7 months ago

Nigel Farage vows to replace Tories – before having milkshake thrown on him

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s still there in the country and I’m absolutely convinced the current Conservative Party who spent four years fighting among themselves, rather than getting on and running the country, in opposition – imagine their recriminations in opposition.” open image in gallery Asked about his aims for the next five years, he likened the situation to Canada in 1993 when the Canadian Conservative Party, in power at the time, called an election and only won two seats. YouGov’s director of political analytics, Patrick English, told The Independent that the announcement “significantly increases the odds” that Reform could win at least one seat – and even as many as four. The policies are mostly there but there will be tweaks, a Farage twist if you like.” The Reform leader insisted that he expects his party to field the 630 candidates in England, Wales and Scotland previously promised and said there would be no deals with any Tory MPs. Meanwhile, in a sign that the Conservatives may put up a fight, Tory MP for Clacton Giles Watling was hanging outside the Wetherspoons pub while Mr Farage held court inside.

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Make no mistake, Farage has a real Musk problem

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3 days, 3 hours ago

Make no mistake, Farage has a real Musk problem

The Independent

You know that moment when your child gets home from school and you know something bad has happened? Well, in this story it’s Nigel Farage who’s fallen out with the school’s Mr Flash – Elon Musk. And Farage is worried that his longstanding best friend, Donald Trump, might take Elon’s side because they seem inseparable – always hanging around the …

1 week, 6 days ago

It’s time for Labour and the Tories to show Nigel Farage is not the answer to the UK’s problems

The Independent

Normally, when either Labour or the Conservatives are doing badly, the other prospers. The new Tory leader’s strategy of delaying major policy announcements until much closer to the next election might have been right if her party were facing a traditional fight with Labour. The prime minister has another dilemma after Mr Farage offered to act as a go-between to …

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Labour fears Nigel Farage – but he’s Keir Starmer’s secret weapon against the Tories

The Independent

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Woman who threw milkshake over ‘humiliated’ Nigel Farage sentenced

The Independent

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Nigel Farage isn’t the threat to the Tories that Kemi Badenoch thinks he is

The Independent

Conservative MPs are worried. They weren’t worried when Andrea Jenkyns, formerly one of their number, defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. They were properly spooked, however, by last week’s unsourced report that Elon Musk was considering a $100m donation to Farage – which prompted follow-up stories about how the American billionaire could get around the ban on foreign donations …

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Farage makes sixth US trip as MP to be headliner at MAGA gala which has snubbed ‘loser’ Tories

The Independent

2 months ago

Nigel Farage calls the election for Trump as he hitches a ride to Palm Beach election party and says liberal meltdown at apparent US election victory 'speaks for itself'

Daily Mail

Nigel Farage has called the presidential race for Donald Trump, declaring 'it's over, it's done' as he headed to the Palm Beach election party where the Republican nominee is due to deliver an address to his supporters. Mr Trump declared Mr Farage, one of five Reform MPs in the House of Commons, as 'the big winner of the last election …

2 months, 1 week ago

The daunting challenge for new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: Recovering from worst EVER election result... with just 121 MPs and Nigel Farage waiting in the wings

Daily Mail

The bitter battle for the Tory crown has been going on for nearly four months. And the party suffered its worst ever election defeat in July, returning just 121 MPs as a swathe of big beasts fell to Labour and the Lib Dems. Nigel Farage, now finally in Parliament alongside a small group of fellow MPs, has made no secret …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Model admits throwing milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage after pleading guilty to assault by beating and criminal damage

Daily Mail

A model has admitted throwing a milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage after pleading guilty to assault by beating and criminal damage. Mr Farage was flanked as usual by burly security as he left a pub, but they could do nothing as the women flung the contents of what appeared to be a McDonald's cup towards him It caught …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other

The Independent

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nigel Farage promises Reform will be ‘vetting candidates rigorously’ in future

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nigel Farage has promised that Reform UK will “be vetting …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Farage’s relationship with Trump ‘to the benefit’ of UK, claims Richard Tice

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage to give up majority of shares in Reform UK Ltd

The Independent

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4 months ago

Labour in position to stop Farage becoming an MP, campaign group confirms after collapse in Tory vote

The Independent

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6 months ago

Reform UK’s five MPs arrive for first day in Westminster

The Independent

6 months ago

STEPHEN GLOVER: Like it or not, Farage isn't going anywhere. The Tories must shoot his fox by shifting to the Right - without terrifying centrist voters

