Taoiseach: Ireland is planning for possibility Nigel Farage will become British prime minister

The Government is planning for the possibility of Nigel Farage becoming British prime minister and will engage with him if this happens, the Taoiseach has said.

It comes as current prime minister Keir Starmer has found himself in a leadership crisis following terrible local elections for his British Labour party which sparked the resignation of a number of ministers, at a time when Mr Farage's Reform UK party has surged.

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