Nigel Farage
United Kingdom
Reform UK
member of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom
government
Nigel Paul Farage is a British politician who has been Leader of Reform UK since 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton since 2024. He was the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2016. Farage served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in 2020.
Standing...
Stories...
Sep 30, 2026
Lean Right
Reform UK leader is gaining ground in the polls and pressuring the Tories on immigration and ECHR.
Conservatives fear he will split the right-wing vote but also see him as a useful ally on key issues.
Sep 30, 2026
Center
The Reform UK leader is not directly in today's articles but remains a persistent presence in the news cycle and a rival for Lib Dem challenger-vote space.
Lib Dems view Farage as a dangerous enabler of Putin-friendly narratives and will point to Russia's targeting of a Lib Dem councillor as evidence that appeasing Moscow has real consequences.
Sep 30, 2026
Far Right
As Reform UK leader he is the loudest voice demanding tougher border controls as new smuggling routes emerge.
Reform UK sees Farage as the only leader consistently demanding a real deterrent, and he will be out front attacking Labour and the Tories for failing to secure the Channel.
Sep 30, 2026
Lean Left
Farage was the target of Rayner's conference speech, mocked for charging for Cameo messages.
Labour treats Farage as the real threat on the right and is testing whether ridicule works better than policy attacks in stemming Reform UK's rise in the polls.
Sep 29, 2026
Lean Right
Farage continues to dominate the airwaves with Reform UK's anti-immigration messaging and his pledge to challenge the Conservatives.
Conservatives see him as a threat to their vote, but some respect his ability to connect with voters on issues like immigration.
Sep 28, 2026
Lean Left
A new poll found more than half of voters dislike him, with 72% of 2024 Labour voters holding a positive view of Burnham by contrast.
Labour strategists see Farage's personal unpopularity as a ceiling on Reform UK's growth, and they will use this polling to argue that the anti-Farage majority is larger than the pro-Reform minority.
Sep 28, 2026
Lean Right
Farage is gaining momentum with Reform UK, attracting disaffected Tory voters and even some donors.
Conservatives are divided: some see Farage as a threat who will split the right, others view him as a necessary disruptor to force policy changes.
Sep 27, 2026
Lean Left
Mirror columnist Brian Reade attacked Farage's 'phoney patriotism' and accused him of selling a return to the 1930s.
Farage and Reform UK are Labour's most immediate electoral threat on the right, and the Mirror's attack shows the party is trying to define him as a dangerous throwback rather than a legitimate alternative.
Sep 26, 2026
Lean Right
He is campaigning hard ahead of local elections and attacking the Tories as a spent force.
He is a double threat: stealing Tory votes in the Red Wall and pressuring Badenoch to move right on immigration and tax.
Sep 25, 2026
Lean Right
The Reform UK leader is capitalising on Conservative discontent and polling ahead of the Tories in some surveys.
Conservatives see Farage as a threat who splits the right, but some respect his ability to tap into anti-establishment anger.