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Farage Slams Election Delay as Democracy Threat Amid Party Gains

12/6/2025

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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, challenges the government’s delay of inaugural mayoral elections in Sussex, Hampshire, Norfolk, and Essex to 2028.
He says the delay blocks potential victories for his party amid upcoming polls.
Opposition parties, including the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, criticize the move as an attack on democracy.
Farage welcomes Lord Malcolm Offord, a former Conservative treasurer, to Reform UK, calling his defection a boost for Scotland.

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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, challenges the government’s delay of inaugural mayoral elections in Sussex, Hampshire, Norfolk, and Essex to 2028.
He says the delay blocks potential victories for his party amid upcoming polls.
Opposition parties, including the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, criticize the move as an attack on democracy.
Farage welcomes Lord Malcolm Offord, a former Conservative treasurer, to Reform UK, calling his defection a boost for Scotland.