Nigel Farage has set his sights on winning the keys to No10 before Donald Trump leaves the White House in January 2029.
Speaking at a pre-inauguration party in Washington DC, the Reform UK leader told Republicans that he believes he will win the next election.
Farage called Trump’s 2024 victory the start of a “political tide that is going to sweep across the Western world”, adding that Americans were “lucky” to have the 45th President return to the Oval Office for another term.
The Clacton MP, who joined a number of attendees at the party hosted by Brexit-backing businessman Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore, said: “I honestly believe that what you’ve seen here is going to be a political tide that is going to sweep across the Western world.
Nigel Farage in Washington DC
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“There’s much else happening across Europe too, including in the set of islands that I come from, where there is a new insurgent political party led by a maverick from the outside.
“And who knows? I actually do believe that we will win the next General Election. I do believe I can become the next Prime Minister.
“I just hope it happens quickly while Donald Trump is still in office.”
Trump will officially return to the White House on Monday following an indoor inauguration.
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Reform UK’s new recruit Nick Candy was also at the party, alongside former Prime Minister Liz Truss.
The UK’s outgoing US ambassador Dame Karen Pierce received an invitation to the inauguration.
However, her replacement Lord Peter Mandelson did not receive a formal invitation.
Nigel Farage ahead of the 2024 US Presidential ElectionX/NIGEL FARAGETrump could even look to block Mandelson’s appointment amid growing concerns about his connections with China, Trump insiders have told The Independent.
Farage’s comments about winning the next election come as a series of opinion polls suggest that Reform UK is effectively neck-and-neck with both Labour and the Tories.
A recent Find Out Now survey put the populist party level with the Tories on 25 per cent, with Labour trailing by just one-point on 24 per cent.
However, experts believe Reform UK would need to at least hit 28 per cent to breakthrough the electoral system and become the largest party by seats in any national poll.