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    “Contrary to what all the commentators say, the likes of my good friend Lee Anderson and myself, we are going to win seats,” Mr Tice told the party’s campaign launch in London.

    Calling it “the immigration election”, Mr Tice hit out at high levels of net migration, “establishment experts” and the “weak, feeble politicians who have broken Britain”.

    "As honorary president of Reform UK, I am fully supportive of Richard Tice’s leadership and urge voters to put their trust in him and Lee Anderson.

    At the election launch, former MEP Ben Habib, a candidate in Wellingborough, appeared to have a dig at Mr Farage’s latest decision, saying: “For any political movement to succeed, it needs a leader who is prepared to absolutely stay the distance and make the fight.”

    A prominent Eurosceptic from the early 1990s, when he left the Conservative Party following the signing of the Maastricht Treaty which furthered European integration, he was seen as a key figure in the decision to hold the Brexit referendum in 2016.

    Westminster’s first-past-the-post system has repeatedly scuppered his chances, whereas the proportional representation used for the European Parliament helped him enjoy a long career as an MEP.


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