As Prime Minister Keir Starmer is making headlines stateside after his big talk with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage is busy making news of his own. The Reform UK leader has tonight announced that Olympic boxer Luke Campbell will be the party’s candidate to become the first elected mayor for Hull and East Yorkshire. ‘He’s a knock-out candidate!’ declared Farage. Indeed.
The big unveiling received whoops and cheers from the Reform supporters packing out Hull’s Connexin Live arena this evening. Hull-born Campbell – who took home the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics – spoke to the crowd about his upbringing in the area, his career and his new hope to lead Reform UK to victory this May in the mayoral election. ‘The mayoral role for me isn’t about playing politics,’ he told his enthusiastic crowd. ‘It’s about the people of Hull. We can either sit down or stand up. We can stand up for our families, we can stand up for our communities and we can stand up for our future.
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