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Nigel Farage has demanded an apology from the BBC and Fiona Bruce after the host “interrupted me with incorrect facts” throughout a fiery Question Time debate.

The honorary president of Reform UK was arguing about wider issues dealing with the NHS when he stated about 11 % of the UK’s gross home product (GDP) was spent on the well being service.

Ms Bruce interjected whereas he was mid-flow to say the nation’s well being spending was truly 18 % of what Mr Farage described as “our national cake”.

But Office for National Statistics (ONS) knowledge present that 2023 healthcare spending was 10.9 % of GDP – a slight lower from the earlier yr when it was 11.1 %.

On prime of the info, Mr Farage instantly doubted Ms Bruce’s interruption – saying he thought it was what he quoted initially however that “we won’t argue about it”.

A fast test of ONS figures on-line reveals that Mr Farage was certainly proper all alongside.

He tweeted later to say: “I hope @bbcquestiontime and Fiona Bruce apologise for interrupting me with incorrect facts tonight.

“The ONS says NHS expenditure represented 11.3 percent of GDP in 2022, not 18 percent as Fiona said.”

Mr Farage was arguing that the system “isn’t working anymore” as a result of the nation is spending growing public cash on well being.

Thursday’s Question Time debate was notable for a number of spats, significantly between Mr Farage and TalkTV host Piers Morgan.

The former tabloid editor instructed his GB News rival “you’ve bottled it mate” after Mr Farage dominated out standing within the upcoming General Election.

Mr Farage hit again that Mr Morgan was nothing greater than a “YouTuber” after his Uncensored TalkTV present went online-only.

The NHS sparked a chronic debate on Question Time, with Mr Morgan railing towards Labour’s plans to reform the service. The get together has pledged to slash ready lists.

He instructed Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting: “We simply have not moved the system to deal with this enormous, new population, and it is creaking at the seams.

“I’m sorry, Wes, but when it comes to your pledge, it is tinkering while Rome burns.

“And my question to you is – given your Shadow Chancellor has just mimicked the Tories and said there will be no tax rises, income tax corporation tax, National Insurance, now VAT – how the hell are you going to pay for this stuff? There will be no money!”