US EditionFarage Appears in Commons Gallery as ‘Mere Spectator’ at PMQs
Nigel Farage protests lack of speaking opportunities during weekly PMQs by observing from the public gallery, highlighting his barred right to respond to attacks from Labour MPs.
- This week's PMQs saw Nigel Farage sit in the public gallery at the House of Commons to watch voiceless the proceedings, planning to repeat the stunt weekly in protest.
- Facing repeated attacks from Labour MPs during Wednesday PMQs, Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader, says he rarely speaks and his next scheduled slot is the middle of next month.
- With just five of the 650 MPs, Reform UK's floor presence is limited; Nigel Farage sat above the Labour benches with Reform backer Arron Banks, while MPs compete for one of 15 PMQs slots in a ballot.
- The stunt serves as a visual argument for Farage's outsider narrative, with organisers saying it symbolizes his 'parliament versus the people' messaging and Farage writing `I am just a mere spectator.`
- Earlier allegations about payments linked to pro‑Russian statements have heightened tensions as Nathan Gill admitted taking bribes last month, and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he and Richard Tice worked alongside someone spreading Putin's propaganda.
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Farage declares that he's "on strike" at PMQs - not that he ever does his bloody job anyway
On Wednesday, during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), Nigel Farage stood up to announce that he’s going on “strike”. The overblown man-baby doesn’t like the fact that all the other MPs keep criticising him, poor chap. Unfortunately, in order for a strike to work, you’d have to do work that anybody would miss in the first place. But then, nobody would expect Farage to know that. After all, his record on workers’ rights is atrocious. Dream big D…
Evening Standard
Farage appears in Commons gallery as ‘mere spectator’ at PMQs
The Reform UK leader complained he had ‘no right of reply’ at Prime Minister’s Questions.
Nigel Farage ridiculed after he tries to get attention with lame stunt in PMQs - The Mirror
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage performatively sat in the spectators' gallery, instead of on the MPs' benches in the chamber, as he whined about not getting to speak in PMQs
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