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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Peter HUTCHISON, Joe JACKSON

Brexit Firebrand Farage Shakes Up UK Election Fight

Leader Keir Starmer says Labour will be "the party of national security" (Credit: AFP)

Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage announced Monday he will stand at the UK general election next month, in a major U-turn that threatens to split the right-wing vote and further imperil the beleaguered ruling Conservatives.

Farage, 60, said he will run for the anti-immigration Reform UK Party in a eurosceptic seat in southeast England, less than two weeks after ruling himself out of the July 4 contest.

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