Nigel Farage vows to hammer the Tories: Brexit champion U-turns and WILL stand to be Reform MP in Clacton saying Britain is sick of mass immigration - as shock poll projects Labour is set for record 194 majority even BEFORE he returns to front line

Nigel Farage dramatically declared helium volition basal to beryllium a Reform MP and hammer the Tories contiguous arsenic a daze canvass showed Labour is connected way for a 194-seat bulk astatine the wide election.

The Brexit champion announced helium was doing a U-turn aft antecedently declining to run, and that helium was taking implicit the enactment of the party, astatine a press league successful Westminster.

Dropping the bombshell that helium volition tally for Parliament successful the Essex spot of Clacton, Mr Farage said the state was sick of 'sectarian politics' driven by wide immigration.  

Watched by an assemblage including vocalist Holly Valance and her spot developer hubby Nick Candy, Mr Farage said helium was backmost 'for the adjacent 5 years' - making wide helium wants to supplant the Tories arsenic the Opposition and perchance beryllium successful powerfulness successful 2029. 

Mr Farage said 'not connected your nelly' would helium bash an electoral woody with the Conservatives, predicting that Reform would triumph much votes connected July 4. 

It is simply a immense headache for Mr Sunak arsenic helium desperately struggled to claw backmost crushed connected Labour. Even earlier the shattering quality from Mr Farage a YouGov canvass - conducted utilizing a method known arsenic MRP - was showing that Labour is connected way for a bigger bulk than Tony Blair, with the Conservatives reduced to conscionable 140 seats.

A abstracted MRP survey by More successful Common had the Labour bulk astatine implicit 100, with the think-tank informing the concern is 'existential' for the Tories present Mr Farage had afloat returned. Although neither recovered Reform would unafraid a seat, the biggest fearfulness of Tory strategists is that the enactment volition divided the right-wing ballot and manus Sir Keir and adjacent larger victory. 

A Redfield & Wilton Strategies canvass this evening enactment the Tories connected 20 per cent backing, lone six points up of Reform and a monolithic 26 points down Keir Starmer's party.

Mr Farage acknowledged that it would beryllium 'very difficult' to triumph from scratch successful a constituency. 

But helium said since the drawback predetermination was called he had been talking to radical connected the streets and observed that 'there is simply a rejection of the governmental people going connected successful this state successful a mode that has not been seen successful modern times'.

'I rationally thought this was excessively difficult. I've changed my caput due to the fact that I can't fto down millions of people,' helium said. 

'Nothing successful this state works... we volition lone retrieve our presumption with boldness,' helium said. 'I've done it before, I'll bash it again: I volition astonishment everybody.'

On the Tories helium said: They are connected the verge of full illness and frankly it couldn't hap to nicer people.' 

On different tumultuous time of predetermination campaigning:

• Mr Farage has confirmed helium volition beryllium taking portion successful a seven-way TV statement with Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt connected Friday;  
• A monolithic canvass has projected that Labour is connected way for a bulk of much than 100, with think-tank More successful Commons informing that Mr Farage's instrumentality poses an 'existential threat'; 
• Rishi Sunak vowed to alteration the instrumentality to let bans connected trans women utilizing women-only spaces;
• Keir Starmer has insisted helium would propulsion the atomic fastener successful the past edifice arsenic helium again tried to amusement Labour has chopped ties with the Corbyn era.  

Explaining his alteration of heart, Mr Farage said: 'The different happening that truly shook maine successful a mode past week were the fig of radical coming up to maine successful the thoroughfare saying 'Nigel, wherefore aren't you standing?''

Mr Farage rapidly recovered his erstwhile views connected Essex came backmost to haunt him, aft helium told the Times earlier this year: 'Do I privation to walk each Friday for the adjacent 5 years successful Clacton?' 

But the erstwhile MEP shrugged the comments disconnected erstwhile they were constituent retired to him this evening. 'You're perfectly right, it is simply a immense commitment,' helium said.

Frenzied speculation astir Mr Farage's intentions was sparked this greeting erstwhile helium posted connected societal media astir an 'emergency wide predetermination announcement'. 

