to frontline politics and will run as a candidate in the general election for the reform uk party, which he will now also lead. he s to contest the seat of clacton in essex, his eighth attempt to become an mp, having previously said he wouldn t run in this election. but he s changed his mind because he said he didn t want to let millions of people down. he also predicted that labour would win the election, and that as a member of parliament, he could provide more of an opposition to sir keir starmer than the conservatives, whom he claims are incapable. lucy manning has all the details. mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t - mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t we? | find out in the moment, won t we? why have you changed your mind? who says why have you changed your mind? who says i why have you ch
concerning local people. this evening, we ll hear from anna whittaker, who s in stoke on trent, but first, david delday is in kirkwall in 0rkney. david. it s well over 500 miles from here to do in london. we are much closer to do in london. we are much closer to scandinavia, norway roughly 300 miles in that direction. yes, voters in 0rkney and shetland often feel quite far away from the centres of power. but these islands also punch well above their weight, traditionally in things like farming, fishing and oil and gas, or more recently with the booming cruise industry and in the development of marine renewables. now, 0rkney produces far more power than people here actually use. domestic wind turbines and solar panels are just about everywhere, and there are plans for giant windfarms with turbines taller than skyscrapers, both on land and at sea. energy is a hot topic.
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