Labour tried a new line of attack on Nigel Farage today as it attempted to wrest the initiative back from him. Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister for EU relations, attacked Farage’s pledge to reverse Keir Starmer’s trade deal with the EU, warning that doing so would push up food prices.
The Reform UK leader was conspicuous by his absence when the EU deal was done in May. He evidently doesn’t want to remind the public about his role in securing Brexit, now that a majority think it was a mistake.
