Nigel Farage Quits as Reform Party Leader, Will Focus on Media Career

Former Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage on Saturday said he was stepping down as the party leader of Reform UK, but will continue his career in media. Richard Tice, chairman of the Reform UK, is to take over as the party leader of the former Brexit Party that’s been repurposed to oppose lockdowns. Farage said he supports everything the party stands for, and will have an honorary position within the party. The announcement came on the same day that Laurence Fox, the founder of the anti-woke and anti-lockdown Reclaim Party, announced his candidacy for London mayor. Farage, who as leader of the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) applied pressure on the government to hold the 2016 EU referendum, said the Brexit Party has helped the Conservatives “come to their senses” and chose Boris Johnson as their leader with a pro-Brexit agenda. The lifelong Brexiteer said that the Brexit deal has not been “perfect,” but the …
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