The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Get US and UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Nigel Farage failed to give a straight answer to an audience member's question about UK trade after Brexit on last night's Question Time. The former UKIP leader was asked whether he knew of anywhere operating on World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules that did not have a trade agreement with another country. Mr Farage, who backs leaving the EU on WTO rules, failed to state a country, instead arguing that there were plenty of governments keen to sign trade deals with the UK. The questioner said: "Nigel, you say: 'WTO rules, that's not a problem, that's the solution'. Name me one country within the WTO rules that doesn't have a trade agreement with another country." The head of the Brexit Party replied: "Of course, because WTO rules are the basis from which you begin." He added that other nations would 'come running' when the UK is able to sign trade deals, after Brexit. However, the audience member was unsatisfied with the MEP's response, saying: "Nigel, sorry. Just answer the question." Mr Farage prevaricated again, prompting the BBC programme's host Fiona Bruce to question whether he actually knew the answer to the question. In response, the former commodities trader said: "No I don't, because actually there isn't one." The questioner then told the politician that this was the scheme he was proposing to the public, resulting in applause from other members of the audience. This week's Question Time was held in Northampton, an area that voted for Brexit by 58 per cent in the 2016 referendum.<doc-sep>Question Time audience member tells May to ‘waste no more time’ FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up fornow and never miss the top politics stories again When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. The Brexit Party leader will battle with Change UK MP, Ms Soubry, as the new political movements look to overthrow the establishment ahead of the upcoming European elections. There is certainly no love-lost between the political heavyweights, who have traded insults throughout Britain’s stuttering process to leave the European Union. During a Brexit Party rally in Nottingham last month, Mr Farage branded Ms Soubry “dishonest” following her decision to defect from the Tory party, despite standing on a Conservative manifesto to honour the 2016 referendum. Whilst the Change UK MP claimed the former Ukip leader was “in the past” and no longer relevant to British politics during the speech for the Independent Group. Remarkably, this evening Mr Farage will be making his 33rd appearance on Question Time. On Tuesday, the Brexiteer went on a scathing attack on the BBC and accused the cooperation of ignoring his latest politcal movement. Question Time: Nigel Farage and Anna Soubry will go head-to-head He told a reporter during a press conference in London: “Well, it is very very nice to see the BBC here, I must say, no it really is. “I have been all over the country speaking at big rallies with a couple of thousand people at most of them, we haven’t seen the BBC at any of them. So it is jolly nice that you have made the effort to come.” He added: “I also notice that on no single major current affairs debate or news programme has a single person from the Brexit Party appeared. Question Time: Anna Soubry left the Tories to join Change UK “Quite what that means for public service broadcasting in the future, I really don’t know. But it is jolly good that you have come today.” Meanwhile Ms Rudd, Work and Pensions secretary, will be sure to face a barrage of criticism from all sides and has the uphill task of championing the Tory vote in the EU elections on May 23, following a dismal display at the local elections. The Conservatives suffered a huge defeat and lost a total of 1,330 seats and control of 44 councils. Farage SLAMS Peston for quizzing him on Brexit Party funding Ms Rudd is seen by many as a potential successor to Theresa May, who has vowed to resign once a Brexit deal has been reached. Today the cabinet minister will use a major speech to set out her vision of a modern-day Conservative Party. However, Ms Rudd, who would represent pro-EU wing of the Tory party, is in a precarious position to mount a leadership challenge as she only has a slim majority of 346 in her Hastings and Rye constituency. Question Time: Amber Rudd is seen as a potential successor to Theresa May<doc-sep>The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Get US and UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Nigel Farage was embroiled in a furious Question Time spat last night with an MP who attacked his Brexit "lies and spin". The Brexit Party leader repeatedly scoffed, huffed and interrupted Anna Soubry as they traded insults over their approach to leaving the EU. Former Tory Ms Soubry accused Farage of trumpeting the benefits of a softer, Norway-style