Nigel Farage launches blistering attack on Church of England bishops - 'heads in sand.'
Church of England bishops do not understand their flocks and are not doing a very good job, Nigel Farage has claimed in a blistering tirade.By Aaron Newbury
13:03, Mon, Feb 23, 2026 Updated: 15:25, Mon, Feb 23, 2026
Church of England Bishops do not understand their flocks and are not doing a very good job, Nigel Farage has claimed. In a blistering tirade at Anglican leadership, the Reform UK leader said senior clergy had a "rather twisted view of what their flock in this country Mr Farage was speaking at a press conference in Dover as his 'shadow home secretary', businessman Zia Yusuf, announced their new program for dealing with immigration. In response to a question about his views of Bishops criticising his previous statements on refugees, the Reform leader said clerics had their "heads in the sand" on the issue. DE.
