Nigel Farage is deciding on a bid to become mayor of London. It is being seen as an attempt to push the Conservative party into third place in the British capital. Mr Farage, who lives in Bromley in south London, quit as leader of the UK Independence party in July 2016, weeks after the UK voted to leave the EU. He is still a member of the European Parliament, but will lose his position when the UK leaves the EU next March.
Mr Farage has stated the London mayoral election in May 2020 would be an opportunity to “make arguments” on a high-profile platform. “I have been encouraged to stand by a group of people, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to. I haven’t said no to it, I’m thinking about it. The Tory party are very actively aware that if I did stand, they would probably come third, and they are afraid of that.”
One top Tory official said Number 10 was already preparing for electoral shame should Mr Farage decide to stand. The Tories will pick a challenger from the following three barely recognisable candidates: London Assembly members Shaun Bailey and Andrew Boff and Ealing councillor Joy Morrissey.
One ally of Mr Farage said more Londoners had voted for Brexit than for Khan, despite the city’s pro-EU reputation. Khan became mayor in 2016 on 1.3m first and second preference votes, while in the EU referendum — where turnout was significantly higher — 1.5m Londoners voted Leave and 2.3m voted Remain. A source close to Mr Farage said: “The three Tory candidates are so poor . . . no one expects any of them to win, if you have televised hustings it would just come down to Nigel versus Sadiq,”
Mr Farage has attacked Khan over London’s soaring crime rate stating that the mayor should “spend a bit less time slagging off Donald Trump and a bit more time getting to grips with crime”.
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