While hosting more than 40 countries at a landmark illegal migration summit today in London, the prime minister unveiled £33 million of funding to help set up an international unit of the Crown Prosecution Service.
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He said 24,000 people “who have no right to be here” were returned under Labour, which he claimed was the “highest return rate for eight years”.
He said the UK has been seen as a “soft touch on migration”.
Starmer also called on an international effort to stop the people-smuggling gangs, saying they should be treated as a global security threat, similar to terrorism.
But his announcements were soon slammed as “inhumane and ineffective”.
The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer said in a statement: “The UK’s inhumane and ineffective approach to migration is costing lives, and yet Keir Starmer is choosing to dance to Nigel Farage’s tune rather than making the common sense changes needed to make the system safer and fairer.
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“We urgently need to introduce safe routes for people fleeing war, violence or persecution to seek safety in the UK so that people aren’t forced into the hands of people smugglers.
“It’s shameful that this Labour government continues to ignore the only solution that will prevent people from dying during dangerous journeys to the UK, all because they are running scared of Farage’s Reform party.”
Reform UK leader Farage quickly criticised Starmer’s speech too.
In a message on X, he said: “Over 30,000 migrants have crossed the Channel since Labour came to power. More illegals crossed in the first three months of 2025 than the same period in 2024.
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“He promised to smash the gangs but he’s smashing Rishi Sunak’s record instead.”
The Conservatives, on the other hand, claimed Labour should have kept their Rwanda deterrent – even though only four volunteers were ever deported via the scheme.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: “The government’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ already lies in tatters. We are about to see 30,000 illegal channel crossings since election reached this week, a 31% increase.
“This year so far has been the worst on record. This is a direct consequence of the government cancelling the Rwanda deterrent before it even started.
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“Other countries, including Germany, Italy and the even the European Commission are looking at offshore processing as a deterrent, but Starmer’s Labour government has gone in the opposite direction. He has lost control of our borders as a result.”
Border security minister Angela Eagle told the media this morning Labour were “open-minded” when it came to looking at offshore processing.
But Philp added: “Today’s conference will make no difference to that – as the NCAA themselves said, law enforcement alone cannot stop illegal immigration. You need a removals deterrent.
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“And Yvette Cooper admitted yesterday that the government is simply crossing its fingers and praying for bad weather to stop illegal migration across the channel. That is not a plan.”
Lowe was suspended from Farage’s Reform UK earlier this month following accusations of workplace bullying and threats of physical violence towards the party chairman. He denies all the allegations against him.
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Reform UK’s decision to oust the MP for Great Yarmouth, hire a KC to investigate the claims and report him to the police came hours after Lowe told the Daily Mail that Reform was “a protest party” led by “the Messiah” – Farage.
Reform has insisted that its suspension of Lowe is completely separate to the MP’s criticisms of party leader Farage.
The BBC has now reported that, in an private exchange shortly after the then-Reform UK MP publicly criticised the party’s leadership, Farage accused Lowe of “damaging the party just before elections”.
Speaking with a source who worked recently with Lowe, Farage said the Great Yarmouth MP was “damaging the party just before elections. Disgusting.”
The Clacton MP went on: “He is contemptible. Thousands of people working hard for May 1st. The KC inquiry was the right thing to do no question. Reputation of the party must be protected.”
Responding to the leaked messages, Farage told the BBC: “The suspension was to protect the party, simple. The newspaper attack on Reform UK is separate but dreadful.”
But Lowe claimed this text exchange proved the Daily Mail interview was the reason behind his removal from the party.
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“That interview is why they designed and launched their horrific smear campaign against my name. It is evil behaviour,” he told the broadcaster. “Nigel Farage must never be prime minister. All I have done is tell the truth, and I will continue to do so.”
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Meanwhile, as Farage repeatedly denies that Reform is “riven with in-fighting”, a Tory shadow minister, Greg Smith, has hinted at a partnership between the Conservatives and Reform UK.
Even though Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly rejected such an idea, Smith He told TalkTV: “I think if we want to get rid of socialism from this country, there may well be a point where the right-of-centre parties have to play nicely.”
A Reform UK MP has accused Nigel Farage of acting like the “messiah” as splits within the party burst into the open.
Rupert Lowe said Farage must “learn to delegate” and that Reform needed to “start behaving as if we are leading and not merely protesting”.
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His comments, made in an interview with the Daily Mail, mark the first time a Reform UK MP has openly criticised the party’s leader.
Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth, said: “We have to change from being a protest party led by the Messiah into being a properly structured party with a front bench, which we don’t have.
“We have to start behaving as if we are leading and not merely protesting.
“Nigel is a messianic figure who is at the core of everything but he has to learn to delegate, as not everything can go through one person.”
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Lowe went on: “We have to start developing policy which is going to change the way we govern.
“I’m not going to be by Nigel’s side at the next election unless we have a proper plan to change the way we govern from top to bottom.”
But speaking to the Telegraph, Farage hit back at Lowe’s criticism of his leadership style.
He said: “It’s difficult to have a front bench with only five MPs, isn’t it? And he’s one of them.”
Asked about Lowe’s specific criticism of his delegation skills, Farage said: “Delegate? I’ve delegated everything.”
He added: “If we had 30 MPs, we’d have a front bench, but with five, we can’t.”
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: “This internecine warfare at the top of Reform just goes to show that their MPs are more concerned with their own egos, and advancing their personal ambitions, rather than standing up for the British people.
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“With one of Farage’s most senior MPs doubting his leadership abilities and admitting that Reform is a protest party with no plan, it is clear that Reform are not serious, and will always put self-interest above our national interest.”
Trump and his vice-president JD Vance ambushed Zelenskyy, accusing him of failing to show enough gratitude for the military support America has given Ukraine since the start of its war with Russia three years ago.
Speaking on LBC, Farage said: “I think President Zelenskyy was very unwise to tell the Americans what would happen to them if they didn’t back him. Yeah sure, Trump and Vance bit back, but I think in diplomatic terms, Zelenskyy played it very badly.”
He added: “I wouldn’t expect a guest to be rude to me in my own house, absolutely not. I would expect a guest to treat me with respect.”
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Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said Farage was “completely wrong” to attack Zelenskyy.
Posting on X, she said: “President Zelenskyy is a hero, who has stood up to Putin’s aggression and led his country’s defence against their barbaric and illegal invasion over the last 3 years – and it is troubling to not hear the leader of Reform say that.
For Nigel Farage to sit there pointing the finger at Zelenskyy is both morally wrong and diplomatically counterproductive. At this uncertain and dangerous time, one would hope that MPs of all stripes would be putting our national interest first, rather than playing politics.
“But sadly, it is not surprising. Like Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Reform UK seems to have history equivocating over Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.”
Nigel Farage is completely wrong. President Zelenskyy is a hero, who has stood up to Putin’s aggression, and led his country’s defence against their barbaric and illegal invasion over the last 3 years – and it is troubling to not hear the Leader of Reform say that.
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Nigel Farage is completely wrong. President Zelenskyy is a hero, who has stood up to Putin’s aggression, and led his country’s defence against their barbaric and illegal invasion over the last 3 years – and it is troubling to not hear the Leader of Reform say that.
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said: “Nigel Farage is once again showing his true colours as Trump’s own spokesman here in Britain.
“Zelenskyy showed courage and integrity in that room – in stark contrast to Farage’s cowardly approach of licking Trump’s boots.
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“Farage is more focused on promoting Trump and Musk’s interests in the UK than British interests in the States. He was once again parroting White House talking points this morning, to the dismay of British people here at home.
“It’s clearer than ever that Nigel Farage is simply out for himself and his Mar-a-Lago cronies.”
The Reform UK leader posted his response on X on Saturday morning, more than 12 hours after the bust-up took place.
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Trump and his number two JD Vance ganged up on the Ukrainian president, who was supposed to be in Washington to sign a deal which could ultimately lead to the end of his country’s war with Russia.
“You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out, and if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty,” Trump told him.
In extraordinary scenes, the pair repeatedly accused Zelenskyy of not being grateful enough to American for the support Ukraine has had during the conflict.
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A press conference with Zelenskyy and Trump was cancelled as the Ukrainian leader left the White House without signing an agreement which would have given the US access to his country’s natural minerals in return for some military aid.
MPs from across the political spectrum were quick to condemn the US president, with shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick describing the clash as a “degrading spectacle” and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey accusing Trump and Vance of “thuggery”.
However, Farage – a close ally of Trump who has also praised Russian president Vladimir Putin in the past – would only say: “The spat in the White House last night is regrettable and will make Putin feel like the winner.
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“But this is not the end of the story, far from it. A peace deal is essential and Ukraine needs the right security guarantees.”
