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Nigel Farage compares Reform polling with Donald Trump election victory

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5 months ago

February 1, 2025

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Nigel Farage has compared Reform UK’s rise in the polls, with Donald Trump’s recent election victory in the US.

At a rally held in Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s constituency, four of Reform’s five MPs gave speeches.

During the North West Essex rally, Mr Farage told Reform members the Conservative Party “should be bloody scared of you”.

Recent polling has suggested the party has pulled level with, and possibly overtaken, the Tories.

A Techne UK poll put Reform in second place with 24%, one point ahead of the Conservatives on 23% and two points behind first-placed Labour on 26%.

Mr Farage said: “I think also we’re beginning to see a wave that is crossing the Atlantic from the east coast of America, where Donald Trump, standing on a platform many of whose policies were not dissimilar to what we put to the British people in that contract last July, has won this incredible victory and got off to the most amazing start.

“And even those people that don’t like him say, you know what? He gets things done.

“People look at us and say ‘like Trump these people will get things done’, and believe me, we will.

“This is not just going to be an earthquake in British politics. This is going to be the biggest historical political change this country has ever seen.”

In advance of the various claims put forward by Mr Farage, Ms Badenoch dismissed Reform UK as a “protest party”.

She told reporters she was not worried by its presence in her political back garden, adding that talking about Labour’s farming policy was “much more important than having a rally about myself”.

During a visit to a farm in Cheshire, Ms Badenoch said it was “not a surprise” that Reform UK was gaining in the poll as a “protest party”.

It came after a row between the Tory leader and Mr Farage over party membership numbers during the Christmas period.

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UK restores diplomatic ties with Syria

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2 hours ago

July 6, 2025

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The UK has re-established diplomatic ties with Syria, David Lammy has said, as he made the first visit to the country by a British minister for 14 years.

The foreign secretary visited Damascus and met with interim president Ahmed al Sharaa, also the leader of the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and foreign minister Asaad al Shaibani.

It marks the latest diplomatic move since Bashar al Assad’s regime was toppled by rebel groups led by HTS in December.

In a statement, Mr Lammy said a “stable Syria is in the UK’s interests” and added: “I’ve seen first-hand the remarkable progress Syrians have made in rebuilding their lives and their country.

“After over a decade of conflict, there is renewed hope for the Syrian people.

“The UK is re-establishing diplomatic relations because it is in our interests to support the new government to deliver their commitment to build a stable, more secure and prosperous future for all Syrians.”

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has also announced a £94.5m support package for urgent humanitarian aid and to support the country’s long-term recovery, after a number of British sanctions against the country were lifted in April.

While HTS is still classified as a proscribed terror group, Sir Keir Starmer said last year that it could be removed from the list.

The Syrian president’s office also said on Saturday that the president and Mr Lammy discussed co-operation, as well as the latest developments in the Middle East.

Since Assad fled Syria in December, a transitional government headed by Mr al Sharaa was announced in March and a number of western countries have restored ties.

In May, US President Donald Trump said the United States would lift long-standing sanctions on Syria and normalise relations during a speech at the US-Saudi investment conference.

He said he wanted to give the country “a chance at peace” and added: “There is a new government that will hopefully succeed.

“I say good luck, Syria. Show us something special.”

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Secret Service seizes $400M in crypto, cold wallet among world’s largest

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4 hours ago

July 6, 2025

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Secret Service seizes 0M in crypto, cold wallet among world’s largest

Secret Service quietly amasses one of the world’s largest crypto cold wallets with $400 million seized, exposing scams through blockchain sleuthing and VPN missteps.