Nigel Farage insisted on Thursday ‘we will not be dictated to’ as he told global elites at Davos that the world has changed for good.
The Reform UK leader delivered the uncomfortable message as he attended the gathering of business and political classes at the World Economic Forum.
He also, however, suggested that the international organisation was now shifting away from the ideology that has dominated it for decades – and the ‘old Davos’ Keir Starmer was being left behind.
Mr Farage said his message to global elites was: ‘We will not be dictated to by you again.
‘We will not be lectured on climate change, we will not be lectured on the benefits of open borders, we will not be beholden to you. We will work constructively with you under a national interest framework.’
Earlier, he told a Bloomberg News event: ‘The globalist idea we should all do the same thing, have the same regulations, have the same targets – and the EU is the epicentre of all of this for the globalists – that’s now for the birds.
‘It’s a change of debate, there’s now something called national interest. And that’s the new politics that we’re seeing.’
Mr Farage was visiting Davos for the first time in the long lead-up to a general election which – if polls are to be believed – could propel him into Downing Street.
‘We will not be dictated to by you again’ ReformUK leader Nigel Farage told global elites at Davos, Switzerland (pictured)
He has been wooing business people and held a round table at Davos with top executives, who he said felt that the present Government was ‘utterly disconnected’.
Mr Farage revealed he wants to bring captains of industry into government and to create a beefed-up business ministry in a bid to boost growth.
He has previously been a critic of Davos and the globalisation ideology it represents, but now thinks it is changing.
He said he was surprised there is ‘genuine debate’ on artificial intelligence, crypto and energy – unlike previous years when it was dominated by climate change and diversity.
Mr Farage brushed off the idea the world could revert back to how it was before Donald Trump was elected US President.
He added: ‘I don’t think it’s just about Trump. I think Trump is an emblem of looking at things differently. I think you’re seeing it across Europe – things are changing.’
