As Parliament returns from recess on 1 September, Nigel Farage will be in Washington DC speaking at a right-wing conference
17:07, 23 Aug 2025Updated 17:07, 23 Aug 2025
Nigel Farage will be rubbing shoulders with Trump allies
Nigel Farage is set to skip Parliament’s return on 1 September in favour of cosying up to Donald Trump ’s allies in Washington DC.
The Reform UK boss has been booked as a star speaker at the National Conservatism conference, run by the Edmund Burke Foundation.
He’ll appear on 2 September alongside a who’s who of Trumpworld – from U.S. director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to the men behind Project 2025, the radical blueprint for a second Trump presidency.
That includes Russell Vought, Trump’s budget chief, and Kevin Roberts, head of the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation, which has been pushing plans to tear up America’s social protections and further restrict abortion rights.
A Liberal Democrat source said: ” Nigel Farage is far more interested in pleasing Trump and jostling for his affections than he is in turning up to Parliament on time or standing up for British values.”
It will be at least the tenth time Farage has jetted abroad since winning his Commons seat – with nine of those trips to the U.S. alone. In the process, he’s raked in a cool £1 million from speeches, media appearances and other lucrative side gigs.
Farage only mentioned his Clacton constituency four times in his first year in the House of Commons, the Sunday Mirror revealed last month.
Critics say the self-styled man of the people is spending more time chasing dollars than representing his British constituents.
