Farage says mass migration has changed the UK ‘literally beyond recognition,’ believes party can win election

EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage told Fox News Digital that wide migration has radically changed the country's makeup. The Reform UK person argued that Britain’s governmental strategy is "completely broken" pursuing Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation. Farage is calling for a caller wide election, predicting his enactment has "every accidental of winning."

Speaking exclusively from the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship league successful London this week, a forum focused connected debates implicit culture, Western civilization and Judeo-Christian values, Farage said Starmer’s downfall was not an isolated governmental event, but the latest aftershock of the Brexit revolt that upended British authorities a decennary ago.

"Ten years agone yesterday, we had a governmental earthquake successful Britain. It was called Brexit," Farage said. "And the 2 aged parties person ne'er rather adapted to it."

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Nigel Farage being interviewed by Baroness Philippa Stroud astatine the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship league successful London. (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship)

Farage, 1 of the astir salient figures down the Brexit run and present person of Reform UK, has agelong argued that Britain’s governmental constitution failed to present connected voters’ demands for tighter borders and greater nationalist sovereignty.

Starmer announced his resignation,on Monday paving the mode for Britain to person its seventh person successful a decade. Reuters reported connected June 24 that Andy Burnham appeared positioned to win him, with the Labour enactment contention expected to statesman July 9.

Farage said that Starmer’s decision was sealed successful section elections earlier this year, erstwhile Reform UK made sweeping gains successful erstwhile Labour strongholds. Farage said those voters were the aforesaid radical who powered Brexit — and that migration remained cardinal to their anger.

"All of those were Brexit voters," helium said. "Starmer wants to instrumentality america person backmost to the EU. But 1 of the reasons we voted Brexit was migration and borderline controls. So the boats surely did him harm."

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the timeline for his resignation extracurricular 10 Downing Street successful London connected June 22, 2026, pursuing Andy Burnham's triumph successful the Makerfield by-election. (Jack Taylor/Reuters)

He said Starmer’s reported strained narration with President Donald Trump was not the nonstop origin of his resignation, but added that it contributed to the representation of a person who had mislaid control.

"I don’t deliberation the breakdown of his narration with Donald Trump impacted directly," Farage said, "but it was portion of a representation of a premier curate who’d mislaid control."

Farage past delivered 1 of his sharpest assessments of Britain’s governmental instability.

"And tin you judge it, but erstwhile Mr. Burnham becomes our adjacent premier minister, it’ll beryllium our sixth premier curate successful 7 years," helium said. "So our governmental strategy is wholly broken."

He argued that Burnham, if helium entered Downing Street done a Labour enactment contention alternatively than a nationalist election, would deficiency a nationalist mandate. "I don’t adjacent cognize what his policies are. Literally, I don’t," helium said.

"So I deliberation for each of those reasons, determination ought to beryllium a wide predetermination and a caller mandate," helium added, "and I surely deliberation Reform would person each accidental of winning. Yes, I do."

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Nigel Farage campaigns with then-President Donald Trump successful Goodyear, Ariz., during a 2020 statesmanlike predetermination rally. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Farage besides utilized the interrogation to formed Britain’s governmental turmoil arsenic portion of a broader Western situation implicit borders, nationalist individuality and accepted values. He delivered a informing for Americans, saying the U.S. should debar what helium described arsenic mistakes Britain made successful diverseness policies, policing and justness and immigration.

"Mass migration has changed this country, surely successful galore of our cities, virtually beyond recognition," helium said. "We’ve not been selective astir who’s been capable to travel into the country. That is simply a large contributory factor."

"I deliberation the pendulum has swung truthful acold successful the DEI direction," helium said, "and we finished up, nary doubt, successful this country, with two-tier policing, with two-tier justice."

"My connection to Americans is that governmental alteration is coming," helium said. "All of this nonsense volition get reversed."

"But also, we’ve conscionable mislaid our way," helium continued. "Our leaders bash not privation to basal up and support immoderate consciousness of accepted values."

Reform UK person Nigel Farage speaks with media extracurricular Havering Town Hall pursuing the 2026 section predetermination results connected May 8, 2026 successful Romford, England. Voters went to the polls successful section elections crossed England. Results counted overnight amusement wide losses for the Labour Party. Several cardinal Labour councils person surrendered their bulk arsenic Farage's Reform UK made important gains. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Asked astir the narration with the United States, Farage said helium believes Britain should determination person to America, peculiarly connected commercialized and fiscal services.

"My full big beingness has been intimately intertwined with the United States of America," helium said, noting that his archetypal occupation successful 1982 was with the Wall Street steadfast Drexel Burnham Lambert.

"I deliberation I tin get connected good with American leaders," helium said. "I anticipation and judge they tin get connected good with me."

Farage said the 2 countries stay bound by investment, connection and culture.

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People transportation flags and banners during an anti-immigration protestation successful Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom, connected Aug. 16, 2025. (Stuart Brock/Anadolu)

"You are the biggest overseas capitalist successful Britain, and we’re inactive conscionable astir the biggest overseas capitalist successful America," helium said. "And we stock truthful much, not conscionable language, but civilization and truthful overmuch else."

"I truly judge that a person narration with America, peculiarly breaking down immoderate of the commercialized barriers successful fiscal services, arsenic an example, would beryllium truly bully for some of us," helium said.

Farage besides dismissed immoderate superior propulsion to instrumentality Britain backmost into the European Union.

"The terms of going backmost into Europe would beryllium giving up the currency, paying a monolithic rank interest each year," helium said. "So no, determination is nary request for it, different than those stuck successful the Westminster bubble who look to beryllium obsessed by it."

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Nigel Farage, person of the Reform UK party, celebrates the triumph of Sarah Pochin successful the Runcorn and Helsby by-election astatine the DCBL Stadium successful Widnes, England, connected May 2, 2025. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, Farage framed the American Revolution arsenic a predecessor to the Brexit question helium championed.

"America was the archetypal Brexit," helium said. "You struck retired connected your own, the archetypal Brexit, and you became the astir palmy state successful the world."