The Reform manifesto is a Trumpian document for a British electorate. It promises a public inquiry into “vaccine harms”, withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights, the abolition of net zero targets and the deployment of ex-army officers into the police. Immigrants will have their rights stripped back and “High Intensity Training Camps” will be opened for young offenders. Nigel Farage (interviewed in this week’s New Statesman) accepts the Republican Party idea that a woke deep state is obstructing change: he wants to politicise the civil service by allowing ministers to install their chosen officials.
These policies matter because Reform’s polling numbers have steadily risen since Farage returned to the political front line on 3 June. The party could win a small crop of parliamentary seats next week, including Clacton for Farage. If the Tories do collapse, then expect Reform to fill the vacuum.
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