Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage couldnt get elected member of UK parliament, so he became a member of European Parliament. He also couldnt get knighted by the Queen of England, so he naturally opted for the next best thing: Being knighted by a young girl with a plastic sword on Russia-funded television network RT.
The ceremony didnt stop with the plastic sword, though. The RT host also told Farage he is now honorary ambassador to the United States and honorary MP for South Thanet because they didnt elect you for real. (Farage had to resign as leader of the UK Independence Party the party that drove Britains vote to leave the European Union after he lost a parliamentary bid in South Thanet in 2015.)
After the deed was done, the camera panned to the young stand-in queen, who said, my mummy says you hate foreigners. Farage denied the claim, chuckling with the host. RT likes to have a good time, you see.
