Nigel Farage¡¯s critics call him a ¡°shameless opportunist.¡±
On Monday, the Brexit architect picked the perfect moment to deal Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a gut punch ¡ª the day before the first TV debate of the U.K. election campaign and just as a major poll put the prime minister¡¯s ruling Conservatives on track for a historic rout.
With trademark chutzpah, Farage convened what he called an ¡°emergency¡± press conference in London to tell reporters that he would, in fact, be standing as a candidate for his Reform U.K. party in the election ¡ª reversing a decision from less than two weeks ago that helping put Donald Trump back into the White House in the U.S. presidential election in the autumn was a better use of his time.
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