Nigel Farage has hit out at deepfakes on social media depicting him fighting Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey. Fake images have circulated on X which link to articles that falsely claim Mr Farage confronted Mr Bailey on the BBC’s Question Time. The controversy centered around highly realistic, AI-generated deepfake videos that depicted an impossible physical altercation. In these widely circulated clips, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage appeared to engage in a violent brawl with Andrew Bailey. The Daily Telegraph RHOA Star Porsha Williams Speaks Up Cynthia Bailey And LePrince 2026-06-08 NDTV Royal experts speak out after Andrew spotted with a large bruise on his face 2026-06-09 The News International Thailand Consumers Council sues Facebook over scam adverts and lack of victim redress 2026-06-08 The Star The posts have circulated on X falsely claim Farage confronted Mr Bailey on the BBC’s Question Time Nigel Farage speaks out over deepfake X adverts featuring him fighting Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey Ted Hennessey Tue, 9 June 2026 at 2:52 am GMT-7 0 Andrew Bailey, Dave Ramsden, Liz Oakes and Jonathan Hall: Treasury Select Committee on the December Financial. The Bank of England has come out fighting after AI-generated videos of Andrew Bailey in conflict with Nigel Farage emerged as paid adverts on the social media platform X. The paid-for, deepfake news adverts on Elon Musk's platform show Andrew Bailey engaging in a brawl with the Reform UK leader. An AI-generated scam which features 'Martin Lewis' arguing with 'Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England', on the BBC's 'Question Time' has been doing the rounds recently. Farage hits out at deepfakes on X of fight with Bank of England governor Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage says he hopes X acts incredibly quickly to take down AI-generated images that falsely show him having a fight with Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey in the Questio.