Sheila Hancock says she fears dying while Nigel Farage is prime minister

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9 May 2026 • 5:46 AM MYT
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Sheila Hancock says she fears dying while Nigel Farage is prime minister

Dame Sheila Hancock said she fears dying while Nigel Farage is prime minister.

The actress appeared on Have I Got News You, in an episode recorded prior to the results of the local elections on Friday (8 May).

Discussing the growing popularity of Farage’s Reform UK party, the 93-year-old said: “I’ve got to the age now where I probably won’t be here much longer and I’m so frightened that I’m going to die when he’s prime minister. I can’t die when Farage is prime minister.”