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Rage Against the Machine demand British politician rename podcast

Rage Against The Machine are demanding British politician Nigel Farage renames his podcast before they take legal action.
The former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader has been at odds with the U.S. rockers since he named his podcast for U.K. radio station LBC, Farage Against the Machine.
And on Tuesday (10Jul18), the band’s legal team, led by lawyer Howard King, fired a strongly-worded cease-and-desist letter to the 54-year-old.
According to documents obtained by The Blast, Farage was told his podcast name and logo “brazenly and unlawfully exploits our client’s name and logo,” and that the “implication of any endorsement by our client of you or your policies is particularly abhorrent”.
“Rage Against The Machine (RATM) has publicly denounced the type of right-wing ideology you espouse for decades; in fact, that has been an integral part of the band’s identity and purpose,” the letter reads.
Taking a more personal angle, and referencing the controversial politician’s alleged friendship with U.S. President Donald Trump, the rockers’ legal team adds: “Your anti-immigrant rhetoric, lack of social compassion and barely disguised racism and xenophobia are the antithesis of what RATM stands for… Stop using RATM’s name and logo, change the name of your podcast and find some other target to troll. We suggest President Trump.”
Blasting Farage yet again, and warning him that they will take further action if he ignores the letter, the legal team demanded Farage change the name of his podcast and stop using all marketing, promotion and advertising with everything that “falsely associates you, your colleagues at LBC and Fox, and your far-right political views with RATM”.
Farage has yet to comment on the report.

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