Reform UK Nigel Farage blasted Boris Johnson for “doing nothing” with Brexit and vowed he would make it a success.
In an interview with the Daily Expresso, our new weekday show, Mr Farage said the former prime minister “rode” to power on the back of the vote to leave the EU.
Asked if Brexit would finally play out how it was supposed to if he wins, he replied: “Yes. I think it’s very disappointing. Boris rode off the back of Brexit. He got into Number 10 with a big majority at that election and did nothing with it.
“Now they blamed covid but I’m not sure. I think the establishment governing Tory party, they never believed in it.
“For most of them a damage limitation exercise rather than opportunity. I think the betrayal of people like our fishing communities, to allow the foreign boats access within our six and 12 mile area for another 11 years, it’s just one example of how we could have done so much better with it. And now Starmer is doing everything he can to incrementally reverse Brexit bit by bit.”
Mr Farage said his party conference in Birmingham on Friday will be a “consolidation” of the promises he made at last year’s event.
Hinting at the possibility of big name defections at the gathering, he said there will be “one or two people who join us”.
The conference will be about “learning the lessons” of May 1 when Reform made major gains in English county elections to apply them for polls in Scotland, Wales and London next year.
