https://leftfootforward.org/2024/06/breaking-nigel-farage-to-take-over-as-leader-of-reform-uk/

He also announced that he will be standing to be an MP in Clacton

In a bizarre twist in the 2024 general election campaign, the Reform party has announced it is changing its leader less than five weeks before polling day.

In an emergency press conference, the party’s then leader Richard Tice announced that the party’s honorary president Nigel Farage would be taking over from him.

Tice told the press conference: “As people know, I wanted Nigel to be able to give as much energy and effort, commitment to this campaign, as he felt able to do.”

He went on to add: “I thought well actually, what I really want to do is to invite Nigel Farage to become leader of Reform UK.”

After being introduced by Tice, Farage took the stage to say: “Richard is more than happy for me to put my head and shoulders firmly over the parapet and take the flack. So I’m coming back as leader of Reform UK, but not just for this election campaign.”

Farage then said that he will be leader of Reform for the next five years.

At the press conference, Farage also announced that he will be Reform UK’s parliamentary candidate for Clacton, the only seat that his former party UKIP won in the 2015 general election.

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https://leftfootforward.org/2024/06/breaking-nigel-farage-to-take-over-as-leader-of-reform-uk/