Party leader Nigel Farage known for befriending former US president
Donald Trump and helping sell Brexit to millions of voters
is again inserting himself into Britain's political landscape. His
brand of right wing politics has recently found a home
in the English seaside town of Clacton on Sea.
But what might his role be in the Uk's July
4th election has cultivated the image of a pub loving
British Patriot. He spent over 20 years as an
elected member of the European Parliament while arguing for its
abolition. But under Britain's first past the post system
that requires winning the most votes in a constituency.
Farage has never actually managed to win a seat of
his own. In the UK. The upcoming election
will be his eighth attempt to get one. The
opposition. The 60 year old anti eu anti immigration
campaigner has entered the race with the aim of replacing
the ruling Conservatives as the main party of the right
Farage had previously said he would not stand in the
July 4th votes in order to help Donald Trump fight
the US election later this year. But he then
changed his mind saying he felt guilty not sticking up
for those disillusioned with politics who had always backed him
under Britain's electoral system reform can't win this election.
Something Farage has admitted himself who is going to be
the voice of opposition. But he hopes reform can
emerge as the main opposition to a center left government
of the opposition labor party forecast by polls to win
by a thumping majority first though Farage himself must win
a seat in Clacton in one poll last week.
Reform overtook the Conservatives overall. Others put them far
behind the governing party. The uncertainty is sure to
add to already mounting pressure on British Prime Minister Rishi
Soak. He has already tried to win over voters
tempted by reform with policies such as tax cuts for
pensioners, the reintroduction of national service and his plan
to send illegal asylum seekers to Rwanda on Monday if
he was worried about Farage entering the contest. Soak
said a vote for reform would help labor. Decades
of railing against the establishment have earned Farage. The
trust of those who say they feel other politicians talk
down to them although he's been heckled on the campaign
trail elsewhere pelted with a milkshake and chunks of debris
. Few in Clapton seem to have a harsh word
for him. He's very outspoken, I think he
represents the working class. A lot more than general
politicians do. I mean, they're so out of
touch with the working class. How can they represent
a laborer or a cleaner or a bus driver,
they can't, I might be wrong but I feel
like he's more understands us. Are you going to
vote for him to polls show the Clacton seat is
likely to be a close three horse race between labor
. The conservatives and reform Giles Watling is the Tory
candidate for the area. I've been out and about
pacing the streets for two weeks now, pretty much
solidly and I'm getting a very positive response. I
really genuinely am. And, uh for some period
of time, I couldn't find the reform voters.
I found some of them now. Um But once
I get a chance to explain to them and talked
about my track record locally as a local bloke who's
been here for decades and I served as a district
councilor before they sort of get it. That what
Nigel is doing is all about Nigel and he doesn't
really give two hoots for Farage's previous political party was
the Pro Brexit UK Independence Party, better known as
Ukip. It tasted its first success in Clacton in
2014 when a conservative lawmaker defected to them and kept
the seat until 2017.