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An image shows Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge. The image has been edited to include the badge. An image claiming to show Nigel Farage wearing a pin badge depicting a gollywog has been shared over 400 times on Facebook. However, the image is an edited version of a photo used to illustrate the Wikipedia page on Mr Farage’s electoral history. The gollywog is a racist fictional character based on a caricatured depiction of black people. In recent years, numerous public figures have had to apologise for using the term to describe black people, or for defending the character. The badge seen in the photo appears to be from UK marmalade and preserve brand Robertson’s. The Golly was the brand’s mascot from 1910 to 2001, when it was ‘retired’. The brand denied this was in response to a change in popular attitude towards the character. This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook. You can read more about this—and find out how to report Facebook content—here. For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as false as the image has been edited.
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