UK's populist right-wing party surges in popularity on Brexiteer Nigel Farage's return

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The re-emergence of Brexiteer Nigel Farage has put Britain's Reform party almost neck-and-neck with the flailing Conservatives ahead of next month's election.

The re-emergence of Brexiteer Nigel Farage has put Britain's populist right-wing Reform party almost neck-and-neck with the flailing Conservatives ahead of next month's election.

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage walks to speak to supporters as he launches his election candidacy at Clacton Pier on June 4, 2024 in Clacton-on-Sea, England.LONDON — The re-emergence of Brexiteer Nigel Farage has added wind to the sails of Britain's populist right-wing Reform UK party, with the latest poll showing them closing in on the ruling Conservatives ahead of the country's upcoming general election.

Euroskeptic Farage — who led the Leave campaign in the U.K.'s 2016 EU referendum — has said he is running for a parliamentary seat in Clacton, a coastal town in the east of England, which recorded huge support for Brexit. A prior YouGov poll had the Conservatives winning that seat.

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