Brexit Leader Nigel Farage Reverses, Will Run For MP

The New York Times reports:

Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit campaigner and serial disrupter of British politics, on Monday announced plans to run as a candidate in Britain’s general election next month, dealing a new setback to the prospects of the country’s embattled prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

Mr. Farage last month said that he would not seek a parliamentary seat because the announcement of the election for July 4 had taken him by surprise, and because he wanted to prioritize supporting Donald J. Trump’s electoral campaign in the U.S.

But on Monday Mr. Farage reversed that decision and said he would take over as leader of Reform UK, the successor to the Brexit Party he once led, and run for a seat in Parliament.

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