Speaking on LBC last night describe Angela Rayner, who is running to be deputy leader of the party, as one of the “aggressive and unpleasant” people he has ever met. Ms Rayner fiercely defended herself in a tweet this afternoon and also mocked UKIP, Farage’s former party. Tonight while on LBC Mr Farage savagely responded to Ms Rayner’s tweet while also suggesting the Tories copied the 2015 UKIP manifesto. 

Last night the Brexit Party leader said regarding Ms Rayner: “Her and Rebecca Long Bailey have already been attacked by Tom Watson as the Corbyn continuity candidates.

“I did do a debate with Angela Rayner during the election campaign and I’ve never met anybody who was so aggressive and unpleasant towards me.

“Now this could be my fault, of course, I have to accept that, but it was pretty extraordinary.”

Responding to the criticism, Ms Rayner said in a tweet: “Nigel so many people feel the comments you make every day are aggressive and unpleasant.

“I was merely challenging you in a debate, you rarely get challenged properly, when you do and the things that you say are scrutinised they fall apart like an old UKIP manifesto paper!”

Mr Farage hit back tonight regarding Ms Rayner’s tweet: “Angela, I’m going to depress you now, so much of the 2015 UKIP manifesto went into the Conservative Party manifesto.

“There’s barely a policy Boris is running on that wasn’t in that Ukip manifesto of 2015,” he said, “and that will probably upset your day even more than me saying I found you aggressive and unpleasant.

“I’m sure at some point we can kiss and make up.”

The Brexiteer added: “I want there to be an effective leader of the opposition in this country it is how parliamentary democracy works.

“A government that is not held to account is a government that starts to make really big mistakes.”

The Labour Party’s ruling body have decided that the new leader and deputy leader will be announced on April 4.

Six MPs have announced they are running for the top job – Ms Long Bailey, Clive Lewis, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips, Sir Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry.

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Ms Rayner hit out at former deputy leader Tom Watson yesterday after he branded both Ms Long-Bailey and Ms Rayner as the Corbyn continuity candidates.

The Shadow Education Secretary announced her candidacy for deputy leader yesterday, during which she also gave her backing to her close ally and flatmate Ms Long-Bailey.

In response to Mr Watson, Ms Rayner said the pair will “not be told that we are continuity anything from any man”.

She hit back at her former shadow cabinet colleague, saying: “As a northern working-class lass, I’ve been underestimated and told my place ever since I was born.”

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