Addressing the audience at the rightwing Conservative Political Action Conference GB (CPAC GB) in Docklands, east London, Farage criticised Andy Burnham, the Labour party leader, and the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch \u2013 labelling them leaders of the \u201cuniparty\u201d.<\/p>\n
The event had sessions featuring hard-right figures from around the world. Keynote speakers included the US rightwing influencer Jack Posobiec<\/a>, who previously promoted the fabricated Pizzagate conspiracy theory<\/a> smearing prominent Democrats as paedophiles.<\/p>\n To a rapturous audience, Farage said: \u201cAmericans will remember this playbook, won\u2019t they? This happened in America \u2026 I found myself and my colleagues being judged to be guilty, guilty every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n On the day that Burnham officially became the leader of the Labour party, Farage called the Makerfield MP a \u201cdud\u201d and said he should call a general election.<\/p>\n \u201cThe British public have had enough of this game of musical chairs that is taking place in Downing Street,\u201d he said. \u201cThere must be an immediate general election so the country can decide.\u201d<\/p>\n Liz Truss, who was prime minister for seven weeks in 2022, speaks at the CPAC conference. Photograph: Andy Rain\/EPA<\/p>\n Farage said the election of Colin Sutton<\/a>, who led several high-profile murder investigations during his 30-year career, as the new police and crime commissioner for Norfolk on Friday, was evidence that Reform was the dominant force in centre-right politics. Sutton won with a majority of 14,299, on a voter turnout of 17%.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve managed to raise more money last year than any other political party, and we are genuinely doing everything we can to get ready to fight that next general election, whenever it begins, and to win it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Farage was speaking as the nominations closed for candidates to stand in the Clacton byelection triggered by his decision to quit as an MP, over intense scrutiny over his finances.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve taken a punt, because I like a gamble,\u201d he said. \u201cThe people of Clacton can decide whether they back me or whether they back the establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a>Free newsletter | Every weekday<\/p>\n Sign up to First Edition<\/p>\n Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what\u2019s happening and why it matters<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Farage\u2019s highest-profile opponent in the Clacton contest is Count Binface<\/a>, after the competition was boycotted by the other main Westminster parties<\/a>, who called it a \u201ccircus\u201d and a \u201cfake byelection\u201d. Other candidates include the rightwing political activist Laurence Fox and some local residents.<\/p>\n Reform has issued a plea to activists to support Farage, describing his face-off with Binface as a \u201cdefining moment for our movement\u201d. A message sent to party figures across England urges them to descend on the Essex town whether they are \u201cjust down the road or at the other end of the country\u201d. It said the byelection was of \u201cenormous importance\u201d.<\/p>\n One Reform figure in north-west England, who received the WhatsApp, said it felt like the party had given up on the Greater Manchester mayoralty election to replace Burnham. A poll this week put Reform in third place behind the Greens.<\/p>\n The Reform leader has been the subject of a standards inquiry after he did not make public the \u00a35m gift<\/a>. He is now subject to another inquiry<\/a> over allegations that he was financially supported by the crypto gambler and convicted fraudster George Cottrell, who is a close friend.<\/p>\n It emerged on Friday that police were also investigating a donation to Reform\u2019s Robert Jenrick while he was running to be the leader of the Conservative party. Detectives have been handed allegations that five separate warnings were made that a \u00a337,500 donation originated from a foreign donor, the i reported. Jenrick has repeatedly denied breaking any electoral laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage has accused people raising questions about his financial backing of \u201cdemonising\u201d him as part of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-697267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782846071_379_1000.jpg\")
<\/p>\n