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Nigel Farage‘s BBC Panorama grilling has been delayed from tonight due to a diary mix-up.
The Reform leader had been due to face off with presenter Nick Robinson as part of the election campaign.
The programme was set to air at 10.40pm, but has now been postponed to a later date.
Sources insisted Mr Farage would still be doing the interview. The BBC One schedule now includes Tokyo Vice instead.
The Brexit champion’s decision to return to the frontline – and stand as a MP in Clacton – has set fire to the campaign, and threatened to thrown the Tories into a tailspin.
Polls have been showing Reform closing on the Conservatives in terms of support, with fears mounting about a ‘crossover moment’.
Mr Farage has already taken part in a BBC seven-way debate where he was seen as having outperformed Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner.
The former MEP was the ghost at the feast during Rishi Sunak‘s own Panorama clash yesterday.
Nigel Farage had been due to face off with presenter Nick Robinson in the coming hours as part of the election campaign
The former MEP was the ghost at the feast during Rishi Sunak’s own Panorama clash yesterday
Robinson jibed that Mr Sunak was the political equivalent of a ‘quinoa salad’ compared to Mr Farage’s ‘Sunday roast with all the trimmings’.
But the premier argued that ‘there’s only going to be one of two people who’s prime minister’.
‘A vote for anyone who’s not a Conservative candidate is just making it more likely that Keir Starmer is that person,’ he said.
‘So if you ask someone, you say, you know, what makes a Conservative, if you are someone who wants lower taxes, if you want your pension protected, if you want migration reduced, if you want a sensible approach to Net Zero that prioritises our security and reducing people’s bills, that’s what I will offer you in this election.’
The premier was also pressed on his response to an alleged ‘dog whistle’ attack from Mr Farage, who suggested the D-Day bungle showed the PM did not understand ‘our culture’.
‘Is he playing with fire by bringing your heritage into this argument?’ Robinson asked.
Mr Sunak replied: ‘Well Nigel Farage can answer what he exactly meant by those comments.
‘I’m not going to get involved in that because I don’t think it’s good for our country or good for our politics. Now obviously I disagree with him and when it comes, specifically, to our Armed Forces, again people can judge me by my actions.’
Robinson posted on social media today that Mr Farage’s interview was ‘to follow’