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Nigel Farage asks the crudest question: are you with me or against me?
Wednesday 08 July 2026 10:14 am | Updated: Wednesday 08 July 2026 10:15 am
Nigel Farage asks the crudest question: are you with me or against me?
By: Eliot Wilson
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Add as a preferred source on GoogleLONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 7: Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage announces his resignation as a member of parliament while giving a statement on his "future in public life" at Millbank Tower on July 7, 2026 in London, England. Farage added that he would stand in the by-election triggered by his resignation. The remarks came amid renewed scrutiny over financial support he received ahead of his election as Clacton MP. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Calling a by-election in Clacton is a new tactic but Nigel Farage’s strategy is the same: simplify, polarise, demonise, says Eliot Wilson
Whatever your opinion of Nigel Farage – and there’s a broad spectrum – he knows how to put on a show. The Reform UK leader has always been more Barnum than Bismarck, and on Tuesday he informed the media that he would be making a statement at 2pm about his “future in public life”. It would be transmitted by Reform UK and no journalists would be present; literally “no questions asked”.
The masterstroke, the detail a lesser performer might have overlooked, was to heighten the drama by starting 10 minutes late.
No-one quite knew what Farage was going to say. It was clearly related to mounting questions about gifts and donations he has received and whether they should have been declared on the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. There is a wider issue with Farage and his attitude to money, which boils down to transparency and the perception of influence.
He began by rehearsing Reform UK’s successes since he resumed the........
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