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Very tough night for Donald Trump’s spokesperson in the UK. I don’t think he got the balance between Trump bootlicker and actual British MP quite right. https://t.co/lgNn5UQ9ux
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Very tough night for Donald Trump’s spokesperson in the UK. I don’t think he got the balance between Trump bootlicker and actual British MP quite right. https://t.co/lgNn5UQ9ux
“Regrettable”. It’s regrettable when you go out in odd socks. Trump is selling out the West to Putin. But they just can’t do it. The “patriots” cannot stand up for Britain, stand up for Ukraine and call Trump out. https://t.co/PjgblQ6vh4
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“Regrettable”. It’s regrettable when you go out in odd socks. Trump is selling out the West to Putin. But they just can’t do it. The “patriots” cannot stand up for Britain, stand up for Ukraine and call Trump out. https://t.co/PjgblQ6vh4
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The Reform UK leader has long cast himself as a close friend to the US president, even offering to be the UK ambassador to Washington for the second Trump administration.
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However, he had to admit the limits to that friendship on GB News last night.
When presenter Chris Hope asked if Farage was in the prestigious room in the middle of the Capitol building where Trump was sworn in, Farage haltingly replied: “No, no, no… didn’t make the cut, sadly.
“I had a good seat… but, no, I mean, look. Frankly, err, it… you know.”
Hope said: “I saw Boris Johnson in there, in rotunda, is he now the person Trump speaks to more than you?”
“No, he’s a former prime minister of the nation,” Farage said, slightly angrily. “He’s an occasional friend of Donald Trump.
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“He supports Donald Trump when he’s going up and he doesn’t support Donald Trump when he’s going down. And I’ve supported him consistently now for almost a decade.”
Johnson has quite the on-off friendship with Trump, having slammed him in 2015 for “betraying a quite stupefying ignorance” for falsely saying there were “no-go zones” in London and claiming that he was “unfit” to become president.
While they spoke highly of one another while Trump was in office for his first term, Johnson then said the outgoing president was “completely wrong” for encouraging his supporters to storm the Capitol in 2021.
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But by January 2024, Johnson – no longer PM or MP – said Trump’s return could be a “big win for the world”.
Meanwhile, Farage has been an avid Trump supporter for years, speaking at multiple rallies and flying over to the US repeatedly to back the Republican, despite critics asking why he is not more dedicated to his constituency.
The MP for Clacton was also a robust supporter of Trump’s new right-hand man, tech billionaire Elon Musk – until the world’s richest man turned on him earlier this month.
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Hours after Farage told the media the X CEO was a “hero”, Musk claimed Reform needed a new leader because the current one “doesn’t have what it takes”.
The sudden split came after the Reform leader tried to distance himself from imprisoned far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whom Musk claimed should be released from jail.
Farage later said he wanted to “mend” his relationship with Musk.
Johnson was not the only former PM to fly to the US for the inauguration as Liz Truss also attended.
Current PM Keir Starmer was not invited, although that is in line with tradition – no serving UK prime minister has ever attended the swearing-in ceremony of a US president going back to when records began in 1874, according to analysis from the Press Association.
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Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf could never be accused of lacking ambition.
“Nigel Farage will be the next prime minister, and will return Britain to greatness,” he told HuffPost UK this week.
He is far from the only one at Westminster who is now considering the prospect of the former Ukip and Brexit Party leader entering 10 Downing Street.
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Given Reform currently only have five MPs, it seems like a ridiculously far-fetched idea.
But speak to senior Tory and Labour figures and it is not difficult to detect a note of anxiety in their voices when the discussion inevitably turns to Farage.
“Reform are a threat to both us and Labour,” said one former Tory cabinet minister.
“We’ve got caught in a cycle where the public perceived that we were rubbish, then Labour have come in and been rubbish as well, so a lot of voters just want to blow the whole thing up.
“There is no doubt that in the short term, Reform are in a strong position. If there’s a by-election outwith Lib Dem areas they would probably win it, but that doesn’t mean they’ll win the general election.”
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Farage’s party received 4.1 million votes at the last election, around 600,000 more than the Lib Dems.
However, the vagaries of the first past the post system meant the Liberals were rewarded with 72 MPs to Reform’s five.
“It’s very difficult for an insurgent party to go from a handful of seats into government, said Chris Hopkins, political research director at pollsters Savanta.
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“In particular for Reform UK, their support base is currently quite evenly spread across the country, meaning they will struggle to break through in anywhere near enough seats to put Nigel Farage into No.10 without a significant increase in their vote share.
