Arron Banks unveiled as Reform UK’s candidate for key mayoral race | Politics | News | EUROtoday

A serious determine from the Brexit marketing campaign has been revealed as Reform UK’s candidate for a key mayoral race. Arron Banks was introduced because the mayoral candidate for the West of England on the rebel social gathering’s rally in Birmingham on Friday.

The businessman based the Leave EU marketing campaign with now-Reform MP Richard Tice and was beforehand one of many largest donors to UKIP. “Vote Banksy for Bristol,” he mentioned as his candidacy was unveiled forward of the May poll.

It comes as Nigel Farage’s social gathering launches its native election marketing campaign at a rally on the Utilita Arena Birmingham.

Reform has described the occasion as “the biggest-ever launch rally in modern British political history”, with 10,000 tickets mentioned to have been offered.

Mr Farage, deputy chief Richard Tice and MP Lee Anderson are as a consequence of converse.

The Reform chief will hit out on the nation’s “broken” councils throughout his deal with.

Mr Banks joins different Reform mayoral candidates together with former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who’s operating for Greater Lincolnshire.

Former skilled boxer Luke Campbell, who gained a gold medal on the 2012 London Olympics, is standing for the newly created mayor of Hull and East Riding.