On Tuesday, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage launched a ferocious attack on the BBC during a press conference. Jessica Parker, a BBC News political journalist, asked the former Ukip leader about the role his new party would like to play in future EU negotiations, and if the UK was to seek a WTO Brexit, how much negotiating would be needed. Before answering the question, Mr Farage accused the state broadcaster of reporting Brexit in a biased way.
He said: “Well, it is very very nice to see the BBC here, I must say, no it really is.
"I have been all over the country speaking at big rallies with a couple of thousand people at most of them, we haven’t seen the BBC at any of them. So it is jolly nice that you have made the effort to come.
“I also notice that on no single major current affairs debate or news programme has a single person from the Brexit Party appeared. Quite what that means for public service broadcasting in the future, I really don’t know. But it is jolly good that you have come today.”
Only a few days after Mr Farage put forward such claim, Express.co.uk can reveal the BBC's international development charity received almost £3million from the European Commission between 2017 and 2018.
BBC Media Action received almost £3million directly from Brussels in the financial year 2017 (Image: GETTY)
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage (Image: GETTY)
A spokesman for BBC Media action, told Express.co.uk: "In the financial year 2017-18, BBC Media Action received approximately £2.7million from the European Commission and £400,000 from the Council of Europe.
"This funding