Brexit before the 2016 referendum - only to later make clear he backed No Deal. He suggested that was untrue. "You never listen!" he bellowed, interrupting the MP. So what are the facts? Well, it seems actually both are at least a bit true. Farage did say he would back a No Deal Brexit in 2016. But our records also show Farage talked up Norway. He sarcastically told a Mirror debate in 2016: “It would be ghastly if this country was like Norway. Can you imagine it? “Rich, free, catching your own fish, and with a seat at the World Trade Organisation!” (Image: BBC) (Image: BBC) Last night Farage told the BBC Question Time audience in Northampton the UK should leave with no deal at all - and it wouldn't even cause a hard border in Northern Ireland. Remain-backing Change UK MP Ms Soubry told last night's panel show: "These are the lies and the spin! "Because Nigel Farage is criticising the return of a customs union and regulatory alignment. (Image: BBC) "In 2015 he was arguing for exactly the same thing - saying we could leave the EU just like Norway had done." Farage scoffed, grimaced and said "what?" - pivoting to attack on a factual inaccuracy in Ms Soubry's words. Her talk of "leaving the EU just like Norway" is not accurate because Norway did not leave the EU - it never joined. "Norway never joined, what are you talking about?" Farage declared. (Image: BBC) Ms Soubry said: "The lies you told." He replied: "I said no deal is better than a bad deal Anna, I argued it all through the referendum, day after day after day. "You weren't listening, you never do, do you?" The spat prompted cheers from the Question Time audience. Host Fiona Bruce interjected to smooth over the debate. (Image: BBC) Ms Bruce said: “You’re talking about the toxicity of the debate and the kind of tempers we've seen online and outside Parliament. “Talking like this is exactly what we’re talking about. We can be better than that, can't we?" Ms Soubry pressed on: "In the referendum people like Nigel said we would get a deal. He argued for that." She slammed Vote Leave's false promise of £350million a week for the NHS and said: "People were told we wouldn't leave unless a deal had been done." But Farage said: "I said no deal was better than a bad deal Anna day after day after day. You weren't listening were you?"<doc-sep>
Nigel Farage has moaned he had to "fight" to get on Question Time because the BBC wanted a woman instead. The Brexit Party leader made his 33rd appearance on the show last Thursday, where he turned heads with a furious spat with Change UK MP Anna Soubry. Critics say Farage has been overexposed on the flagship panel show since he shot to prominence more than a decade ago. Yet today he moaned he had to push out a female member of his party from appearing because "I'm the founder of this" and he wanted to appear himself. Mr Farage claimed he had to "battle like crazy" because "the BBC now have to gender balance everything." (Image: BBC) He added: "I'm all for equal opportunities but it did strike me as being bizarre." "It wasn't confirmed until Wednesday that I'd be on, because they wanted to have a woman for gender balance," he complained to radio station LBC. "Fine, we've got some great women, we can give you Ann Widdecombe or Claire Fox. We've got some wonderful women standing for us. "But actually, you know what, I'm the founder of this, I invented this thing, I developed this thing, I'm leading this thing. "Don't I deserve a chance to present to the country what it's for?" (Image: LBC) Thursday was Mr Farage's 33rd appearance on the show. The BBC said his last before last week was in March 2018 and he did not appear at all in 2017. Mr Farage is nowhere near the record for most appearances on Question Time. However, that is held by veterans like Ken Clarke and Shirley Williams who have been active for decades. Mr Clarke has appeared 59 times while Ms Williams appeared 58 times, according to recent research. Mr Farage also moaned today that "£400,000 a year" BBC interviewer Andrew Marr dared to ask a string of questions about his offensive past remarks. He admitted he was rude to the interviewer after Sunday's spat, saying "something like I shan’t be coming back again." (Image: Anthony Devlin) There are claims a member of Mr Farage's team branded a BBC producer a "c***". Mr Farage said: "Sometimes in the heat of the moment we say things." Meanwhile the Brexit Party leader said there were "one or two" donors to his party who've given £20,000 to £30,000 but refused to say who they are. And he said he would never have a manifesto despite being attacked by one listener who complained his party - polling ahead of the Tories for next week's EU elections - has almost no policies. Other listeners accused him of "using immigration to whip up a frenzy" and told him: "You use the fears of ordinary people under the premise of a grand lie." Mr Farage snapped at another listener: "You clearly aren’t very good at listening, Carol."