Reform leader rules out electoral pact with Conservatives and repeats plans for ‘reverse takeover’ of party
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Nigel Farage has said the Tory “brand is ruined” and that a Labour government would be “out of control” without a strong showing for his party, Reform UK.
Farage, who announced on Monday he would be standing in Clacton having previously said he would not fight the general election, said he felt “betrayed” by the Conservative party.