Farage admits he discussed returning as Reform leader months earlier than previously stated
Nigel Farage told a press conference on Monday that he discussed returning to lead the party in spring 2024. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPAView image in fullscreenNigel Farage told a press conference on Monday that he discussed returning to lead the party in spring 2024. But the embattled Reform leader has run out of road and must come clean with the public.
- ▪Nigel Farage told a press conference on Monday that he discussed returning to lead the party in spring 2024.
- ▪Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPAView image in fullscreenNigel Farage told a press conference on Monday that he discussed returning to lead the party in spring 2024.
- ▪But the embattled Reform leader has run out of road and must come clean with the public.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 4 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Farage says he discussed return to politics months before general election — BBC News — Politics
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Nigel Farage told a press conference on Monday that he discussed returning to lead the party in spring 2024. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPAView image in fullscreenNigel Farage told a press conference on Monday that he discussed returning to lead the party in spring 2024. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPANigel FarageFarage admits he discussed returning as Reform leader months earlier than previously statedAdmission may undermine Farage’s account of circumstances surrounding £5m gift from crypto billionaire UK politics live – latest updates Ben Quinn Political correspondentMon 3 Aug 2026 09.19 EDTLast modified on Mon 3 Aug 2026 09.20 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleNigel Farage has admitted he held talks about the possibility of returning as Reform UK’s leader months before the 2024 general…
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