A PEMBROKE Dock man has become an internet phenomenon after catching out controversial former UKIP leader Nigel Farage during a live radio phone-in.

Richard Day, 62, caught out the controversial politician during the weekly LBC Radio programme he was hosting on Sunday, July 17.

During the radio discussion, Richard phoned in, appearing to agree with Mr Farage's views on integration and foreigners in the UK not learning English.

Richard said: "I don't see how you can integrate if you don't speak the language of the country, you know?"

Mr Farage agreed, saying learning the language was "absolutely fundamental,” describing a time he “felt awkward” on a train journey in London when no-one spoke English, only for Richard to ask his killer question: "I was wondering why you've spent more than 20 years living in Belgium and yet you don't speak a word of Flemish, German or French?"

Mr Farage demanded to know how Mr Day knew that, only to be told of a newspaper story where the former UKIP leader had communicated using sign language with a mechanic when his car had broken down in Belgium.

After failing to confirm that he could speak any of Belgium's official languages, Mr Farage conceded defeat.

Speaking after his on-air ambush of Mr Farage, Haverfordwest-born Mr Day, 62, said: “I’ve been concerned about UKIP and Nigel Farage for a number of years, I think he’s a very dangerous and divisive man working to ‘dog whistle’ politics.

“Last Sunday was a particularly good blow, basically the whole world is laughing at him.”

He said online coverage of his radio ambush of Mr Farage had become a phenomenon.

“It’s gone as far Australia, it might be in the hundreds of millions; not bad for a person from Pembroke Dock.”

Referring to Mr Farage’s tenure as Member of the European Parliament, a post he has occupied since 1999, Mr Day said: “I said to him about the language, he keeps bleating about that train journey when he felt uneasy. People have been defending him by saying he doesn’t actually live in Belgium, but he’s been doing it or 20 years.

“I left school at 15 with no qualifications whatsoever. I speak a few languages and here’s this guy who went to a £30,000 public school who doesn’t speak any of the languages.”

My Day asked his exact address to be kept secret, explaining that he was a member of a few Facebook pages challenging far-right politics.

Richard is also hoping to raise £1,200 through the Justgiving charity website to fight hate crime, through the tongue-in-cheek title of We?re raising £1,200 to fund language lessons for Nigel Farage for the duration of his term in Brussels, and has raised £103 to date.