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I took the day off yesterday, had a normal day. Walk the dogs, did a bit of fishing, popped into the pub, you know, a normal sort of day,

which gave me time to think and reflect.

And I began to feel a terrible sense of guilt.

I can't let down those millions of people.

I simply can't do it. It'd be wrong.

So I have decided, I've changed my mind. It's allowed, you know, it's not always a sign of

weakness. It could potentially be a sign of strength. So I am going to stand in this election.

I'll be launching my candidacy at midday tomorrow in the Essex seaside town of Clacton.

So midday tomorrow, Clacton, at the end of the pier.

Nigel Farage told us that he wasn't going to stand in this general election.

He's changed his mind.

He says it's possible in politics.

He says that this is a boring election campaign

and he's going to shake it up.

There is no doubt, whatever you think of Farage,

that his entry into this campaign,

his full-time re-emergence into British politics,

is a big moment with potentially really big implications

for the Conservative Party. Because make no mistake about it. This is the Conservative Party's

worst nightmare, bleak as things may be given the state of the polls, but Nigel Farage,

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