There were instantly rumours that Clacton oregon East Thanet had attracted his eye.

Reform has already selected a campaigner successful Clacton, but they volition basal aside.  

Mr Farage suggested that 'massively irresponsible migration policies' person caused 'the commencement of sectarian authorities successful our country'.

The caller Reform UK person said: 'We're disquieted and we're fearful of galore of the impacts that we've seen. We find what happened aft those section elections conscionable a fewer weeks ago, of candidates winning successful Leeds, successful Burnley, successful Bradford and elsewhere, lasting shouting 'Allahu Akbar', lasting shouting 'we are coming to get you'.

'The commencement of sectarian authorities successful our state caused by massively irresponsible migration policies. And it was the Labour Party that opened the doorway and who would person believed that a Conservative Party would person accelerated it.'

Mr Farage said helium 'genuinely believes we tin get much votes successful this predetermination than the Conservative Party'. 

'They are connected the verge of full collapse,' helium said.

Asked whether helium has boosted Sir Keir Starmer's chances by moving for parliament, the caller Reform person said: 'No, is the answer.'

He added that successful a week's time, 'I deliberation you'll spot we're going to commencement drafting from Labour arsenic arsenic overmuch arsenic the Conservatives.

'The Conservative Party person mislaid this predetermination without my intervention.'

Mr Farage said 'this governmental enactment to go the dependable of absorption successful the adjacent parliament' which helium claimed the Conservatives are 'incapable' of being. 

He said helium wanted to pb a 'political revolt'.

'Yes, a revolt. A turning of our backs connected the governmental presumption quo. It doesn't work. Nothing successful this state works immoderate more,' helium said.

On the Tories helium said: 'They are divided down the mediate connected policy, and frankly, close present they don't basal for a damn thing.

'So our purpose successful this predetermination is to get many, galore millions of votes. And I'm talking acold much votes than Ukip tin got backmost successful 2015.'

He continued: 'When radical commencement to realise successful the reddish wall, with Reform 2nd to Labour, erstwhile they commencement to realise that really successful those seats, it's a Conservative ballot that's a ballot for Labour, it's a Conservative ballot that is simply a wasted vote, past I deliberation we mightiness conscionable astonishment everybody.'

He added: 'We are appealing to Conservative voters, we are appealing to Labour voters.'

A Tory spokesperson said: 'Nigel Farage risks handing Keir Starmer a blank cheque to rejoin the EU, enforce the Retirement Tax connected pensioners and hike taxes connected hardworking Brits up and down the UK.

'Farage knows that Reform won't triumph immoderate seats, but helium doesn't look to attraction that a ballot for Reform lone helps Labour. He's doing precisely what Keir Starmer wants him to do.

'Just yesterday, EU insiders openly voiced their anticipation that Starmer would question a softer Brexit deal, opening the doorway to rejoining the EU each together. That would mean uncontrolled migration and betraying the volition of the British people.'

Is Farage truly consenting to hazard undoing his life's enactment by handing Starmer a blank cheque to rejoin the EU?

The caller YouGov canvass for Sky News recovered Labour is successful people for the biggest predetermination triumph successful history, beating Tony Blair's 1997 landslide.

The imaginable Tory tally of 140 would beryllium acold less than the erstwhile lowest fig of Conservative seats successful caller past - 165 successful 1997.

A Labour bulk of 194 would beryllium the highest since Stanley Baldwin's 208 successful 1924.

The MRP - multi-level regression and post-stratification - method maps demographic characteristics of voters connected to seats, to springiness the champion imaginable representation of however section contests volition go.

It suggested that Sir Keir Starmer's enactment is connected people to triumph 422 seats, with the Tories down to conscionable 140.

Luke Tryl, enforcement manager of More In Common, said Mr Farage would 'have a precise bully accidental successful Clacton'.

'It's 1 of those seats that has truly moved distant from the Labour Party successful caller years,' helium told LBC's The News Agents podcast.

He added: 'If you look astatine that operation of cynicism, that peculiar seat, Nigel Farage's profile, I deliberation helium could person a precise bully accidental successful determination similar Clacton.'

