Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said that he accepted that Brighton and Hove was not an election target for his party.
But Reform would still put up candidates to give people a choice, he said yesterday (Wednesday 25 March).
The MP for Clacton made his comments at a rally in Ardingly for the local elections taking place across Sussex in May.
Brighton and Hove is not due to have elections until next year and Mr Farage said: “Brighton is totally different from the rest of Sussex
“Could Reform sweep the board in Brighton? I think there are other parts of Sussex that are higher priorities.
“We’ll compete, of course. The Greens are very strong in Brighton … Caroline Lucas was there for many years as the one Green MP in the country.
“I will willingly accept Brighton is not our strongest place but we’ll be there. We’ll be campaigning and giving people a choice.
“But there are many other parts of Sussex in which we’ll do phenomenally well.
“Across the counties (East and West Sussex), it’s been traditional true blue all the way. And last year, Tory fiefdoms (fell across the country) to reform. The same will happen this year.”
He said that Brighton had weeds growing out of the pavements and the highest parking charges in Britain.
At the event yesterday, Reform UK welcomed two defectors from the Conservative group on Wealden District Council – David Greaves and Neil Cleaver.
Any more city cuts, closures and mysterious fires and Reform could find themselves pushing against an open door in BH come the next local election. A few weekend photoshoots of Labour Councillors waving shiny brooms and empty binbags is not going to swing it.
https://www.scenemag.co.uk/reform-uk-leader-nigel-farage-declares-that-legalising-same-sex-marriage-was-wrong/
Perhaps try not being homophobic if you want to run in Brighton of all places…..