Former UKIP and Brexit Party Leader Nigel Farage appears in a Cameo video (Image: Elliot Stein/Twitter)

Former UKIP and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has claimed that the Australian Liberal Party might “split” and predicts “reprisals” over Australia’s lockdowns in a private video posted on social media.

In the video, Farage also hints that former prime minister Tony Abbott shared his discontent over the federal government and its public health restrictions during a recent dinner.

Hawker Britton director Elliot Stein posted part of a video made for him by the Farage on Cameo, a video platform that allows people to commission celebrities to make personalised videos for a fee. Farage is currently listed on the platform as charging $100 for a private video.

In the video, Farage says governments that have used lockdowns as a way of battling the pandemic will be punished for their decisions.

“There will be some reprisals, I think, against the politicians that locked us down, and I have to say I think Liberal party may well split over this because frankly they have made an absolute Horlicks [a mess] with it,” he said.

He goes on to imply that Abbott is among those who are looking to seek political revenge over the lockdowns.

“I had dinner the other night in London with Tony Abbott. I won’t say what he said but I guess you can probably guess,” he said.

Abbott has had a busy few days, having made a visit to India last week as a special trade envoy for the Australian government, and today launching a podcast with the Institute of Public Affairs.

Despite his recent role acting on behalf of the government, Abbott has not held back his criticism of its direction. In the new podcast he called for clarity around workplace vaccine mandates despite Prime Minister’s Scott Morrison’s insistence that they won’t provide any more.

Abbott has also long been a critic of lockdowns, having called Victoria’s 2020 lockdown a “health dictatorship”, and is reportedly close to Liberal Democrat candidate John Ruddick who is running on anti-lockdown platform.

Several of Farage’s Cameo videos have been widely circulated on social media as he recites slang from the popular video game Among Us, and references memes like “Big Chungus”.