Steph and Dom met Nigel Farage – and Twitter was outraged and entertained

Last night on Channel 4 saw a TV first: the leader of a British political party at the centre of a light-entertainment programme as Ukip’s Nigel Farage met Gogglebox stars Steph and Dom at their Kent guest house for drinks and discussion.

Steph and Dom concluded that they would not be voting UKIP after all – but what did Twitter make of Farage’s foray into Gogglebox territory? Was it outrageous propaganda, or just a bit of fun?

Steph and Dom Meet Nigel Farage, 10pm #StephDomFarage pic.twitter.com/hFHMAdBJFx

— Channel 4 (@Channel4) December 15, 2014

From the beginning, some viewers struggled

Watched Channel 4's #StephDomFarage – turned it over as soon as Nigel popped up. Enjoyed the first five minutes.

— Lorna Cooper (@Coops_tv) December 15, 2014

After all, wasn’t this just a publicity stunt for UKIP?

Wow. So Steph and Dom meet Nigel Farage on Channel 4 was basically one big PR stunt for Ukip. #StephDomFarage

— Lola Lawal (@Lola_Lawal) December 15, 2014

“Mr. Burns, Your Campaign Seems To Have the Momentum of a Runaway Freight Train. Why Are You So Popular?” #StephAndDomMeetNigelFarage

— Craig Potter (@CraigLPotter) December 15, 2014

I've no interest in humanising Nigel Farage. Would love to see this amount of coverage for candidates from the Green Party. #stephdomfarage

— Chelsea Dickenson (@chchchchelsea) December 15, 2014

I’m sorry but Farage’s racism and sexism isn’t a laugh. Why are @Channel4 trying to make him likeable? #StephDomFarage

— Becky Hopper (@BeckyLHopper) December 15, 2014

Others thought it was all in fun

2 minutes in and it is already clear #stephanddom should replace #newsnight

— Jamie Foster (@1jamiefoster) December 15, 2014

seriously I’m sat here grinning like the cheshire cat because I just love Steph and Dom so much omg. #StephAndDom

— Ant (@iamanthonyjames) December 15, 2014

#stephanddom I just want them to adopt me

— Laura (@Get_up_Laura) December 15, 2014

A few were simply eyeing up Steph and Dom’s luxurious B&B

@louisemcsharry: Desperately want to go and stay in The Salutation tbh. #Stephanddom

— Louise McSharry (@louisemcsharry) December 15, 2014

@WelshGasDoc It's expensive. But it may come down in price now that Nigel has stayed there #loweredthetone #StephDomFarage

— Angry Sian (@Angry_Sian) December 15, 2014

Gogglebox fans were excited about the view

SO WEIRD seeing their sitting room from the wrong angle. Almost wrong #StephDomFarage pic.twitter.com/iTIYWA10f2

— Joanna Montgomery (@joannamont) December 15, 2014

The most interesting thing about #StephAndDomMeetNigelFarage was seeing a different angle to their living room. You only ever see 1 side.

— Simon Haytack (@simonhaytack) December 15, 2014

A couple thought this was the beginning of a beautiful relationship

When are they going to put their car keys in a bowl? #StephDomFarage pic.twitter.com/EwBeuTl0Wm

— Political Scrapbook (@PSbook) December 15, 2014

they are definitely going to have a threesome #steph&dom #farage

— georgieporgie (@ratty_out) December 15, 2014

Some viewers were already planning a sequel

I hope @Channel4 build on #StephDomFarage by bringing more celebs to have dinner at the Salutation with Steph & Dom

— William Crawley (@williamcrawley) December 15, 2014

What's all this #StephAndDomMeetNigelFarage bollocks about? Is Ed Miliband popping over to Sandy and Sandra's next week for a pot noodle?

— Ben (@mrbenjiweb) December 16, 2014

Not to be outdone next week Ed Miliband is going round to the Gogglebox ladies from Brixton for takeaway #StephAndDomMeetNigelFarage

— Logical Campaign (@LogicalCampaign) December 15, 2014

Why wasn't @LeonAndJune interviewing Farage tonight. Now that would have been a bloody show! #StephAndDomMeetNigelFarage #Gogglebox

— Josh Willacy (@joshywillacy) December 15, 2014

I hope this is the pilot for a @stephanddom chat show. #StephAndDomMeetNigelFarage

— Daniel Maier (@danielmaier) December 15, 2014

Next week on Channel 4: Steph & Dom meet Kim Jong Un. #stephanddom

— Christopher D. Lewis (@NewHarpsichord) December 15, 2014

Hopefully Channel 4 will have improved their hashtag by then

Guess the Channel 4 social team are feeling embarrassed for using the broken # "#Steph&Dom". Genius idea for a show though! #stephanddom

— James (@JSilverstone12) December 15, 2014

Ok, NO idea who came up with the '#steph&dom' hashtag. We're using #StephDomFarage. Otherwise it's just #Steph… Oh heck.

— Channel 4 (@Channel4) December 15, 2014

If we see #steph trending, we'll cry.#StephDomFarage

— Channel 4 (@Channel4) December 15, 2014

Please can we all agree that the hashtag for the @8Outof10Cats_TV best bits (on now) is #8OutOf10Cats? #StephDomFarage #Steph

— Channel 4 (@Channel4) December 15, 2014

#stephanddommeetnigelfarage is trending. Not cool, Twitter. Not at all cool. #StephDomFarage #Steph

— Channel 4 (@Channel4) December 15, 2014

But there’s one reaction we’ll have to wait for – Steph and Dom’s

I really hope @C4Gogglebox #Gogglebox cover @stephanddom #StephDomFarage in the final episode this week – TVception!

— Angus J Wyatt (@anguswyatt) December 15, 2014