Nigel Farage welcomed Nadine Dorries to Reform last night – despite Dorries being the Tory culture minister responsible for the Orwellian Online Safety Act that Farage has savaged and pledged to replace.
Farage on Thursday called Dorries a “big signing” and “a significant addition to [the] team”.
She’s been there, she knows the problems. She crosses the line from being just a politician into celebrity – she’s been in the jungle like me, she sold 3.5 million books, she’s an accomplished columnist on the Daily Mail and this shows that the Conservative Party is beginning to disintegrate before your eyes.
He wasn’t so keen on her when she was in government, however. Back then, as Dorries continued to defend Boris when most of his supporters had fled, Farage commented:
I had the misfortune of watching and listening to Nadine Dorries this morning. If she is the PM’s defence then he really is a goner.
I had the misfortune of watching and listening to Nadine Dorries this morning. If she is the PM’s defence then he really is a goner.
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) February 5, 2022
Hopefully he won’t be giving her the culture brief…
Dorries’s defection came on the eve of the Reform party conference, where Trump’s America is being looked to as the inspiration for a radical plan for government that will push back on the increasingly lunatic Leftism that has dominated British governance since Blair. The Mail has more.
Jubilant Reform is kicking off its conference today following the defection of former Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries.
Nigel Farage is set to rally his party in Birmingham after he welcomed Ms Dorries – who announced her move by telling the Daily Mail the Tories “are dead”.
Reform has seen an extraordinary surge in support since the General Election, and is now enjoying double-digit poll leads over Labour.
Professor John Curtice this morning described Mr Farage as the most influential politician of the century. He told the BBC that Reform could win a majority at an election with the current levels of support – although the contest might still be four years away.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that half the Cabinet might not be MPs if Mr Farage does end up in power.
Reform’s DOGE chief Zia Yusuf said “all the talents” would be deployed in a US-style administration.
They could be made peers in order to serve in office – although critics have warned that would pose problems with democratic accountability.
Mr Yusuf told the Telegraph: “The number of people who are coming forward saying that they want to help Reform, either in the background or potentially front line, is growing all of the time.
“Some of these people are household names. I’m not going to give you them, because I’m not going to betray confidences. But these are incredible – this is galactic-level talent that we’d be very proud to have serving our country.”
Touring broadcast studios this morning, Mr Yusuf said the party is actively “preparing for government”.
He told BBC Breakfast: “Nigel is preparing for government. We are taking seriously the important work of getting ready for government.
“We’re not going to be like Labour, if the British people see fit to elect a Reform government, we will come into power with a plan.”
Worth reading in full.
Richard Tice this morning told BBC Radio 4 Today that Reform will follow Donald Trump’s lead on borders and Net Zero if it wins the next election, saying the American President had achieved “much to be inspired about”.
He’s been very successful at many things. He’s the President of the US. and what is my inspiration is the low energy costs in the US because they drill baby drill. And that creates a rich nation where they’ve got high economic growth. He’s successfully stopped illegal immigration so there’s much to be inspired about.
And with Dorries on board, there’s, er, no stopping Reform now.
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