Daily Mail

Many Tories are remarkably chipper given that their party has suffered the biggest defeat in its history. Nigel Farage's Reform UK split the centre-Right vote on Thursday, probably depriving the Tories of 80 or 90 seats in return for just five because of our first-past-the post system No political party has achieved power in modern times with so small a …

6 months ago

How Nigel Farage took over my hometown – and why Keir Starmer should be very worried

The Independent

Almost exactly 20 years ago, on June 14, 2004, I sat in my mum’s living room, turned on the TV, and watched footage of my hometown, Boston, in Lincolnshire, burning. By the time Brexit came around over a decade later, Boston’s migrant population – who almost exclusively do necessary “back-breaking” field and factory work in Lincolnshire’s vast food and agriculture …

6 months ago

Labour Government could be in trouble pretty quickly, claims Nigel Farage

The Independent

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6 months ago

If the headless Tories panic, they risk being eaten alive by Nigel Farage

The Independent

The joke about the Conservative Party having only two settings – complacency and panic – was never truer than it is today. After being complacent about the threat from Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, the Tories are now in full panic mode after losing more seats than at any previous election – and mostly thanks to Farage’s efforts. …

6 months ago

Nigel Farage promises to rid Reform of ‘bad apples’ during chaotic event

The Independent

6 months ago

General election 2024: Results map as constituencies declare new MPs

The Independent

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6 months ago

Nigel Farage wins Clacton seat as Reform UK makes huge gains

The Independent

6 months ago

It's Nigel Farage Eighth time lucky for Reform leader as he wins seat

Daily Mail

Nigel Farage finally won election to the Commons at the eighth attempt today, as he became the Reform MP for Clacton amid a Tory election bloodbath. It has been said that Reform's wide but thin support would not help their success in a first-past-the-post system and Mr Farage has been vocal about the need for changes to the electoral system. …

6 months ago

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK set to win 13 seats in shock overperformance

The Independent

6 months ago

'The revolt is underway': Nigel Farage's Reform UK likely to win double-digit seats

Firstpost

As per 2024 UK election result prediction, Reform UK, a re-brand of the Brexit Party that Farage founded in 2018, is expected to secure 13 seats – the first time a party on Britain’s far-right fringes has won more than a single seat Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage has claimed to have kickstarted a “revolt against the establishment”, after exit polls …

6 months ago

UK's Farage hails establishment 'revolt' after election gains

New Indian Express

LONDON: Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage claimed to have kickstarted a "revolt against the establishment", as his hard-right party made significant gains in UK election results announced early Friday. Reform UK, a re-brand of the Brexit Party that Farage founded in 2018, had won four seats after around four-fifths of the UK's 650 constituencies had declared their results. "This is just …

6 months ago

Who are Reform UK? History and beliefs under Nigel Farage

The Telegraph

Founded in 2021 as a relaunch of the Brexit Party, Reform UK stood neck and neck with the Conservatives throughout the general election campaign. Nigel Farage’s party won several new seats in an election breakthrough that follows his shock decision to take over as leader, walking away with four MPs. Reform faced pivotal change during their campaign with co-founder Mr …

6 months, 1 week ago

Britain goes to the polls, and a wipeout is in the works. What to know about the election

LA Times

On Thursday, British voters appear almost certain to embrace momentous political change, handing the ruling Conservatives what could be a defeat of historic proportions, and casting their lot with the center-left Labor Party. The widely forecast result — a resounding Labor win — would end Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 20-month tenure, and usher in a new government led by Keir …

6 months, 1 week ago

Allison Pearson meets Nigel Farage: ‘Kemi Badenoch was very unpleasant’

The Telegraph

I notice Farage is perfectly happy to stand on the pavement and debate his critic about the invasion of Ukraine for several minutes, even though two bodyguards with earpieces are hovering anxiously. Sure enough, on Friday, Channel 4 claimed to have carried out a sting on one Reform canvasser who was filmed calling Sunak vile names and suggesting the Army …

6 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage, Trump ally and political flamethrower, shakes up British parliamentary vote

LA Times

In a sludgy, slow-motion trajectory, the pale yellow milkshake found its mark: far-right political candidate and Donald Trump acolyte Nigel Farage, on the inaugural day of his insurgent campaign for a seat in the British Parliament. “There’s not much coherence to his policies, but in terms of his support, that really doesn’t matter.” Public opinion polls suggest Farage’s party, Reform …

