Nigel Farage – There’s only one man for the job of UK Ambassador to Trump | EXCLUSIVE
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Beat the system with TallyMoney. Gold you can spend. Discover more here: https://click.tallymoney.com/A64P/df08xa5e #ad Nigel Farage has signalled that he wants to stay in frontline politics into his 70s, as he disclosed that Donald Trump wanted him to be British ambassador to Washington nearly a decade ago. The leader of Reform UK also spoke publicly for the first time about his decision to accept a £5million pre-election donation from businessman Christopher Harborne, insisting that it was "a personal gift" to keep me safe "for the rest of my life". Mr Farage, 62, will be 65 if he leads Reform into the next general election if it is called by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 2029. It has been widely expected that Mr Farage will bow out of frontline politics if he does not win the election. Reform has led in the polls for over a year. However in an interview with GB News' Chopper's Political Podcast, Mr Farage signalled for the first time that he wanted to keep going in frontline politics. Asked if the general election would be Mr Farage's "last hurrah", he said: "I've been told that for years. There's no denying that the years are going by. But then, if I was a French or American politician - [look at] Trump and Biden, and Chirac and many, others..." Jacques Chirac was 62 years old when he first became French President in 1995 and was 74 when he completed his second term in 2007. Joe Biden was 82 years old when he stood down as President in late 2024. Donald Trump is presently 79 years old. But he added: "All I'm thinking about after eight weeks on the road, I'm thinking about Thursday, 7 May. What happens in these elections? And next Thursday for us is like Becher's Brook. If we clear Becher's Brook and we land unharmed, we've got a very good path to the next election." Mr Farage also disclosed that President Donald Trump had…