President Trump said he might meet with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, pro-Brexit politicians who now are vying to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, when he visits the UK next week, Politico reports.
Trump told reporters that he considers Johnson and Farage to be “very good guys” and “very interesting people.” But he refrained from offering support to either candidate.
“Nigel Farage reportedly refused to get off his Brexit Party bus today because people gathered around it were carrying milkshakes,” The Sun reports.
“It comes days after the party leader was covered in a caramel shake while campaigning in Newcastle.”
British politician Nigel Farage got hit with a milkshake by a pedestrian in Newcastle, England, according to video by The Telegraph.
The man who threw the milkshake was arrested and later quoted by The Telegraph: “I was quite looking forward to it, but I think it went on a better purpose.”
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“Nigel Farage is a ‘person of interest’ in the US counter-intelligence investigation that is looking into possible collusion between the Kremlin and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,” The Guardian reports.
“Sources with knowledge of the investigation said the former UKIP leader had raised the interest of FBI investigators because of his relationships with individuals connected to both the Trump campaign and Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder whom Farage visited in March.”
BuzzFeed: “Nigel Farage visited the Ecuadorian embassy in west London on Thursday, where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been living since he claimed asylum in 2012. The former UKIP leader spent around 40 minutes in the building and left at noon, accompanied by an aide.”
“Approached by BuzzFeed News as he left to get into a car waiting round the corner, Farage said he couldn’t remember what he was doing in the building.”
Nigel Farage told the Times of London that he plans to move to the United States, even if he doesn’t become the U.K.’s ambassador to Washington.
“The former leader of Ukip, Nigel Farage, has flown to the US to coach the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, for his next debate with Hillary Clinton,” The Guardian reports.
“Bringing in Farage suggests he is keen to sharpen his debating skills. Politics aside, Farage is considered a skilled orator and debater… However, Farage is unlikely to steer Trump away from making outlandish and controversial remarks, to which Farage is no stranger.”
“Right-wing firebrand and populist politician, Nigel Farage, resigned as leader of his U.K. Independence Party on Monday morning, saying he had ‘done his bit’ as one of the chief campaigners for the country to leave the European Union,” the Washington Post reports.
“The resignation is the latest political bombshell to hit British politics in the wake of last month’s popular vote to withdrawal from the 27-member bloc… Despite having won the campaign to extricate the U.K. from E.U. institutions, the leaders of the movement — popularly known as Brexit — all appear to be fading into the background of British politics.”
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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