“That being said, if any current political leader can bend our electoral system to their will, I’d wager it would be Nigel Farage. I think at the very least it’s likely Farage and Reform UK will play an even more significant role in British politics over the next five years than they have in the last decade.”
A council by-election result on Thursday neatly summed up the current state of play.
In the Blackbrook ward on St Helens Council, from a standing start, Reform UK took the seat from Labour with 41% of the vote. Labour’s share fell by 18%, while the Tories’ was down by 10% on the last time it was contested.
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A poll last week also put Reform above Labour for the first time, demonstrating once again that it isn’t just the Conservatives who need to worry about the threat from the party.
One senior Labour insider said: “We have definitely got to take it seriously. The problem is, for many voters, they just associate us with getting rid of winter fuel payments and accepting a load of free suits and glasses.
“We’re still not telling a story about what a Labour government is all about. It’s too technocratic, we need to start speaking the language of ordinary people.”
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“All Westminster will be talking about in 2025 is how Farage does in the local elections in May and in any by-elections that might take place,” the source went on.
“It’s going to be the Farage show for the next 12 months, but Labour need to make sure that he isn’t the only show in town.”
Those electoral performances will be boosted by the efforts of Nick Candy, the billionaire property magnate and husband of Holly Valance who was unveiled this week as Reform UK’s new treasurer.
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“I will raise more money for Reform than an political party in the UK has ever raised – Nigel Farage is going to be PM,” Candy declared.
Experienced Labour figures admit the threat from Reform is real, and say the party must approach it head-on.
Former frontbencher Jon Ashworth, who lost his seat at the general election and is now chief executive of the Labour Together think-tank, said: “It’s incumbent on all of us to put them under scrutiny.
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“What is his policy on the economy? They’re usually in favour of the super rich. How’s that going to improve the cost of living for people in Bolsover?
“What’s his policy on the NHS? In the past he’s spoken about privatising the health service. That’s not going to go down well with the public.”
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s approach is markedly different, however.
In an interview with The Spectator, she said: “We just have to focus on what the Conservatives are about now and not worry about Reform in the immediate term.
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“Of course they are a competitor, but right now I am the leader of the Conservative party and that is my focus.”
One Tory MP dismissed Reform completely, describing the party as “a protest vote”.
“People wanted to send the Tories a message,” they said. “Reform have no policies.”
Writing in the New Statesman, former Tory cabinet minister David Gauke also played down the prospects of a Farage premiership.
“There is an opportunity for an insurgent populist party to emerge as a proper parliamentary force at the next election, further fracturing our political system,” he said.
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“This in itself is a significant development. But are we on the cusp of a Farage-led government? No, that still appears to be a distant prospect.”
Nevertheless, Zia Yusuf remains a man on a mission.
He told HuffPost UK: “History is being made as the stranglehold the two old parties have had on British politics is breaking for the first time in a century.
“Reform is rapidly professionalising, our membership growth is ballistic and we are preparing to fight elections across the country.”
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With the next election potentially still four-and-a-half years away, much can change to alter the current British political landscape.
It is not so long ago that Donald Trump’s political career appeared over and Boris Johnson seemed set for a decade in power.
But it was significant that Farage was recently installed as the favourite with some bookies to be the next PM.
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The last 10 years of UK politics have seen some previously-unthinkable changes become reality. It would be unwise to bet against the next decade being equally dramatic.
According to the Sunday Times, the tech billionaire could funnel the cash through the British arm of his social media platform X to get round rules banning foreigners from giving money to British parties.
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The huge sum – worth around £78 million – would give Nigel Farage’s party a major financial advantage over both Labour and the Tories.
The paper says leading businessmen and Conservative Party officials believe Musk could hand over the cash as a “fuck you Starmer payment” in his ongoing feud with the prime minister.
The war of words began during last summer’s far-right riots, when Musk posted on X that “civil war in inevitable” in the UK.
That prompted the PM’s official spokesman to hit back: “There’s no justification for comments like that and what we’ve seen in this country is organised illegal thuggery which has no place on our streets or online.”
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Musk has also criticised the introduction of inheritance tax for agricultural land by Rachel Reeves in the Budget, and last month accused Labour of turning Britain into a “tyrannical police state”.
Musk – a close ally of Donald Trump – made clear his support for Reform UK last week after it emerged that former Tory minister Andrea Jenkyns had defected to the party.