The involution came after Kemi Badenoch ruled retired serving successful the Tories if Mr Farage joined aft the election.

The Cabinet curate deed retired aft Mr Farage alarmed moderates by suggesting helium volition 'take over' the Conservatives aft a dense predetermination decision connected July 4. 

Mr Farage kept Westminster guessing for months earlier announcing soon aft the predetermination was called that helium would not beryllium a candidate.

He blamed Mr Sunak's determination to spell aboriginal for his stepping aside, admitting helium did not person clip to physique a run successful a seat.

Clacton was antecedently held by Douglas Carswell for UKIP. 

In January a Survation canvass successful the constituency suggested that Mr Farage could decision Tory incumbent Giles Watling.

There are wide fears among Conservative MPs that Reform volition manus Labour a bigger triumph by splitting the right-wing ballot connected July 4. 

Mr Farage joined Reform person Richard Tice connected the run way successful Skegness, Lincolnshire implicit the weekend. 

Asked whether helium wanted to facilitate a merger with the Tories aft the election, helium replied that it was 'more similar a takeover, beloved boy'.

Mr Farage has suggested helium wants to technologist a realignment of the Right truthful Reform tin squad up with Tory hardliners. 

In a circular of interviews, this greeting Ms Badenoch was asked if she would transportation connected with Mr Farage arsenic a colleague.

'No, no, Nigel Farage has stood against galore Conservatives, including immoderate of my colleagues, what helium wants to bash is destruct the Conservative Party,' she told LBC.

Ms Badenoch insisted the Tories were an 'institution' and needed to support going from 'strength to strength'. 

Recently-ousted West Midlands politician Andy Street warned yesterday that the Conservatives tin lone triumph from the 'middle ground', saying the thought that Mr Farage should beryllium a starring fig was 'nonsense'. 

Mr Street told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg connected Sunday programme that the information helium came adjacent to keeping his occupation successful accepted Labour territory contempt grim nationalist polls demonstrated that the Tories needed to support to the 'centre ground'. 

'Whether we triumph oregon suffer the wide predetermination the constituent is simple, that you person to person that wide church. You person to beryllium centred successful the mediate ground,' helium said.

'The acquisition of history… the winners person travel from the centre ground.'

Mr Street - who decided against lasting to go an MP - said that the apical echelons of authorities was dominated by centrists, but added: 'Who knows what the creation mightiness beryllium and the temptation mightiness beryllium successful the future.'

He dismissed 'nonsense' rumours that Mr Farage volition beryllium among the leaders aft the election.

'That is not a mean inclusive Conservative Party with a wide appeal. That's wherefore it's due that we deliberation astir this good earlier we cognize the oucome of immoderate wide election,' helium said.

The clashes came arsenic a canvass showed Labour extending its pb to 20 points - the biggest vantage since Liz Truss was PM. 

The Opinium probe recovered Sir Keir's enactment was connected 45 per cent portion the Tories had dropped to 25 per cent. A week earlier, earlier the archetypal stages of campaigning, the steadfast detected a 14-point gap. 

Earlier this week, Mr Farage declared helium had 'no interest' successful striking a pre-election woody with the Tories. 

He dismissed comments helium antecedently made wherever helium said they 'might person a conversation' arsenic 'deeply sarcastic'. 

'There is nary woody with the Conservatives whatsoever,' Mr Farage told a property conference. 

The Prime Minister has besides ruled retired a woody with Reform, contempt the insurgent enactment putting immense unit connected the Tories implicit issues specified arsenic the Channel migrant crisis.

Reform UK is presently polling betwixt 12 and 15 per cent but Farage has said that Tice's enactment indispensable scope 18 per cent if they are going to triumph seats successful Parliament. 

The right-wing enactment is offering taxation cuts, the abolition of concern rates for tiny businesses, and taxation alleviation for backstage healthcare users successful the draught of its July 2024 predetermination manifesto.

Reform UK are besides pledging to motorboat much nationalist inquiries into Covid-19 and the rollout of the vaccine.