Farage Bursts Into UK Campaign as Sunak Faces First Starmer Test

Nigel Farage’s critics call him a “shameless opportunist.” On Monday, the Brexit architect picked the perfect moment to deal Rishi Sunak a gut punch — the day before the first TV debate of the UK election campaign and just as a major poll put the prime minister’s ruling Conservatives on track for a historic rout.

With trademark chutzpah, Farage convened what he called an “emergency” press conference in London to tell reporters that he would, in fact, be standing as a candidate for his Reform UK party in the election — reversing a decision from less than two weeks ago that helping Donald Trump back into the White House in the US presidential election in the autumn was a better use of his time.