Farage attacks 'deluded' Sadiq Khan
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4.1 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In Reform’s first press conference of the year, Nigel Farage revealed that “vigilante mum” and Reform councillor Laila Cunningham will be the party’s candidate for the London mayoral elections in 2028.
Camilla and Tim reflect on whether Cunningham’s candicacy leaves Sadiq Khan vulnerable at the next election, and also ask Farage about Reform’s recent dip in the polls and The Telegraph’s “Save Our Pubs” campaign.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph |
| 0:07.0 | Nigel Farage says he's going to topple Sadiq Khan. |
| 0:14.0 | Meet Reform's vigilante mum who's going to take on the London mayor. |
| 0:19.0 | And after the reform leader accused me of playing silly little games |
| 0:22.4 | at a previous press conference, |
| 0:24.4 | we reveal his best answer yet to a Daily Tea question. |
| 0:28.4 | Welcome to The Daily Tea with me, Tim Stanley. |
| 0:30.5 | And me, Camilla Tominy. Tim, before we unveil ceremoniously, our first reform band of 2026, prepare to wear one of these bad boys weekly. |
| 0:50.5 | Can I just say, still a slight whiff isn't there of your shoe polish? |
| 0:54.7 | You cleaned your shoes and polished them, albeit at our desks, which I didn't object to on Monday. |
| 1:00.9 | Right. |
| 1:01.3 | Can you not slightly smell it? |
| 1:03.3 | I'm used to it. |
| 1:04.3 | I just got used to it. |
| 1:05.6 | Could you clean my DMs after this? |
| 1:08.2 | Because the team has pointed out that as I've had to dress for the weather |
| 1:10.9 | to avoid going ass over tit as I'm running for trains, my boots look extremely. |
| 1:16.6 | What are you wearing? You're wearing Doc Martin. It's not ladylike and they do need to be |
| 1:21.3 | polished. Trouble is you will then be smelling my polish the rest of the week. It was fun, |
| 1:27.2 | wasn't it, reforms, hang on, I'm taking that off because it's bright pink and it doesn't match. It's quite fun, wasn't it? Farage in full flow to herald in a new year. We hadn't heard from him for two weeks and so he decided to spend an hour and a half. I saw him at a fox hunt on Boxing Day. How posh are you? Were you a... I wasn't riding, so I'm not that posh. This was the meat that gathers at Chiddingston, a small village in Kent. And what I find interesting is I've been going about 10 years, and I can remember meeting Nigel there about 10 years ago. And was just there in his waxed jacket by himself sidled up to me. |
| 2:04.2 | Hello chap. |
| 2:04.9 | How are you? |
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