Farage announced his return to frontline politics earlier this month as leader of Reform UK and parliamentary candidate for Clacton.
The leader has continued to hit the headlines as Reform UK overtook the Conservatives in the polls last week dispelling claims about Farage's relevance in British politics.
Back in 2014, political commentator John Rentoul claimed: "In five years' time, we will have forgotten who Nigel Farage was."
Today, ten years since Rentoul posted the tweet, Farage responded teasing: "Guess who's back."
Nigel Farage responded to Rentoul's tweet from a decade ago: "Guess who's back"
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The last decade has all but erased the former UKIP leader from the public's consciousness and, whether you love him or loathe him, he has become one of the most influential politicians in Britain.
Commenting on Rentoul's tweet, one user on X said: "That comment aged like milk."
"Tweets that aged terribly, terribly badly," another person responded.
In 2014, Farage led UKIP to the largest share of the vote in the European election, with more than 26 per cent of the vote.
Guess who’s back. https://t.co/MvNV36zI76
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) June 17, 2024
Farage was at the forefront of the pro-Brexit vote during the 2016 EU membership referendum and in April 2019, he stood down from UKIP and launched his new Brexit party.
Before the 2019 general election, Farage announced that following Brexit the party would be renamed as the Reform Party.
Farage then moved from a political to a media career after hosting The Nigel Farage Show on the talk radio station LBC.
He then stood down as leader of Reform and embarked on a television career as a host on GB News.
Nigel Farage finished third in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2023
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He also hit the screens in 2023 when he competed in the 23rd series of the reality TV show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished in third place exposing him to a younger generation of viewers.
During his return to politics this year, Farage confirmed his ambitions to be UK prime minister by 2029.
When asked if he would stand as prime minister at an election in 2029, Farage told the BBC: "Yes, absolutely.
"I think the disconnect between the Labour and Conservative Westminster-based parties and the country – the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people – are so far apart from where our politics is."
