Nigel Farage announces he will stand in general election 2024 as he becomes leader of Reform UK
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNigel Farage has said he will stand as the Reform UK parliamentary candidate for Clacton, Essex, in the General Election. He made the announcement after it was also declared that he would become the new leader of Reform UK - taking over from Richard Tice.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday afternoon, Mr Farage the election campaign needs some “gingering up” as he took over as the leader. READ MORE: Widow speaks out after coroner finds grandad who suffered fatal allergic reaction to CT scan was neglected Confirming his U-turn Mr Farage said: “Difficult though it is, I can’t let down those millions of people, I simply can’t do it, it’d be wrong. “So I have decided I’ve changed my mind, it’s allowed you know, it’s not always a sign of weakness, it could potentially be a sign of strength. “So I am going to stand in this election.” Mr Farage said he had been left too little time to prepare when Rishi Sunak called a surprise election and had decided the “rational thing to do” was to “do my bit as I put it supporting the country around the party”.
But he said since then he had been talking to people on the streets and observed that “there is a rejection of the political class going on in this country in a way that has not been seen in modern times”.
Mr Farage said: “We put out the operations notice for today under the title ’emergency election announcement’. “We did that because we think this election needs a bit of gingering up.
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