6 months, 1 week ago

Labour and Tories turn fire on Reform UK and Farage

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage insists Reform activist who called Rishi Sunak a 'f**** p*' is an actor and labels the row a 'political setup of astonishing proportions' as he is grilled by bullish Question Time aud

Daily Mail

Nigel Farage has repeated claims that a canvasser caught on camera branding Rishi Sunak a 'f****** p***' is actually an actor playing his part in 'a total and utter set-up', during a fiery appearance on Question Time. 'A total and utter set up': Reform UK leader Nigel Farage repeated claims that a canvasser caught on camera branding Prime Minister Rishi …

6 months, 1 week ago

Reform UK activist filmed using racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak while campaigning for Nigel Farage

The Independent

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Britain’s on its knees’: The broken UK town backing Nigel Farage

Al Jazeera

Clacton-on-Sea, with high unemployment and low immigration, looks set to finally deliver the right-wing populist to parliament on his eighth attempt. He’s much cleverer than I am.” Reform’s ‘contract’ Reform, formerly known as the Brexit Party and founded by Farage, has branded its manifesto as a “contract”. Toby James, professor of politics and public policy at the University of East …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

With his Putin comments, Nigel Farage has reminded us who he really is

The Independent

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat

Huff Post

The party of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is headed for a historic defeat in the July 4 general election, after 14 years in power. 🚨NEW Savanta MRP for @Telegraph 📈Lab projected for 382 majority 📉Cons fighting with LDs to be Official Opposition Seat forecast 🌹Lab 516 🌳Con 53 🔶LD 50 🎗️SNP 8 🌼PC 4 ⬜️Other 0 17,812 UK adults, …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Your Nigel Farage questions answered – from running for prime minister in 2029 to why Reform UK leader gets ‘so much airtime’

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage as prime minister in 2029? Don’t be silly

The Independent

Reform UK doesn’t have a manifesto as such, it has a “contract”. Nigel Farage explained: “If I say to you ‘manifesto’, your immediate word association is ‘lie’.” And it doesn’t have policies as such, it has slogans, symbolic gestures and pub-bore cliches. And he is not running to be prime minister, as he admitted at the launch of “Our Contract …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Tories should be highlighting Farage’s failures – not running scared from him

The Independent

The Conservatives are running scared of Nigel Farage and Reform’s progress in the polls. Many, like me, voted to remain because we saw a better future for our children and grandchildren within the European community, in a world where the sharing of common interests, freedom of movement, and the right to settle and seek work in 27 countries offered enormous …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage's Right-Wing Populist Reform Party Overtakes Conservatives In The UK

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist Reform UK party has overtaken the governing Conservative Party in the run-up to the July 4 general election, according to a new poll released on Thursday in more bad news for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In the last U.K. general election, the Brexit Party, the predecessor of Reform UK, did not put up …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

As Farage slips past Sunak, could this be the end of the Tory party?

The Independent

Of course, it is just one poll, and it is within the margin of error – but the psychological effect of Reform UK going ahead of the Conservatives is inescapable. The “Canada ’93” scenario, once used by older election nerds to frighten and thrill their younger colleagues, is now on the mind of every Tory and Reform activist – when …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage trolls Rishi Sunak after appearing on Tory candidate’s election leaflet

The Independent

7 months ago

General Election 2024: Key moments from week three on the campaign trail

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Independent has pinpointed these key moments week: Sunak’s D-Day calamity The prime minister made …

7 months ago

New poll reveals ‘Farage effect’ on the general election

The Independent

7 months ago

Here’s what happened this week in the UK election, from the return of Farage to tussles over tax

Associated Press

LONDON — Britain’s July 4 election is less than a month away. This week saw Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Labour Party rival, Keir Starmer, spar in their first televised debate, and populist firebrand Nigel Farage return to dent Conservative hopes of retaining power after 14 years in office. Here are some things we’ve learned: FARAGE IS BACK …

7 months ago

What to know about Britain's election, from the return of Nigel Farage to tussles over tax

The Independent

7 months ago

Anti-establishment candidate Nigel Farage could split the U.K.'s Conservative vote

NPR

Anti-establishment candidate Nigel Farage could split the U.K.'s Conservative vote An anti-establishment candidate has thrown a wrench into the U.K. election. Nigel Farage is running for Parliament with a new populist party — which is likely to split the Conservative vote. LAUREN FRAYER, BYLINE: Nigel Farage has long been an agitator across the U.K. political spectrum. FRAYER: This week, Farage …

7 months ago

Nigel Farage milkshake: the British have the perfect tradition to mark wow deeply stupid our election is.

