Farage praises Trump’s ‘appealing’ Gaza plan
Reform UK leader spoke at Westminster press conference of prospect of 'casinos' on the Gaza Strip
Nigel Farage has said he welcomed Donald Trump’s “appealing” plan to US to take over Gaza and turn the war-torn strip into “the Riviera of the Middle East”.
Asked if he agreed with the president’s proposal at a press conference in Westminster, the MP for Clacton-on-Sea said: “I love ambition, the thought of a wealthy, wonderful, thriving place with well-paid jobs, casinos, nightlife, it sounds very appealing to me.”
The Reform UK leader, an ally of Trump, spoke at a conference held after an announcement that May elections in nine areas in the UK have been postponed for a year amid the reorganisation of local government in England.
Fararge said: “I thought that only dictators cancel elections”.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the government was “not in the business of holding elections to bodies that won’t exist”.
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