{"id":56962,"date":"2024-05-23T08:56:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T08:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/nigel-farage-rules-out-standing-in-general-election\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T08:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T08:56:22","slug":"nigel-farage-rules-out-standing-in-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/nigel-farage-rules-out-standing-in-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage rules out standing in general election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reform UK founder and honorary president Nigel Farage has announced he will not stand in the general election on 4 July. <\/b><\/p>\n

There was speculation he would be unveiled as a candidate by Reform leader Richard Tice this morning. <\/p>\n

But he had previously said he would not make an eighth attempt to become an MP at Westminster under the current first-past-the-post electoral system. <\/p>\n

He said this morning he would “do my bit to help in the campaign”. <\/p>\n

Reform is particularly targeting disillusioned Conservative voters, mainly over the issues of immigration and net zero.<\/p>\n

Speaking on GB News after the election was announced, former UKIP leader Mr Farage said: “Richard Tice has got [Reform] up and running, there are 500 candidates selected, he will get more.<\/p>\n

“The whole plan for Reform was that it was a six-year plan – fight this election, get ready for when Labour fail, which they will.<\/p>\n

“[Sir Keir] Starmer’s first cabinet will not have the competence that Blair’s first cabinet had by an absolute mile.”<\/p>\n

In a video message posted on X, Mr Tice said Reform was ready for the election with its “common sense policies”.<\/p>\n

He added: “People know that the Tories have broken Britain. Labour and Starmer will do what they always do, which is bankrupt Britain.”<\/p>\n

Mr Farage led Reform UK from 2019 to 2021 when it was known as the Brexit Party. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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