Nigel Farage says politicians should not be at the Cenotaph in thinly veiled dig at Liz Truss

By GLEN OWEN POLITICAL EDITOR Released: 20:04 EDT, 7 November 2026 | Upgraded: 20:50 EDT, 7 November 2026

Nigel Farage has actually questioned whether political leaders must go to the Remembrance service at the Cenotaph– as he prepares to make his launching at the occasion on Sunday.

In a very finely veiled dig at Liz Truss, who is entitled to lay a wreath regardless of investing just 49 days in Downing Street, Mr Farage stated ‘there are concerns to be inquired about whether political leaders must exist at the Cenotaph, what with those 148 ex-prime ministers showing up’.

The Reform UK leader included: ‘Of course, I am honoured to be there.’

He was speaking at a screening of a 40-minute movie, We Will Remember Them, which follows Mr Farage on a see to First World War battlegrounds in France.

It reveals him ending up being psychological as he reviews the sacrifices made by the fallen and the value of keeping the customs of Remembrance.

Mr Farage certifies to appear at the Cenotaph under a 1984 procedure that determines a Westminster political celebration need to have at least 6 MPs to deserve to lay a wreath.

The Reform UK leader questioned whether political leaders must go to the Remembrance service at the Cenotaph– as he prepared to make his launching at the occasion on Sunday

Farage appeared to take objective at previous Tory PM Liz Truss (imagined going to the Cenotaph Remembrance parade along with other prime ministers in 2024)

Reform has actually grown from 5 MPs in November in 2015 after prominent defections from the Conservatives.

His re-election as MP for Clacton in a by-election he set off previously this year to attempt to stop a growing media clamour over Reform UK’s financial resources indicates the celebration’s Commons contingent now stands at 8.

It has actually been an enduring aspiration of Mr Farage to sign up with the Prime Minister, his predecessors and other leaders at the event as a sign of his advancement into the political mainstream.

He leads trips of First World War battlegrounds with buddies, associates and political leaders, whom he calls ‘Farage’s Foragers’.


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