--- title: Nigel Farage Is to Become a Political Pundit for Fox News description: One of the most recognisable faces of the Brexit campaign will be coming to Fox News canonical: https://time.com/4641164/nigel-farage-is-to-become-a-political-pundit-for-fox-news/ author: Zamira Rahim article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-20T17:53:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:20.094Z article:section: Politics og:title: Nigel Farage is joining Fox News og:description: The network has hired the Brexit campaigner to provide political commentary og:url: https://time.com/4641164/nigel-farage-is-to-become-a-political-pundit-for-fox-news/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nigel Farage is joining Fox News twitter:description: The network has hired the Brexit campaigner to provide political commentary twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nigel Farage Is to Become a Political Pundit for Fox News > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: Donald Trump Meets With Nigel Farage [Watch (HLS stream): Donald Trump Meets With Nigel Farage](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9VSuPLvM.m3u8) (1:44)  _Published 2016-11-14. The UKIP leader has told his country's government that he is happy to "provide introductions" to the U.S. President-elect._ by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Jan 20, 2017 5:53 PM UTC by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Jan 20, 2017 5:53 PM UTC [Nigel Farage](http://time.com/4590419/nigel-farage-trump-brexit-person-of-the-year/?iid=sr-link3), the British politician whose campaign for ‘Brexit’ brought him into the orbit of President Donald Trump, is joining the Fox News Channel as a contributor. The former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) will appear on political programming across Fox as well as on primetime on Fox Business Network, [the network confirmed](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170120005444/en/FOX-News-Channel-Signs-UK-Independence-Party). Farage has apparently developed a warm relationship with Trump, after appearing with him onstage at a Mississippi rally in August. [A photograph of the two at Trump Tower](http://time.com/4569416/donald-trump-nigel-farage-meeting-theresa-may/?iid=sr-link1) circulated on social media shortly after the U.S. election, notable particularly as Trump is yet to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May. Farage helped found UKIP in 1993 after leaving the U.K.’s Conservative Party in protest at the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. He was a prominent and influential voice calling for Britain to exit the EU, though not affiliated with the official Leave campaign. The former commodities trader has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999 and has run unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.K. Parliament seven times. Fox News has also recently hired back controversial pundit Bob Beckel and replaced the outgoing Megyn Kelly with Tucker Carlson. ## Transcript [ SOUND ] She is very fortunate [ UNKNOWN ] Mr. Farage, will you being seeing Mr. Trump today? We talked about, obviously, Brexit, and how it was going, in terms of timelines At everything else. We reflected on his campaign, how he felt on the night and all of that. If I could be useful on anyway to the British government, then I'm very happy to do so. That it would appear that the apparatchiks in Downing Street keep saying very negative things about me. I thought that was just a little bit short sighted, frankly. And if we're honest You know there are a lot of people in this conservative government, and senior staff in Downing Street, who were very rude about Mr. Trump throughout the campaign. I think it's time to mend some fences, and if I can help do that, I certainly would. Trump says that America should not continue to pick up such a big bill for NATO. I think he's right. I think the other members do need to pull their weight. And frankly, there's been no proper reassessment of what NATO is, ever since the Berlin Wall came down over 25 years ago. And I see this perhaps as being one of the reasons why it is vital that we have a good relationship with the USA. Because we are the bridge. Between America, and the rest of the NATO members. And I would really want to see at some point next year, a coming together of all NATO members to talk about their commitments, to talk about its structure, and to talk About the future. But the more we hear from the European Union that they wish to brush NATO aside, the more I think it would be wrong to view Trump as being a threat to our security. 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