Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage

Nigel Farage addressed hundreds of Reform supporters at an event space in Doncaster racecourse. Photograph: Scott Heppell/Reuters

Nigel Farage has claimed that Andy Burnham has given him “the biggest boost in my career” by reviving the Brexit debate, which the Reform UK leader said had reopened a “huge flank” to his party.

The prime minister’s pledges to the Labour conference and admission on Wednesday that rejoining the EU was among options the government would look at had put “put me back into the debate”, he said.