Steve Bannon says Brexiteer ‘friend’ Nigel Farage in the running to be UK prime minister

Bannon predicts ‘earth-shattering’ outcome if Farage’s Brexit Party wins by-election on June 6

But Farage admits that his party lacks policies beyond pulling Britain out of Europe

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Nigel Farage conceded that he does ‘not yet’ have a policy beyond Brexit. Photo: EPA

Published: 12:02pm, 28 May 2019Updated: 7:26pm, 28 May 2019

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said he saw British Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage as being in the running to be prime minister later this year after his victory in European elections.

In an interview with AFP, Bannon described Farage as a “friend and colleague”, adding that he had spoken to him during campaigning and had been in touch since results on Sunday night which showed his Brexit Party winning 31.6 per cent of the vote.

“I congratulated him on a stunning victory,” Bannon said from a luxury hotel suite in Paris where he was staying during the final stage of the European parliament election campaign.

Steve Bannon: ‘I congratulated him on a stunning victory’. Photo: AFP

Bannon, who has attempted to forge links between far-right parties in Europe since leaving the White House in August 2017, said he was now looking ahead to a by-election for a parliamentary seat in eastern England on June 6.

Farage will test his Brexit Party’s new-found strength by fielding a candidate in the contest in the city of Peterborough.

Steve Bannon says Brexiteer ‘friend’ Nigel Farage in the running to be UK prime minister

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Bannon predicts ‘earth-shattering’ outcome if Farage’s Brexit Party wins by-election on June 6

But Farage admits that his party lacks policies beyond pulling Britain out of Europe