LONDON: Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s Reform UK party, met with President Donald Trump when he traveled to Mar-a-Lago in March, underscoring the close relationship between the two political figures.
Farage has led the populist right-wing Reform UK party since 2024, following his election to Parliament in that year’s general election.
Reform UK has led most UK opinion polls since April 2025, suggesting the party is on course to win the country’s next general election, due no later than August. 15, 2029, and potentially form the next government with Farage as prime minister.
A key figure in the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, Farage previously served as a lawmaker in the European Parliament, where he built a reputation as a fierce critic of the EU and its institutions.
He earlier led the UK Independence Party, or UKIP, from 2006 to 2009 and again from 2010 to 2016, before resigning as leader following the successful Brexit vote.