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Nigel stars in YouTube hit

Wednesday, 25th August 2010

UKIP MEP Nigel Farage has just surpassed 1.5million hits on Youtube for a single video, becoming a Youtube star and putting dull Eurocrats in the shade.

The South East England MEP, who walked away from a plane crash three months ago has clocked up 1.53 million video hits for his speech to EU President Von Rompuy autotuned and put to music.
His top five most watched videos alone have topped over 2.5 million views.

In contrast, videos of the president of the EU Parliament and Commission get a few thousand hits on the same subject. The video of President of the EU Parliament Jerzy Buzek got less that 2,000 when he demanded that Farage apologise for his remarks to Van Rompuy.

Asked why he thought his vids had gone viral, MEP Farage said, "I suggest people prefer to listen to a man who speaks with passion and conviction about this country's freedom rather an some boring bureaucrat who only thinks of his perks and pension. In an EU context, we in UKIP are "Rebels with a Cause", young people see that, hear that and like it."

Busy preparing for the UKIP Conference in Torquay next week, Farage said, "Young people who watch YouTube realise that the Libertarian and EUrosceptic cause is the future. The dull Eurocrats who vainly spend a huge amount of money on PR will realise that soon enough."

You can watch Nigel's hit video here.