Nigel Farage has sparked outrage after being spotted using a disabled parking spot for 45 minutes to go shopping at M&S.<br /><br />Pictures taken on Monday 22 April show the former UKIP leader exit a white BMW on North Wharf Road, next to St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington in London - clearly marked as disabled parking only.<br /><br />His chauffeur, who was driving the vehicle, is said to have walked Mr Farage - now president of the resurgent Reform UK - to a building before waiting while smoking cigarettes and buying food.<br /><br />Mr Farage then exited the building and the pair then stopped off at M&S before returning to the car and leaving. <br /><br />An eyewitness - who wished to remain anonymous - said: "It's outrageous.<br /><br />"Everyone else has to obey the rules but he can just park in a disabled bay when he makes rules for everybody else."<br /><br />According to the witness, Mr Farage's driver was parked in the bay from approximately 10.43am to 11.29am. <br /><br />Westminster City Council confirmed pick up and set down is permitted in the parking bay - as long as they don't exceed two minutes - but state "subsequent waiting is not allowed without a disabled badge being on display or further exemption". <br /><br />A Westminster City Council spokesperson said: "The council monitors these bays to ensure drivers are complying with the rules."<br /><br />The witness said: "I wasn't too happy - there were other people trying to look for parking spaces, even to the point where they were pulling up beside me. <br /><br />"It was busy so lots of people were looking over at that disabled spot then driving off. <br /><br />"The chauffeur driver saw it then I just saw him reverse into the parking spot. <br /><br />"Nigel Farage got out and walked into a building opposite.<br /><br />"The driver walked him into the building, then came out, gone over to another building across road and eaten food. <br /><br />"The driver was smoking cigs, spitting on the floor, they had no care where they were parking."<br /><br />The witness said Mr Farage came back with an M&S bag in his hand which he didn't appear to have before. <br /><br />"He must have popped to the shops after his meeting," they said.<br /><br />Representatives of Farage have refused to comment but he previously spoke out about refusing to be registered as partially disabled after major surgery following a near-fatal plane crash during the 2010 General Election.<br /><br />Speaking in September last year, the GB News presenter said: “After the aeroplane crash that I was involved in in 2010, when the x-rays came back, and I had major surgery, the neurosurgeon said, ‘well, Nigel, with your condition if you want, I can sign you off as partially disabled’ and I told him politely, where to go.<br /><br />“You see, I think for many people, this is about a state of mind.”<br /><br />Nigel Farage's office was approached for comment but did not respond.
