Farage Challenges Starmer to Gritty Face-Off in Working Men’s Club

Nigel Farage has thrown down the gauntlet to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, calling for a head-to-head debate in a working men’s club in the heart of the Red Wall. The Reform UK leader confirmed he is ready to face Starmer directly and proposed a no-frills venue where residents can put questions to them both.

Farage said: “He has challenged me to a head-to-head debate sometime between now and the next election. The last time this happened to me was with Nick Clegg. “I’m very happy, Prime Minister, to accept this invitation – but I don’t want to wait four more years.

“I’ve got an idea… Why don’t the Prime Minister and I go to a working men’s club in the Red Wall, and members can sit there and ask us questions.” The bold proposal comes amid what is being described as Farage’s “biggest direct attack yet” on the Labour leader, as he accused Starmer of being disconnected from the everyday struggles of working-class Britons, told Sky News Australia.

“Starmer has no connection with working people, no connection with their lived experience,” Farage said. “What does Starmer know about people getting up at 5 am to go to work, pay their taxes and still not have enough to pay the bills?”

He didn’t stop there. Farage went on to accuse Labour of delivering change that has left people worse off: “Labour said they were the party of change, but the change they have delivered has made people poorer, our streets more dangerous and British sovereignty weaker.”

He concluded: “[Starmer] and his Government are so hopelessly out of touch with working people. They U-turn on everything as they do not believe in anything.”

Labour responded swiftly, with party chairwoman Ellie Reeves launching a scathing pre-emptive attack. She branded Farage a “self-interested career politician” who “only ever cared about his own self-interest and personal ambition, never about what is good for working people in this country.”

Reeves also issued a warning over Reform UK’s policies, suggesting the party could move to “cut the state pension” to fund tax reductions, a move she described as “reckless.” With both sides ramping up their rhetoric, the stage is set for an intense political showdown—whether Starmer accepts the invitation remains to be seen.

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