to Ipswich because Mark Ashton wanted to meet me to talk about football regulations," he said.
"Frankly, every Premier League club and Championship club should want to meet me and talk to me.
"They got bombarded with hate.
"That's what the mob do - they frighten people. It shows you how nasty the country is.
"I'm not going to pick a fight with Mark, I don't need to do that.
"But he comes under pressure, they start getting abuse. This is how people react because they thought they had to."
Posted By: norwaay on April 1st 2026 at 13:34:03
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- Ipswich Town news (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 13:34:03
- Yep the left = "cancel culture". Investigate the all the de-banking under the dems (n/m) (Other Football) - Musky, Apr 1, 19:36:55
- 🇺🇳 🖤 🏳️🌈 🏳 🏳️⚧️ ☮️ 🌎 🤍 ✌️ (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Apr 1, 20:45:17
- Absolutely no chance anyone in East Anglia will vote for Reform. (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 1, 14:21:58
- 7/10....you did get the usual shlubz to bite.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 1, 16:07:52
- Same old faeces (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 17:15:49
- Harsh but true.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 1, 17:33:57
- Same old faeces (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 17:15:49
- It's about diversity Shoddy. Farage is antidiversity and football clubs are pro-diverstity (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Apr 1, 15:18:07
- Pretty much everyone is in favour of diversity (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 16:26:16
- I think what gets missed here is that (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 17:29:43
- I didn't say it was bad, or unprecedented; I said that we need to find a shared sense (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 17:49:29
- Why is this needed in its old form? Why can this not evolve? (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 18:14:31
- I get where you’re coming from but it’s not straightforward (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 18:46:28
- Well no it's not straightforward - I was asking more questions than providing answers, but (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 19:31:41
- There was something I didn’t intend (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 19:52:18
- Well no it's not straightforward - I was asking more questions than providing answers, but (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 19:31:41
- I get where you’re coming from but it’s not straightforward (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 18:46:28
- Why is this needed in its old form? Why can this not evolve? (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 18:14:31
- I didn't say it was bad, or unprecedented; I said that we need to find a shared sense (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 17:49:29
- I don’t think (pretty much) everyone is in favour of it (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 17:21:56
- Exactly, and Farage and Reform are very much not in favour of diversity, racial or sexual (n/m) (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Apr 1, 18:14:58
- "the varieties of diversity that are good or bad" (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 17:17:57
- Agree with the sentiment if not the whole content (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 16:55:59
- the issue with britishness (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 17:37:49
- You can't take everything away & replace it with nothing (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 18:19:17
- the issue with britishness (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 17:37:49
- i said something similar a few weeks back ..... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 1, 16:48:11
- Excellent post (Other Football) - Old Git, Apr 1, 16:34:24
- I think what gets missed here is that (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 17:29:43
- Pretty much everyone is in favour of diversity (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 16:26:16
- Really? (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 15:03:55
- Green don’t you mean (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Breadstick, Apr 1, 14:39:17
- Lots of Green placards in my village (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:41:45
- FFS , think of all the trees they cut down to make those.... (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 1, 18:20:26
- The only placards I've seen so far are Green (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 14:44:17
- Lots of Green placards in my village (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:41:45
- So weird (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:24:50
- Shoddy! ffs man. (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 14:24:14
- Oh joy (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 1, 14:22:50
- 7/10....you did get the usual shlubz to bite.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 1, 16:07:52
- To be fair Farage is right there. As funny as I found the whole episode (Other Football) - Jim, Apr 1, 13:38:13
- ‘Other views?’ (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Apr 1, 21:09:07
- But expressing concern that a club aligns itself with Reform is hard left? (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 15:07:49
- I think you've moved a little off topic there, Jim. (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 13:46:43
- Most people are not far right like Farage (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 1, 13:44:05
- You don’t know that but (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 14:00:38
- Nailed it (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:17:41
- Always found it bizarre how important an issue immigration is to voters (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 1, 14:16:54
- It’s because there is a powerful propaganda that tells them (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Apr 1, 14:52:58
- It's no comfort, but it's not just us (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 15:03:06
- Because they are told that’s the problem. There’s no intellectual curiosity. (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 14:32:11
- It's an invasion don't you know? (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:19:13
- It’s because there is a powerful propaganda that tells them (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Apr 1, 14:52:58
- 🤝 (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 14:12:04
- You don’t know that but (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 14:00:38
- But it’s ok to shut down anyone with vague concerns about Reform and its impact on (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 13:42:29
- And my phone strikes again (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 13:42:52
- Yep the left = "cancel culture". Investigate the all the de-banking under the dems (n/m) (Other Football) - Musky, Apr 1, 19:36:55
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