Nigel Farage’s plane from Australia is set to touch down at Heathrow after his self-imposed exile in the jungle for I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here.
The former Brexit Party and Ukip leader is returning to the UK amid intense speculation that his jaunt on the hit ITV reality show was part of a planned political comeback.
With Reform UK leader Richard Tice talking up a return to the front line of British politics for the man who helped bring about and win the EU referendum, Conservative MPs are increasingly uneasy about Farage’s impact on the current political scene.
Farage lands at Heathrow just hours after Rishi Sunak narrowly avoided defeat over his Rwanda Bill to allow deportation flights of illegal migrants to go ahead to East Africa.
A threatened rebellion of the right of his party was postponed until the New Year but with civil war raging the Conservatives are in chaos.
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One Conservative MP said last night: “Farage coming back in a wave of publicity is the last thing we need at the moment.”
Another Tory added: “If he really does announce he’s going back into politics that is going to give Refom a huge boost and split our vote.
“It’s bad enough as it is but that would guarnatee a wipeout.”
With some polls putting Reform UK on 12 percent, it is thought that Farage could push that up by another five points.
Mr Tice said: “We could soon be in the mid-teens and the Tories just a few points ahead in the late teens then it is all to play for.”
It means that the Tories, who according to the latest polls are already looking at their worst-ever election results, could be wiped out.
Mr Tice went on: “I know Nigel is very angry about what is happening with the farce of this Rwanda Bill and the chaos the country is in.
“I am sure he wants to come back and knows he can make a difference.”
Meanwhile, Farage has been bullish since coming third in I’m a Celebrity and ending his stint in the jungle.
While he missed many of the political developments during the contest when he had no contact with the outside world, he was briefed on leaving and used his first GB News interview back to tear apart Sunak’s plans.
Farage also threatened war with ITV after he learnt that the company attempted to stitch him up with bogus racism allegations while he was contractually unable to defend himself because of ITV’s own rules for I’m a Celebrity.
