Nigel Farage is standing to become an MP for an eighth time.
The former UKIP and Brexit Party leader has U-turned on his decision to run for a seat in the Commons after suggesting two weeks ago his time would be focussed on helping Donald Trump return to the White House.
But speaking in central London, Mr Farage said since talking to voters he saw "there is a rejection of the political class going on in this country in a way that has not been seen in modern times".
He added: "The other thing that really shook me in a way last week were the number of people coming up to me in the street saying 'Nigel, why aren't you standing?"'
"I simply couldn't help feeling that somehow they felt I was letting them down."
He's set to stand in Clacton, a current Tory seat with a majority of nearly 25,000.
Reform UK already has a candidate in the constituency though it is expected they'll be moved elsewhere to accommodate Mr Farage.
It's one of the most anti-EU constituencies in the country with more than 70% of people voting leave, while in 2014 its MP defected to UKIP.
In 2015, the 22 UKIP councillors were elected to the local authority.
Giles Watling is the incumbent MP and is standing again for the Tories this year. His majority came in the absence of a UKIP or Brexit Party candidate standing.
He said: “I will be pleased to show Nigel around Clacton so he can see what it is really like, but I am not prepared to see the constituency of Clacton sacrificed on the altar of his vanity.”