The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the state regulator of television and radio communications in Britain, has set Nigel Farage’s share of election coverage at just eight percent, despite the fact they are tying or ahead of the governing Conservatives (Tories) in national polls.

“We’re trailing [the Conservatives] in Scotland and in London, but in most of England, we are now clearly the challengers to Labour,” Farage said in a video statement on the situation.

“But we are having a major problem; a huge problem,” he said, noting his Reform Party’s relative lack of coverage by the state-owned BBC and Channel 4 and even independent broadcasters like GBNews.

“Why is this? Well, I’ll tell you: the regulator of broadcasters in Britain is Ofcom,” he explained. “Stuffed full of establishment types. And the rules they’ve given broadcasters are very simple… the main determinant of how much coverage each party gets is their performance in the last two elections. Well, Reform UK is brand new. We’ve never contested a national election before,” he said.

“Because of that, the coverage we’re allocated is eight percent. We are getting the same level of coverage as the Green Party despite the fact we’re polling more than three times their number.”

Farage argues that the establishment designed the rules to keep British politics and broadcasting as “a nice, cozy club,” shutting out “new challengers.”

“This is now an outrage; this now amounts to election interference,” he said. “Ofcom are a disgrace. They’re almost rigging this election in favor of the existing parties,” he added.

Reform is investigating possible legal action—but less than two weeks remain before election day on July 4.

Ofcom are engaging in election interference.

Their new rules will only give Reform UK 8% of the coverage.

They are trying to protect the cozy club and stop new challengers like us. pic.twitter.com/759ecVaRcU

— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) June 21, 2024