Nigel Farage has claimed that the country is in a 1970s-style “managed decline” because of a failed Conservative government.
In a discussion with Camilla Tominey on GB News, he said: “This Conservative government has failed in almost every degree. I think the country is in managed decline. It feels a bit like the mid-1970s.
“To me, I don't see any prospect of a Starmer government being any different. I think the quality of life for most people, most families, is getting a little bit worse every year in a number of ways.
“You can't get a GP appointment, travelling, the cost of living, the prospect of your kids ever getting a house, the population explosion that's been caused by a Westminster consensus that effectively supports legal immigration on a level we'd never even dreamt of.”
He continued: “So for all of those reasons, I look at things and think, ‘well, you know, if I was to come back into the frontline of politics, could I make a positive difference? Could I change things, as I see it, for the better?
“Against that, you know, I enjoy working here at GB News. I've got options, perhaps more options after doing the jungle. One would be a very easy life, one would be going back into the sort of helter skelter world of politics.
“Well, I haven't decided, I genuinely haven’t decided.”
Asked if he might delay a return until after the election, he said: “That's another option, that you let the election go by, the inevitable happens. The Conservatives lose heavily or perhaps they're even routed.
“It's not impossible that they go down to 120 seats, something like that. It could easily, it could happen. And there might be an argument that that's the right moment to get back involved.
“I genuinely haven't made my mind up. It is, on a political level, a big decision but on a personal level too, it's an enormous decision.”
