Nigel Farage has been touted for his links to Donald Trump, but there's an important role much closer to home if only Keir Starmer would listen.

Farage, the Brexit-campaigner and self-described troublemaker, is a friend of Trump and was at his election victory party in Florida. He has offered to act as an interlocutor between the British government and the Trump administration, which takes power in January.

Nigel Farage will not be used as an envoy to build bridges with Donald Trump, a Cabinet minister made clear, jibing: “Hasn’t he got a job to do in Clacton”. The Reform UK leader, a longtime supporter of the president-elect, has offered to help the UK avoid tariffs that Trump is threatening to impose on imports into America.

Nigel Farage has claimed he could be "useful as an interlocutor" between the Labour Government and Donald Trump following the Republican's US election victory.

Speaking to the PA news agency at a Reform event near Exeter, Mr Farage described Mr Trump as a “pro-British American president” who gives the UK “potentially huge opportunities if we can overcome the difficulties that the whole of the Cabinet have been rude about him”.

The Reform UK leader – a close ally of Mr Trump and the only UK politician who was at his Palm Beach home on election night - described Mr Trump as a “pro-British American president”. He claimed the Republican politician would give the UK “potentially huge opportunities if we can overcome the difficulties that the whole of the cabinet have been rude about him”.

This Is What I’ll Do To ‘Mend Fence’s Between U.S. And U.K. After Trump’s Victory On Friday, UK Reform Party Leader Nigel Farage discussed relations between the United States and the United Kingdom ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Nigel Farage has hinted at taking on a new "interlocutor" role as Donald Trump looks poised to block Sir Keir Starmer's potential pick for US Ambassador. The Reform UK leader, who spent US election night in Florida,

Nigel Farage has said he could be "useful as an interlocutor" between the Labour Government and Donald Trump. The Reform UK leader said he has "got a great relationship" with the president-elect and knows people he believes will be in Mr Trump's administration for "quite a long time".