Farage vows to declare national emergency on day one as PM
REFORM UK leader Nigel Farage will today pledge to declare a “national emergency” on his first day as PM.
TL;DR
- Nigel Farage pledges to declare a "national emergency" on his first day as PM.
- He will vow to sack any minister who fails to deliver.
- Farage plans to compel Parliament to sit day and night, including through summer holidays, to pass urgent laws.
- Key issues to be addressed are the illegal migration crisis and the cost of living.
- He anticipates resistance from the civil service, Lords, and judiciary, promising to overcome it.
- Reform UK is currently tied at 23 per cent with Labour, after surrendering a 15-month lead.
- Farage won the Clacton by-election but faces a potential further contest if sanctioned by Parliament.