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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Tory brand is ruined and Labour could go out of control, says Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage in Clacton.
Nigel Farage: ‘We have been betrayed by a Conservative party that I gave considerable help to back in 2019.’ Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Nigel Farage has said the Tory “brand is ruined” and that a Labour government would be “out of control” without a strong showing for his party, Reform UK.

Farage, who announced on Monday he would be standing in Clacton having previously said he would not fight the general election, said he felt “betrayed” by the Conservative party.

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