Nigel Farage will today host a Reform UK press conference – with a mystery special guest.
The party leader will address the nation, and journalists, in central London from 11am. Previous such events have seen the MP for Clacton announce defections to his party.
Sir Jake Berry, a former leading Conservative, was among the latest to switch sides, following ex-Welsh secretary David Jones who earlier this month announced he enrolled as a member.
While a defection could be on the cards, Mr Farage has also been joined by well-known faces during press conferences. During the election campaign, boxing champion Derek Chisora often showed up to lend his support.
Attention-loving Mr Farage held a press conference just last week, where he unveiled a senior Tory who used a racist slur in a WhatsApp chat is his latest Reform recruit.
At an event in Wales, a grinning Mr Farage crowed that Welsh Parliament member Laura Anne Jones had switched sides. Ms Jones has also previously apologised for saying she would “like to do a spot of Chav shooting” on Facebook – and said it is “a shame that isn’t legal”.
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