The comedian Frankie Boyle clashed with the Ukip leader Nigel Farage on Twitter on Tuesday evening, over a spat between Mock the Week presenter Dara Ó Briain and right-wing comic Andrew Lawrence.

Earlier on Tuesday, Ó Briain hit back at Lawrence after he accused panel shows including Mock the Week of indulging in “liberal back-slapping”.

In a Facebook post Lawrence said the BBC programme and those similar to it featured “ageing, balding, fat men, ethnic comedians and women-posing-as-comedians” making jokes at the expense of Ukip and Farage.

Ó Briain responded by calling Lawrence “bitter” and “self delusional”.

The many faces of Nigel Farage

By Tuesday evening, Farage had shared an article on Lawrence’s comments with his Twitter followers, writing: “It's rare to find someone so honest in the media, particularly in comedy. This is very interesting.”

Farage responded: “Probably the funniest thing I've ever heard you say,” to which Boyle retorted: “You didn't hear me say it you daft b*stard.”

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