260. The return of Nigel Farage: does it matter?

The Rest Is Politics

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🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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What do Nigel Farage's plans to run as an MP in Clacton mean for Rishi Sunak? Should Ed Davey tone down his campaign stunts? What comes next for South Africa after disastrous election results for the ANC? Join Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell as they answer all these questions and more on today's episode of The Rest Is Politics. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. TRIP FIRST 100 DAYS TOUR: To buy tickets for our October Election Tour, just head to www.therestispolitics.com 🌏 Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/restispolitics It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✅ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Video Editor: Teo Ayodeji-Ansell Social Producer: Jess Kidson Assistant Producer: Fiona Douglas Producer: Nicole Maslen Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.6	Welcome to Restis Politics with me Rory Stewart and me Ellis Campbell and we're just coming in recording on Monday evening shortly after the news that Nigel Farage is now coming back as the leader of reform which is the right-wing ex Brexit UKIP Party and he is going to run to be
1:01.2	MP in Clacton.
1:04.0	Now, this is at the top of an episode
1:06.3	which we recorded on Monday morning.
1:08.1	So we're just bringing this in to update you
1:09.8	on the latest news to make sure that you're not out of date. Now just to put it in context
1:14.0	Farage has over 21 years been rejected seven times as an MP and six
1:20.3	constituencies but this doesn't seem to have had any impact whatsoever, either on his confidence
1:26.3	or his sway over a particular chunk of the voting public. And Clactin on sea is a very particular
1:31.9	choice of place. It's a place that voted 70% for Brexit in 2016,
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