Nigel Farage hints at a return to the Tories but slams Theresa May over Trump talks
Ukip's interim leader said "let's see what happens" when he was asked whether he would ever return to the Conservatives
NIGEL FARAGE has hinted at a return to the Conservatives – after spending the past week trashing PM Theresa May.
The loudmouth Ukip leader said “let’s see what happens” when asked if he would ever contemplate a return to the party he quit in 1992 over the Maastricht Treaty.
He is due to step down as Ukip boss later this month once a permanent new leader is elected to replace Diane James – who only lasted 18 days in the job.
In an interview with Sky, Mr Farage was asked: “You’re interim party leader, you’re on the way out of the Ukip, would you like to rejoin the Conservative party?”
He replied: “Let’s see what happens.”
A spokesman insisted Mr Farage thought he was being asked whether the Tory Government could be trusted to deliver Brexit.
The former banker said he doubted whether the Government were going to “totally deliver”.
He separately said he was “astonished” by Downing Street’s outright refusal to consider his offer to act as a go-between with President Elect Donald Trump following his astonishing meeting with the Republican at the weekend.
He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “This Government has got a massive job to do with Brexit… all I have said is ‘I’ve got some connections, I’d like to help’.”
But he dismissed reports Mr Trump’s chief aides would talk to him before the UK Government.