Darren Grimes of GB News fame to stand in County Durham
Consett born Darren Grimes is set to stand for election in Tanfield and Annfield Plain in the upcoming May local elections.
Grimes, 31, said he is gave up his “cushy” media job on March 1 to stand for election as the UK is “spiralling”.
I’ve never been in a window before – so that’s a first. I walked away from a well-paid job, a cosy number in tellyland, to come back home and stick my neck out for the people, the places – and yes, even the pothole-riddled, bin-missed, crime-plagued paradise that is my beloved… pic.twitter.com/zTf7kOBHRO
— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) March 23, 2025
The ‘no-nonsense North’ broadcaster said: “This wasn’t an easy decision. I gave up a well-paid national media job because I simply couldn’t stomach watching my country being run into the ground any longer – and, thanks to Ofcom rules, I couldn’t do both.
“But the stakes are too high. Our country is spiralling – economically, culturally, socially – and if people like me don’t put their necks on the line now, Britain might not make it to 2029 in one piece.”
This comes three years after the broadcaster began his run on GB News – where he presented ‘Real Britain’ but he now says he wants to come back to his “home”.
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He added: “This is my home. I went to school here. My family still live here.
“This is a part of the country where family, community, and country still thankfully mean something – and I’m not prepared to sit back while it’s all destroyed by political cowardice and national decline.”
Grimes’ official campaign launch will take place on Sunday in County Durham.