Asked about the potential Musk donation to Reform UK, Nigel Farage told the Sunday Times: “All I can say is that I’m in touch with him and he is very supportive of my policy positions.
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“We both share a friendship with Donald Trump and Trump has said good things about me in front of Musk. We’ve got a good relationship with him.”
Labourarranged to give up sovereignty over the archipelago, which contains a UK-US military base, last month, after holding it for more than 50 years.
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It was praised by outgoing US president Joe Biden at the time as a “historic agreement”.
But, according to Reform UK leader and close Trump ally Farage, the next administration has a different take.
In the Commons on Wednesday afternoon, Farage said: “I can assure you, having been in America last week, knowing also the incoming defence secretary [Pete Hegseth] very well, there is outright hostility to this deal.
“Whatever is said about a lease agreement, as we saw with Hong Kong, these agreements can very, very easily be broken.
“Diego Garcia [where the military base is] was described to me by a senior Trump adviser as the most important island on the planet as far as America was concerned.”
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Farage claimed: “There is no basis for this agreement to continue what it is, and if you do, you will be at conflict with a country without which we would be defenceless.”
He added that there was “no legal reason” why the UK had to give sovereignty of Chagos to Mauritius, as the International Court of Justice’s ruling – saying the islands should change hands – was only advisory.
The Reform leader also claimed that Chagossian people “do not wish to live under Mauritian rule”.
When the deal was first struck, critics said it was a strategic error because of the islands’ location in the Indian Ocean.
They expressed fears it would put other contested territories like Gibraltar and Falkland Islands under threat.
The Independent also reported on Wednesday that the Trump transition team has requested legal advice from the Pentagon over the agreement.
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US government sources allegedly told the newspaper Trump might veto the deal – not to set to take place until after the president-elect’s inauguration – over global security fears.
However, Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty told Farage in the Commons that he “fundamentally disagrees” with his claims about US attitudes to the deal.
He said: “This government inherited a situation where the long-term secure operation of this crucial military base [Diego Garcia] was under threat.
“International courts were reaching judgments. International organisations were taking steps not to undermine Mauritian sovereignty, and this threatened the secure and effective operation of the base.
“And, in the absence of a negotiated solution, a legally binding decision against the UK seemed inevitable. This would have threatened the secure and effective operation of the base and that was not sustainable.”
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He added that when the Trump administration have been fully briefed, he was “confident that the details of this arrangement will allay any concerns”.
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Nigel Farage’s latest stateside visit has everyone on social media asking the same question: what is he doing there, and not in his constituency?
The Reform party leader and MP for Clacton is in the US, again, supporting Donald Trump as Americans head to the polls today.
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The neck and neck race between the Republican nominee and his Democrat rival, vice-president Kamala Harris, is almost over after a long and turbulent campaign from both sides.
However, Farage is not a US citizen nor is he on Trump’s team (even though he briefly considered supporting it in the summer).
In the end, he actually decided to run as the Reform candidate in Clacton-on-Sea – and won.
That was a major victory for both his party, which only had one Tory defector in parliament during the last term, and for Farage personally, considering his seven previous unsuccessful attempts to get a seat in the Commons.
But the Clacton MP – who initially refused to hold face-to-face surgeries in his constituency, claiming he would be targeted – has just made his third trip to the States in four months.
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So, naturally, his critics were quick to call him out.
In fact so many people started to comment on Farage’s trip, they soon got the word “Clacton” trending on X…
It’s just been announced Nigel Farage is once again in the USA on another jolly. The good people of Clacton however are still waiting for their MP to set up a constituency office, to agree times and places for a surgery or even establish an email address or phone number. pic.twitter.com/W7pb4cfjEQ
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Farage also attended the Republican National Convention in an effort to see Trump after the failed assassination attempt on the ex-president in July, and again in August to speak at an event called Keep Arizona Free Summit.
This latest trip saw Farage attend Trump’s last campaign rally before the polls closed.
He even got a shoutout from Trump as the “big winner” of the UK general election, despite his party only taking five MPs.
Unlike in 2016 and 2020, Farage did not get to speak at the rally, though.
It’s not known why he was relegated to just waving from the crowds this time – and described simply as a “man from Europe” by Trump.
It came hours after Farage told the press that, if the Republican were to lose this election, Trump should accept the loss and “go and play golf”.
NEW: Donald Trump says Nigel Farage, who is in attendance at one of his rallies in Pennsylvania tonight, was the ‘big winner’ in the UK general election 
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