Nigel Farage took aim at both the Conservative and Labour parties during a Reform UK rally in Birmingham, predicting that "millions" of undecided voters could swing in favor of his party in the upcoming general election on Thursday.
Addressing a crowd of 4,500 at the National Exhibition Center, Farage launched attacks on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer. Greeted with chants of "Nigel, Nigel, Nigel!" as he took the stage, Farage claimed that "the establishment doesn't want us."
“They're very happy for Keir to take over from Rishi. Because it's not actually a change of government, it's a change of middle management,” he said. “The idea that Labour represent change is for the birds. It's going to be more of the same, just perhaps a little bit less competent than the Conservatives if you can even believe that is possible.”
Farage emphasized that Reform UK is the real story of the general election, saying, “We are what people are talking about at the breakfast table, at work, at the pub, at the bingo hall—wherever people people go, we are the story.”
“Many millions already have said that they absolutely going to vote for us,” he continued. “But there are many millions more who have simply not made up their minds and they could come to us over the course of the next four days.”
Farage addressed broader issues in the UK, lamenting societal and cultural decline and highlighting concerns over rising poverty and street violence. He described Britain as a “country that has forgotten what it is” and one that “doesn't seem to value” its culture.
According to Reuters, a recent poll leading up to the election showed the opposition Labour Party at 42 percent, the Conservatives at 20 percent, and Reform UK at 16 percent. Reform's popularity has slightly decreased from its record-high of 19 percent in mid-June after Farage made comments claiming that the West provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
