34 minutes agoBecky Morton,Political reporter, @beckyrmortonNigel Farage has announced he will stand in the general election for Reform UK and is taking over as the party’s leader. He will be Reform’s candidate in Clacton, after previously saying he would not stand in July’s general election.The former UKIP and Brexit Party leader said he had changed his mind after spending time on the campaign trail, adding he did not want to let his supporters down. The Essex seat, which was the first to elect a UKIP MP in 2014, has a Conservative majority of 24,702. Mr Farage said he wanted to lead a “political revolt,” adding: “Yes, a revolt. A turning of our backs on the political status quo. It doesn’t work. Nothing in this country works any more.”He predicted the Conservatives will be in opposition after the general election.He said: “They are split down the middle on policy, and frankly, right now they don’t stand for a damn thing.”So our aim in this election is to get many, many millions of votes. And I’m talking far more votes than UKIP got back in 2015.”In a further blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, two polls suggested the Tories are on course for a huge defeat. A YouGov poll for Sky News of almost 60,000 people, carried out between 24 May and 1 June, suggested Labour is set for its biggest election victory in history, winning 422 seats, with the Tories down to just 140. Meanwhile, a More in Common poll of 15,000 people, conducted between 9 April and 29 May, predicts Labour will win 382 seats, compared to 180 for the Tories.Both are MRP polls, which project results in each individual constituencies, and were carried out before Mr Farage announced he was standing as a candidate.Mr Farage has made clear his intention to put immigration at the heart of his campaign. “We simply as a country cannot go on with an exploding population in the way that it is …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nn34 minutes agoBecky Morton,Political reporter, @beckyrmortonNigel Farage has announced he will stand in the general election for Reform UK and is taking over as the party’s leader. He will be Reform’s candidate in Clacton, after previously saying he would not stand in July’s general election.The former UKIP and Brexit Party leader said he had changed his mind after spending time on the campaign trail, adding he did not want to let his supporters down. The Essex seat, which was the first to elect a UKIP MP in 2014, has a Conservative majority of 24,702. Mr Farage said he wanted to lead a “political revolt,” adding: “Yes, a revolt. A turning of our backs on the political status quo. It doesn’t work. Nothing in this country works any more.”He predicted the Conservatives will be in opposition after the general election.He said: “They are split down the middle on policy, and frankly, right now they don’t stand for a damn thing.”So our aim in this election is to get many, many millions of votes. And I’m talking far more votes than UKIP got back in 2015.”In a further blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, two polls suggested the Tories are on course for a huge defeat. A YouGov poll for Sky News of almost 60,000 people, carried out between 24 May and 1 June, suggested Labour is set for its biggest election victory in history, winning 422 seats, with the Tories down to just 140. Meanwhile, a More in Common poll of 15,000 people, conducted between 9 April and 29 May, predicts Labour will win 382 seats, compared to 180 for the Tories.Both are MRP polls, which project results in each individual constituencies, and were carried out before Mr Farage announced he was standing as a candidate.Mr Farage has made clear his intention to put immigration at the heart of his campaign. “We simply as a country cannot go on with an exploding population in the way that it is …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
