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Farage Calls Labour 'Despots' at Emergency Press Conference

12/4/2025

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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, is set to hold an emergency press conference today to address the postponement of mayoral elections in Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Hampshire.
He calls Labour 'despots' and plans to outline Reform UK's opposition strategy.
The elections, originally scheduled for May, may be delayed until 2028.
Reform UK recently gained more than 600 local seats and controls 10 councils.

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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, is set to hold an emergency press conference today to address the postponement of mayoral elections in Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Hampshire.
He calls Labour 'despots' and plans to outline Reform UK's opposition strategy.
The elections, originally scheduled for May, may be delayed until 2028.
Reform UK recently gained more than 600 local seats and controls 10 councils.