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Brexit champion and leader of Reform UK Party Nigel Farage is announced to have won election to the UK parliament, in his eighth attempt, winning a seat for his upstart anti-immigration Reform UK party in Clacton. Farage's party appear to have split the Conservatives' right-wing vote, as exit polls predict a landslide victory for the Labour Party. IMAGES
Eurosceptic Nigel Farage, head of the Brexit Pary, says fellow Brexit champion and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has 48 hours to persuade him that he "genuinely wants a clean Brexit" ahead of Thursday's general election. Farage has struggled to compete against Johnson, who warned against splitting the Leave vote. To prevent that from happening, Farage withdrew Brexit Party candidates in hundreds of seats in the run-up to the election. SOUNDBITE
The leader of Reform UK and Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage launches his campaign for Britain's upcoming general election on July 4 in Clacton-on-Sea, where he will run to be local MP. Speaking to hundreds of gathered supporters, he says "we want to put voices in Westminster that truly believe in Britain." IMAGES
Eurosceptic leader Nigel Farage announces that his Brexit Party will not challenge seats held by the governing Conservatives at next month's election, in a potential boost for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. SOUNDBITE
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage arrives at the vote count in Clacton, ahead of the announcement of his election as an MP, telling waiting reporters that general election's exit polls show "it's a rebuke actually of the entirety of the political system". Projections forecast his anti-immigration party has gained 13 seats. IMAGES