'That's Panic': Nigel Farage Mocked Over Reform's Iran War U-Turn

Reform leader Nigel Farage sits in a cafe during a campaign visit to Gorton and Denton in Manchester, England, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

Reform UK has been accused of backpedalling “in panic” over its previous enthusiasm for the UK to back the US and Israel bombing Iran.

Senior figures in the party vocally supported the military action after it was launched just over a week ago.

Nadhim Zahawi, the former Tory chancellor who defected to Reform earlier this year, even said: “We should...