The problem with Nigel Farage

Reform is a mistake.

Our aim is not to reach a compromise with the Conservatives. It is to replace them as the real opposition to a socialist Labour Party that is in trouble already.

Real politics is difficult.

Writing in the Telegraph, Nigel Farage has said he will not do a deal with the Conservative Party. I am not surprised: together with a senior businessman, it was me who initiated and progressed conversations with Nigel and Richard Tice in 2019 towards their decision not to stand Brexit Party candidates against Conservatives: they understood it would defeat their own political ends to do so but the decision came at a high price.

Today, they take a different view. Nigel writes,

Reform is here to stay. The Tories had their chance and they blew it. All talk of whether a future deal between me and the Conservatives can be done is irrelevant. It is not even on my agenda, I simply don’t trust them.

Alas. Particularly when Jacob Rees-Mogg has been working hard to unite the right.