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
but there was also some nodding and smiling. everyone we have spoken to today seemed to know who nigel farage is, but they had a lot of different opinions on him and on reform uk, but this is an area where that party could perform very well. in the brexit referendum, it had one of the highest percentages of leave voters in the country. nigel farage will officially launch his candidacy here tomorrow at midday, but he is by no means the only person competing to be mp in clacton. indeed. thank you for that, laura foster, by the seaside in clacton. here is a list of candidates we know about so far standing in the clacton constituency. bbc news website will have a complete list once they are all confirmed. the labour leader sir keir starmer says if he becomes prime minister, he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend the uk. at campaign event in bury, he said his party would increase at a campaign event in bury, he said his party would increase defence spending and update the cou
we can now cross live to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart, in westminster. there s been a lot happening since mr farage release of this dossier, what s been going on? this mr farage release of this dossier, what s been going on? what s been going on? this story noes what s been going on? this story aoes back what s been going on? this story goes back to what s been going on? this story goes back to a what s been going on? this story goes back to a nigel what s been going on? this story goes back to a nigel farage - what s been going on? this story goes back to a nigel farage had | what s been going on? this story i goes back to a nigel farage had his bank account with coutts close, a exclusive bank for people who can put substantial amounts of money and. he says the reason his account was closed was because of his political beliefs in the bank not being happy with them. the bbc then had a report based on conversations with someone at coutts, saying that nigel f
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including support for novak djokovic and his vaccine scepticism during covid, support for donald trump and support for the uk leaving the european court of human rights, and i m saying he was a reputational risk. now we have heard from coutts in the last hour, saying it is not their policy to a close customer accounts solely on the basis of legally held personal and clinical views, and they involve a number of factors including commercial viability, reputational considerations and legal and regulatory environments. nigel farage very unhappy about all this this evening and saying that it amounts to being quote unquote cancelled, he insists he was meeting those wealth thresholds and has been quite a political storm here. tell our global viewers who nigel farage is, and what role he s played in politics? he s potentially the most prominent politician in the he s potentially the most prominent olitician in ., ., politician in the uk to have never made it into politician in the uk to have