Slate

Over here in the U.K., we like to throw milkshakes at politicians. Woman charged after milkshake thrown over Nigel Farage https://t.co/vePikewScp — BBC Politics June 5, 2024 A milkshaking has seemed likely since the general election here was called a few weeks ago. Tuesday’s incident, which saw Farage doused in a McDonald’s banana milkshake during his election campaign launch by …

7 months ago

The seven times Farage tried and failed to become an MP

The Independent

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Nigel Farage vows to replace Tories – before having milkshake thrown on him

History of this topic

Make no mistake, Farage has a real Musk problem

It’s time for Labour and the Tories to show Nigel Farage is not the answer to the UK’s problems

Labour fears Nigel Farage – but he’s Keir Starmer’s secret weapon against the Tories

Woman who threw milkshake over ‘humiliated’ Nigel Farage sentenced

Nigel Farage isn’t the threat to the Tories that Kemi Badenoch thinks he is

Farage makes sixth US trip as MP to be headliner at MAGA gala which has snubbed ‘loser’ Tories

Nigel Farage calls the election for Trump as he hitches a ride to Palm Beach election party and says liberal meltdown at apparent US election victory 'speaks for itself'

The daunting challenge for new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: Recovering from worst EVER election result... with just 121 MPs and Nigel Farage waiting in the wings

Model admits throwing milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage after pleading guilty to assault by beating and criminal damage

Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right

4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other

Nigel Farage promises Reform will be ‘vetting candidates rigorously’ in future

Farage’s relationship with Trump ‘to the benefit’ of UK, claims Richard Tice

Nigel Farage to give up majority of shares in Reform UK Ltd

Labour in position to stop Farage becoming an MP, campaign group confirms after collapse in Tory vote

Reform UK’s five MPs arrive for first day in Westminster

STEPHEN GLOVER: Like it or not, Farage isn't going anywhere. The Tories must shoot his fox by shifting to the Right - without terrifying centrist voters

How Nigel Farage took over my hometown – and why Keir Starmer should be very worried

Labour Government could be in trouble pretty quickly, claims Nigel Farage

If the headless Tories panic, they risk being eaten alive by Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage promises to rid Reform of ‘bad apples’ during chaotic event

General election 2024: Results map as constituencies declare new MPs

Nigel Farage wins Clacton seat as Reform UK makes huge gains

It's Nigel Farage Eighth time lucky for Reform leader as he wins seat

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK set to win 13 seats in shock overperformance

'The revolt is underway': Nigel Farage's Reform UK likely to win double-digit seats

UK's Farage hails establishment 'revolt' after election gains

Who are Reform UK? History and beliefs under Nigel Farage

Britain goes to the polls, and a wipeout is in the works. What to know about the election

Allison Pearson meets Nigel Farage: ‘Kemi Badenoch was very unpleasant’

Nigel Farage, Trump ally and political flamethrower, shakes up British parliamentary vote

Labour and Tories turn fire on Reform UK and Farage

Nigel Farage insists Reform activist who called Rishi Sunak a 'f****** p***' is an actor and labels the row a 'political setup of astonishing proportions' as he is grilled by bullish Question Time aud

Reform UK activist filmed using racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak while campaigning for Nigel Farage

‘Britain’s on its knees’: The broken UK town backing Nigel Farage

With his Putin comments, Nigel Farage has reminded us who he really is

Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat

Your Nigel Farage questions answered – from running for prime minister in 2029 to why Reform UK leader gets ‘so much airtime’

Nigel Farage as prime minister in 2029? Don’t be silly

The Tories should be highlighting Farage’s failures – not running scared from him

Nigel Farage's Right-Wing Populist Reform Party Overtakes Conservatives In The UK

As Farage slips past Sunak, could this be the end of the Tory party?

Nigel Farage trolls Rishi Sunak after appearing on Tory candidate’s election leaflet

General Election 2024: Key moments from week three on the campaign trail

New poll reveals ‘Farage effect’ on the general election

Here’s what happened this week in the UK election, from the return of Farage to tussles over tax

What to know about Britain's election, from the return of Nigel Farage to tussles over tax

Anti-establishment candidate Nigel Farage could split the U.K.'s Conservative vote

Nigel Farage milkshake: the British have the perfect tradition to mark wow deeply stupid our election is.

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Nigel Farage insists Reform activist who called Rishi Sunak a 'f**** p*' is an actor and labels the row a 'political setup of astonishing proportions' as he is grilled by bullish Question Time aud