Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage mocked after saying Hull is in South Yorkshire | indy100 | indy100

Nigel Farage has been in the headlines a lot this week after making a political decision which could have a huge consequence on the general election.

While that was probably anticipated, he almost definitely didn't expect to be making headlines because of his poor geography skills.

On Thursday, the Brexit Party leader gave a speech where he unveiled the party's candidates for Hull, which you may or may not know is in East Yorkshire.

Well, Farage clearly didn't know this as at 11:30am he tweeted:

I'm live in South Yorkshire to announce @MichelleDewbs as our fantastic candidate in Hull West.

As you can see, Farage managed to completely mistake which county he was in, which is almost unforgivable up north.

The tweet was eventually deleted but it didn't stop some people having fun with it at his expense.

Someone get the poor lad a map https://t.co/1YElyjR98R
— Louise Haigh (@Louise Haigh) 1573735750

It’s East Yorkshire Nigel. https://t.co/3kUwZn5XAJ
— Karl Turner MP (@Karl Turner MP) 1573734041

Hi Nigel, I’ve done a map for you. Now please leave Yorkshire. https://t.co/LRUPuWZjkD
— Luke Farley 🤝 Join a union! (@Luke Farley 🤝 Join a union!) 1573735856

Nigel Farage is currently in East Yorkshire. But seems to think he’s in South Yorkshire. #GE19 | @itvcalendar https://t.co/3nTJLqNYqB
— Joe Pike (@Joe Pike) 1573732644

@Nigel_Farage @MichelleDewbs Why aren't you in Hull West? The actual constituency?
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷) 1573731891

Hard to overstate how unimpressed people in Hull are with this sort of thing... Like saying ‘I’m live from Kent, N… https://t.co/9kki0UzZ0M
— 🎄🎄DecoratedEd Marsh🎄🎄 (@🎄🎄DecoratedEd Marsh🎄🎄) 1573738941

@LouHaigh I have a map for Mr Farage. https://t.co/8xvwAtoloI
— Gavin (@Gavin) 1573748885

HT Hull Live

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