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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

Patel brands Reform UK a ‘pop-up act’ ahead of Trump inauguration

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Dame Priti Patel has branded Reform UK a “pop-up act” ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, after she was pressed on party leader Nigel Farage’s relationship with the US president-elect.

It comes after Mr Farage described some members of the incoming president’s cabinet as “genuine friends on speed dial”.

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