Nigel Farage has lashed out at those waving EU flags, labelling claims of music as a unifying force as “airy fairy nonsense”.

Nigel Farage has labelled concertgoers who proudly waved European Union flags at this year’s Last Night of the Proms of being in denial about Brexit. His comments were likely sparked by widely broadcast TV footage showing a mass of blue and gold stars at the traditionally patriotic event. The former UKIP leader accused those who brandished the flags, paid for by a successful crowdfunding campaign, of making the event “all about them”.

“These people are still in denial over the referendum result,” Farage told the Guardian. “They are trying to make it all about them instead of a great concert. The British people want to leave the EU no matter how many flags they fly.”

“As for this airy fairy ‘music crosses all borders’ nonsense, music is also an important part of national symbolism in every part of the world.”

In advance of the Last Night of the Proms, Farage had told the Daily Express that he would be enlisting former UKIP donor Arron Banks to fund the supply of a large number...