He’s back. After all the teasing and all the rhetoric, Nigel Farage has finally announced his return as Reform leader. Having initially pledged that he would not stand at this election, he told a 100-strong room in Westminster: ‘I’ve changed my mind.’ He will now stand as Reform’s candidate in Clacton – the only seat Ukip ever won in a general election, back in 2015. ‘I cannot turn my back on the people’s army’ he said to the room. ‘I cannot turn my back on all those people who voted for us… I can’t let those people down, I won’t let those people down.’
If this is to be a change election, then Farage wants to lead the radical charge
If this is to be a change election, then Farage wants to lead the radical charge. ‘What I intend to lead is a political revolt’, he said. ‘Nothing in this country works anymore.
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