Nigel Farage has announced he is not standing as a Reform UK candidate in the July 4 General Election, but will “do my bit to help” the party in the campaign.
The party’s honorary president said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday May 23: “I have thought long and hard as to whether I should stand in the upcoming general election.
As honorary president of Reform UK, I am fully supportive of Richard Tice’s leadership and urge voters to put their trust in him and Lee Anderson. “I will do my bit to help in the campaign, but it is not the right time for me to go any further than that.
Important though the general election is, the contest in the United States of America on November 5 has huge global significance.
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