BBC presenter apologises for misquoting Nigel Farage

BBC presenter Matt Chorley has apologised for misquoting Nigel Farage during an interview about the murder of Henry Nowak.

The Reform leader said in an online video on Tuesday that the public should respond to the killing of 18-year-old Nowak with "pure cold rage".

But in an interview with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch on Tuesday's episode of BBC Two's Newsnight, Chorley said Farage had used the phrase "white cold rage".

Reform argued this implied a racial element to what Farage had said and changed his meaning. Chorley apologised and said the error was "a mistake on my part".

Writing on X on Wednesday, Chorley said: "I owe Nigel Farage an apology.

"During last night's Newsnight, we covered the murder of Henry Nowak and the political reaction to the case, including discussing Nigel Farage's comments about 'pure, cold rage'. However I referred to 'white cold rage'.

"This was a mistake on my part, a misremembering of the quote. It didn't change the content of the interview but I should have got the quote right. I apologise to Nigel Farage for this."

Chorley gave the wrong quote on camera three times during the interview with Badenoch.