Nigel Farage rules out standing for Reform UK in general election
Nigel Farage rules out standing for Reform UK in general election
Reform leader Richard Tice says his party will contest 630 of the 650 seats up for grabs on 4 July.
I can't believe he still has a political career. But also Trump is running for re-election whilst being on trial so . . .
One reason Farage isn't standing is because he wants to focus helping get Trump.
American here. Has he always been this bad? Farage I mean. I remember liking some speech he did when I was in college but I can't remember anything about it other than it was him talking.
Just trying to pinpoint when my fucked up political views changed. (I thought it was high school but I guess it might have been college)
I wonder why he’s not standing this time. Maybe he doesn’t want the embarrassment of losing a 9th parliamentary election. Or perhaps he wants to ensure he has to ties for an eventual return to the Conservative Party.
The Conservative Party is going to lose big. Far right parties split the conservative vote and use that threat to shift the conservatives right, without actually doing any of the hard work needed to make good policy. The conservatives are finding out that forcing bad policies through for political gain short term, damages their prospects long term. He doesn’t care. His goals are achieved and standing for election won’t further them.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
"Contrary to what all the commentators say, the likes of my good friend Lee Anderson and myself, we are going to win seats," Mr Tice told the party's campaign launch in London.
Calling it "the immigration election", Mr Tice hit out at high levels of net migration, "establishment experts" and the "weak, feeble politicians who have broken Britain".
"As honorary president of Reform UK, I am fully supportive of Richard Tice's leadership and urge voters to put their trust in him and Lee Anderson.
At the election launch, former MEP Ben Habib, a candidate in Wellingborough, appeared to have a dig at Mr Farage's latest decision, saying: "For any political movement to succeed, it needs a leader who is prepared to absolutely stay the distance and make the fight."
A prominent Eurosceptic from the early 1990s, when he left the Conservative Party following the signing of the Maastricht Treaty which furthered European integration, he was seen as a key figure in the decision to hold the Brexit referendum in 2016.
Westminster's first-past-the-post system has repeatedly scuppered his chances, whereas the proportional representation used for the European Parliament helped him enjoy a long career as an MEP.
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