Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage will not stand in the upcoming general election in Great Britain on July 4. The former Ukip and Brexit leader said on Thursday via texting service X that he thought about it “long and hard” but decided against it.
He wrote that Farage, who is now honorary leader of the right-wing populist Reform UK Party, will support the election campaign of party leader Richard Dice and sole MP Lee Anderson.
“I will do my part for the campaign, but this is not the right time for me to move on,” he said. The politician, who is friendly with former US President Donald Trump, has also written that he wants to join the US election campaign.
Farage is considered one of the most influential politicians in Great Britain, although he has not been able to win a mandate for Parliament at Westminster. However, he served as a member of the European Parliament for more than two decades.
Through his campaign to leave the European Union, he drove David Cameron's then-conservative government ahead of him. He is therefore credited with being instrumental in bringing about the Brexit referendum in 2016.
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