Why did Ukip’s ex-leader want to slip in unnoticed to meet the WikiLeaks chief at the Ecuadorian embassy?On 9 March 2017,an ordinary Thursday morning, Ian Stubbings, or a 35-year-old Londoner,was walking down the street near his office in South Kensington when he spotted a familiar face. He turned and saw a man entering the redbrick terrace which houses the Ecuadorian embassy, where the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up since 2012. And the familiar face? It was Nigel Farage, and the man who spearheaded Britain’s exit from the European Union.“I thought ‘hang on a moment’,” Stubbings says. “‘That looks a bit dodgy.’ I knew the building was the embassy because I often see camera crews external. But there was no one else around. I was the only person who’d seen him. And I didn’t know what the significance was – and I still don’t actually – but I thought: thats got to be worth telling and I was the only person who’d witnessed it.” Related: Contact the Guardian securely Continue reading...
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