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Nigel Farage hails Donald Trump ‘inspiration’ at Reform UK rally

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The Tory leader has a majority of 2,600 in the North West Essex seat, with Labour coming second and Reform 11,000 votes behind in third place at last year’s election.

For Reform UK to take the seat, it would need a massive swing of almost 17%.

In late December, Badenoch had disputed Reform’s claim that its membership had overtaken that of the Conservatives, accusing Farage of “fakery”.

Reform strongly denied the accusation and said it was considering legal action.

At the rally, Farage dismissed the prospect of a legal battle, and said the “next best thing was to come and visit and meet my fake members in the North West Essex constituency”.

Farage admitted “this is typical old Conservative territory”.

The constituency, which used to be called Saffron Walden, has been won by the Conservatives for 100 years.

Farage was elected MP for Clacton in north-east Essex in July – winning the seat from the Conservatives.


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