Addressing a global gathering of rightwing activists in London, the Reform leader said the UK should rebuild its heavy industry, including through the domestic production of steel, oil and gas.
He said: “Of course, we need higher birthrates, but we’re not going to get higher birthrates in this country until we can get some sense of optimism.
Referring to oil and gas, Farage said: “Our view is that if we’re going to be using them, we may as well produce them ourselves in our own country and genuinely become energy independent”.
And 14 years that saw net zero enshrined into law by a Conservative government, and Boris Johnson and Theresa May as evangelical about net zero as the current [energy secretary] Ed Miliband.”.
Nigel Farage has called for the “reindustrialisation” of Britain and “180-degree shift” to reverse the declining birthrate, as he praised the “Judeo-Christian culture” that he claimed underpinned western civilisation.
