Reform UK: will Farage's party decide the next election?

The right-wing populists are polling at a record 10% – and could split the Tory vote

Nigel Farage and Reform UK logos
Farage has reportedly told those close to him that he believes he has 'one last shot' at frontline politics
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Reform UK is polling in the double digits as former leader Nigel Farage reportedly considers a return to frontline politics.

Farage, who headed up Reform UK in its previous iteration as the Brexit Party between 2019 and 2021, has told associates that he believes he has "one last shot" at frontline politics. He could be "plotting a comeback" as soon as January, once he has finished his stint on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity…", reported The Sun.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.