Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics on Monday, announcing he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U.K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election.
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00:00 Now we put out the operations notice for today under the title "Emergency Election Announcement"
00:06 and we did that because we think this election needs a bit of gingering up.
00:11 Thus far it is the dullest, most boring election campaign we have ever seen in our lives.
00:17 And it's funny because the more the two big party leaders try to be different,
00:23 the more they actually sound the same.
00:25 So frankly, we're in a situation, I think, where nobody believes a word that they say,
00:31 no one's listening, people are zoned out,
00:35 and right at the minute, none of the above is top of the polls by a country mile.
00:41 And the problem with all this is we know whoever wins, taxes will remain high.
00:48 The highest tax burden since 1948.
00:51 Everyone's promising not to put taxes up, but nobody talks about reducing the tax burden.
00:58 We also know that our people are getting poorer.
01:01 So I have decided, I've changed my mind.
01:07 It's allowed, you know, it's not always a sign of weakness,
01:11 it could potentially be a sign of strength.
01:15 So I am going to stand in this election.
01:19 I'll be launching my candidacy at midday tomorrow in the Essex seaside town of Clacton.
01:25 So midday tomorrow, Clacton, at the end of the pier.
01:33 So I'm coming back as leader of Reform UK, but not just for this election campaign.
01:39 I'm coming back for the next five years.