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UNITED KINGDOM – A troublemaker is entering the elections. Brexit champion Nigel Farage announced this Monday, June 3, his candidacy for the British legislative elections on July 4, under the banner of the nationalist Reform UK party which is rising in the polls.
He who had indicated barely ten days ago that he would not be a candidate, affirmed during a press conference that he ” change of opinion “. “I will be a candidate” in the Clacton constituency (south-east England), he declared in his usual colorful style, adding that he would also take the lead of the anti-immigration and anti-climate policy party Reform UK .
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“There is a rejection of the political class in the country, to an extent never seen in modern times”said Nigel Farage, 60, who has already tried unsuccessfully seven times to be elected as an MP. “I can’t let these millions of people down”he added, claiming to have been challenged by many people in the country asking him to introduce himself.
Nigel Farage rose to prominence in 2016 during the referendum on leaving the United Kingdom from the European Union, for which he campaigned fiercely.
Labor well ahead in the polls
This former MEP with a divisive personality is currently a host on the conservative television channel GB News, a platform which ensures him a certain popularity with the conservative electorate.
Once suspected of wanting to rally the Tories, certain figures of whom do not hide their sympathy for him, he stressed this Monday that “something is happening”in favor of Reform UK, putting Labor led by Keir Stamer and the Tories led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak back to back.
According to the latest YouGov poll, the party is now credited with 15% voting intention, just five points behind the conservatives, and far ahead of the Liberal Democrats, the country’s traditional third political force.
If Labor largely dominates voting intentions one month before the election, Nigel Farage has assured that he wants to attract “millions of voters” to ensure Labor wins with a lead “much smaller” than the polls predict.
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