Reform UK is on the rise. Leader Nigel Farage hopes the Trump playbook can propel him to power

Published September 6, 2025 2:20pm ET



LONDON (AP) — The political pitch sounded familiar: The country is in crisis. The government must slash immigration, crack down on crime, ditch green energy targets and reopen factories to “make Britain great again.”

The words of Nigel Farage to his Reform UK party’s two-day annual convention that ended Saturday echoed themes that propelled U.S. President Donald Trump back to the White House.

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