Nigel Farage is 'coming for Labour' after 'the end' of Tories --The Reform UK leader has finally been elected an MP on his eighth attempt | 5 July 2024 | The Eurosceptic firebrand who leads the Reform UK party has beat his Conservative challenger for the Essex seat of Clacton, securing a spot in the UK House of Commons for the first time in his political career -- and immediately promising to mount a strong opposition to Labour. Farage called his victory "the first step of something that is going to stun all of you," promising to turn the Reform UK into the main opposition even as his party is projected to secure only 13 out of the 650 seats. "There is a massive gap on the centre-right of British politics and my job is to fill it," he said, claiming "this is the beginning of the end of the Conservative Party."