I spent day with Nigel Farage – here’s why he will be UK’s next prime minister | Politics | News
Yesterday I attended Nigel Farage’s march in Felixstowe, Suffolk, followed by his rally in nearby Ipswich. The second was packed to the rafters. We sat shivering because the doors of the venue had to be left open for the overflow crowd. We learned later that the Reformation leader graciously gave a separate speech in a smaller room to those who could not attend the main event.
Flanked by Robert Jenrick and David Bull, Farage was in exciting form; not only was he rehearsing fan favourites, but he also spoke passionately and topically about the day’s events, such as the terrorist attacks in Golders Green, and built much of his speech around this.
I wish those who called Farage a fraud really knew this man. He’s actually pretty much the same guy you see on TV: funny, passionate, level-headed and full of faith. This is not a move the camera crew would make.
One of the benefits the reform leader will receive as Prime Minister will be proper police protection. No matter how hard his security tried, he could not stop a mindless hired gun roaming Felixstowe, standing in the way of the freedom of expression they claim to be disturbing, and stopping those who wanted to speak to Farage from actually doing so.
It’s funny that those who shout fascism the loudest care about freedom of expression the least. Interestingly, there is no condemnation from other party leaders of such a course of action, mostly from their own supporters. Farage later told reporters that Reform supporters would be furious if he did so. More importantly, so does the media.
But still Britain is suffering under a Prime Minister who thinks little of democracy and is trying to block elections in May; As Farage reminded his Suffolk audience, this happened thanks to Reformation’s actions against this terrible Labor regime.
“No taxation without representation” was a phrase Farage repeated to the media before the event and during his speech. Why should the people of Suffolk (or anywhere else) pay through the nose for council tax to have no say in who runs their council?
Farage believes that the economic effects of this conflict in Iran could lead to early elections, something he has already foreseen. With Sir Keir Starmer on the ropes, the man could really be finished after May. But given the quality of potential leaders who could replace the Prime Minister (or Kemi Badenoch), Reform is far from grounded.
Farage, unimpressed by the earlier mob protest, demolished the house in Suffolk last night as part of a wider UK tour that returns to East Anglia at the end of the month. As David Bull reminded viewers, Reform will win eight of Suffolk’s nine parliamentary seats at the next general election. Based on last night, I’d bet the house on it.
