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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lizzie Dearden

‘Picture Nigel Farage as PM’: jubilant Reform UK dares to dream at East of England conference

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage brandishes a phone showing membership numbers at its conference in Chelmsford.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage brandishes a phone showing membership numbers at its conference in Chelmsford. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

“I want you to take a moment to picture the day when, in just a few years’ time, prime minister Nigel Farage triumphantly arrives at No 10 Downing Street, puts his briefcase down on the desk and takes a seat,” Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf tells a rapt audience of party members. “Change is coming. We will turn this country around and restore the United Kingdom to its rightful position as one of the greatest countries in the world.”

The speech is met with rapturous applause and a standing ovation at Reform’s East of England conference, held in Kemi Badenoch’s rural North West Essex constituency on Saturday.

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