Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage makes his way to the stage at a general election campaign event in Clacton on June 18.
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Nigel Farage is in his element. With Eminem’s Without Me blasting and pyrotechnics flaring, the engineer of Brexit, friend of Donald Trump and now key protagonist in Britain’s election is welcomed like a hero.
As he walks into a packed auditorium in Clacton, a deprived town on England’s east coast where polls suggest he will become its member of the UK Parliament next week, the 60-year-old disruptor is greeted by cheers and hoots. He regales them with gags about his fondness for beer and naked appearance on a TV reality show, all while mocking his opponents.