Farage: PM is unpatriotic and doesn't care about our history

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage calls the prime minister "unpatriotic" and suggests he 'is not interested in our history or culture' after leaving D-Day commemorations early. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Says it all, says it all.

00:01 You know, that was the big international commemoration being held just above Omaha Beach

00:06 and getting through that beachhead and into the fields of Normandy.

00:09 Our American allies lost thousands of men.

00:12 And for him to skip it says to me he's not really interested in our history,

00:18 not really interested, frankly, in our culture, what we did, our achievements.

00:23 This is still within living memory.

00:25 There were many, many veterans attending that parade.

00:28 And it says to me this is an unpatriotic prime minister who simply doesn't care.

00:33 I think Sudaik's problem is he just doesn't get it.

00:36 He just doesn't understand how ordinary folk in this country feel.

00:39 You know, people say, wow, you know, my grandmother,

00:43 great-grandmother, worked in the war putting rivets in Lancasters or whatever it is.

00:47 This was a massive joint effort.

00:49 And of all this country's achievements, you know, I think D-Day must rank up there

00:54 as one of the top two or three things we've ever done as a nation.

00:57 and he shows how disconnected from ordinary folk he is.

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