British candidate Nigel Farage says Britain should target net zero immigration

Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform party, at the launch of his candidacy this Monday (REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska)

Pro-Brexit activist Nigel Farage He said he would install it immigration was central to his campaigna day after he announced that he would stand for Parliament in the July 4 election.

“The goal is zero net immigration”Farage stated this morning to Radio 4 of BBC.

Leader of a right-wing party English Reformation (Reform the United Kingdom), adding that this figure depends on the number of people leaving the country each year (500,000 people left last year; net immigration was around 600,000).

Asked whether people who qualify for a skilled worker visasuch as paramedics and primary school teachers, can continue to stay in the UK, answer yes, but enter limited number.

“We cannot continue as before. We have to limit the numbers.”, it said. “Our quality of life in this country is poor and if that means there will be shortages in some sectors, it means wages will rise and we will start encouraging people to study trades, rather than going to university and taking social sciences. .”

Farage returned to the forefront of British politics on Mondaywhen he said that he would appear in the coastal city Clacton-on-Sea, in his eighth attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons. Seven previous attempts failed.

The announcement, made the prime minister dizzy, Rishi Sunakcomes just days after Farage said he would not be a candidate because it was more important to support his ally Donald Trump in the US presidential election in November.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/file)

Although Farage has a chance of defeating the Conservative incumbent in Clacton and being elected on July 4, he acknowledged that His biggest aim is to lead a “real” opposition to a Labor government if the ruling Conservative Party loses.as many people expected.

Farage says he wants to lead “political rebellion… abandon the political status quo.”

Your goal is echoing the populist political pressures that pushed for, and then won, the referendum in 2016 on Britain’s exit from the European Union.

“I can’t ignore the millions of people who follow me, who believe in me,” Farage said Monday. “I changed my mind because I couldn’t disappoint millions of people.”

In his announcement speech, it was Farage who was Member of the European Parliament for over 20 years Until Brexit, he stuck to his usual methods, namely criticizing career politicians, out-of-touch elites and mass immigration.

The 60-year-old politician also stated that he would take over leadership Update, the successor to the Brexit Party. He has played that role since Reforma was founded by Richard Ticewith Farage as honorary president and charismatic figure.

The center-right conservative group, which has been in power for 14 years, opposes the policy a widespread feeling that voters want change. On July 4, voters in England will elect MPs to fill the 650 seats in the House of Commons. The leader of the party that wins a majority in the House of Representatives, alone or in coalition, will become Prime Minister.

His favorite is the leader of the Labor Party, Keir Starmerwho on Monday pledged to defend Britain’s nuclear arsenal, in a bid to dispel criticism that his centre-left party is soft on defence.

British Labor Party leader, Keir Starmer. (EFE/EPA/TOLGA AKMEN)

The UK’s plurality electoral system – where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins – making it impossible for Farage’s Reform party to win many seats. But the party could contribute to conservative defeat on several fronts.

Farage said that his strategy was inspired by Reform Party of Canadawho helped push the country’s conservatives to the brink of collapse in the 1993 election, before reshaping Canadian conservative politics.

Britain’s Conservative Party, which is trailing in opinion polls, has focused its campaign on that amplify your voice by targeting older voters and socially conservative groupsthe group most likely to defect to Reforma.

Conservative Party campaign promises include an increase in state pensions and a plan to force all 18-year-olds to undertake one year of civil or military service.

The Conservative Party said in a statement yesterday that “Farage knows that Reform will not win any seats, but he doesn’t seem to care that a vote for Reform only helps Labour. “He did exactly what Keir Starmer wanted him to do.”.

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