Nigel Farage returns to the front of the British political line. The main promoter of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, the politician announced this Monday that he will present himself as a candidate in next month’s elections and who will lead the Reform Party (Reform UK), in a direct blow to the current Prime Minister, Conservative Rishi Sunak.
The decision by Farage, known for his populist rhetoric and anti-immigration speech, has tried to become deputy up to seven times. She has never achieved it. However, Farage, who is working as a television presenter, seems to have decided not to resign himself to the failures and to plunge back into the fight to garner the greatest support from right-wing voters.
At 60 years old, Farage had said that he would not run in the elections because he wanted to help his friend Donald Trump in his race to the United States elections in November. “I have decided that I have changed my mind,” Farage said at a news conference. “It is not always a sign of weakness, it could potentially be a sign of strength,” the news agency reports. Reuters.
Very popular in some social sectors, supported by eurosceptic financiers and rejected by establishment British politician, in 2016 Farage helped sell Brexit to millions of voters who they felt dissatisfied equally with the Conservatives and Labor.
A brake on the Labor Party
In the last general elections of 2019, the party of Farage decided not to contest the seats held by the Conservatives, then led by Boris Johnson, to avoid dividing the pro-Brexit vote.
However, this time the polls suggest that the opposition Labor Party, led by Keir Starmer, is on track for victory, while the Conservatives face one of the worst results in their history.
Support for the Reform Party is round 10% nationally, which gives him the third highest percentage of votes, according to the polls. However, Farage’s return could unsettle Sunak, who has already tried to appeal to Reform Party voters with measures such as pension cuts.
In fact, just this Monday, when Sunak was asked if he feared Farage would enter the race, the premier said that a single vote for the rival Conservative party would help the opposition Labor Party win the election. And in the British system The winner takes it all.
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