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Nigel Farage hit again at Ed Balls after the Good Morning Britain presenter made a jibe about his earlier bids to get elected as an MP.

The former Labour MP grilled the ex-Ukip chief on his political future and requested if it might be “eighth time lucky”.

But Mr Farage identified how he received European elections main Ukip and the Brexit Party.

He additionally highlighted the challenges posed for rebel events by the primary previous the publish electoral system for Parliament.

The former MEP mentioned: “Well I won two national elections Ed leading two different political parties running for the European Parliament under proportional representation. No one’s ever done that before.”

Pressed on whether or not he was getting “prickly”, Mr Farage went on: “No I’m not, I’m just giving you the facts.

“It’s all very straightforward for folks such as you that have been elected to Parliament as members of the Labour Party to suppose, ‘oh aren’t we large and essential, why cannot Farage get elected?’

“The first past the post system. I can attract millions of supporters and get very few seats. It’s not an easy system and that’s why for me this is a very big decision.”

Mr Farage, who’s honorary president of Reform UK, mentioned he would make a “big decision” on whether or not he’ll return to frontline politics within the coming weeks amid fevered hypothesis.

Asked about Liz Truss backing him to affix the Tories, he mentioned: “I’ve got no intention of joining this Conservative Party at this moment in time.

“I’ve completely no concept what they stand for on any challenge in any respect, nor do they. We’re proper on the fag finish of 14 years of whole failure.

“So it’s very sweet of Liz Truss to say that but I won’t be joining the Conservative Party. And in terms of what I may or may not do I simply haven’t yet decided but I notice that Reform is getting stronger and stronger and stronger.

“The arduous factor is in case you tackle the established events within the British political system you have to overcome the primary previous the publish voting system, not straightforward. I’m going to make a giant resolution on this inside the subsequent few weeks.”