Nigel Farage says he will run to be an MP in dramatic u-turn as he becomes leader of Reform UK
by Jacob Phillips
Jun 03, 2024
3 minutes
Nigel Farage has said he will stand to be an MP in the General Election in a dramatic u-turn.
The politician announced that he had “changed his mind” and that it “would be wrong” for him not to stand.
It will be his eighth bid to be an MP after seven previous failures.
Farage said he “began to feel a terrible sense of guilt” for not previously planning on running in the election.
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