Farage and Truss to attend US Republican national convention
by Ben Quinn from US news | The Guardian on (#6P7JE)
Reform UK leader and former Tory PM part of British right's bid to deepen ties with American counterparts
Nigel Farage and Liz Truss are among the UK politicians set to attend the US Republican national convention this week as the British right seeks to deepen ties with its American counterparts before a predicted victory for Donald Trump in the presidential race.
An assassination attempt on Trump on Saturday had prompted Farage, the Reform UK party leader, to make plans to fly to the US, he said, adding that he was doing it not just as a friend but because we have to stand up for democracy".
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