First secretary of state Louise Haigh to face deputy PMQs – UK politics live
The first secretary of state will face deputy Conservative leader Alex Burghart Nigel Farage (or at least someone from his social media team) has posted on X this morning.
Key points
- In 2016, Farage said: “If I was an American citizen, I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me.” For Farage to assert that there was something he still wouldn’t do even if you paid him suggests a very….
- But not about the US midterm election results, and what they might say about the Trump-style populism he has been advocating in the UK.
- Instead he has posted a message saying the policy announced by Kemi Badenoch yesterday on indefinite leave to remain is “a con”.
He says: It was claimed by Farage’s friends that he and Trump were “as close as two people can be in politics”.
In a column for the Times today, Daniel Finkelstein, who is a Tory peer, says Farage should be held to account for Donald Trump’s failings.
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