Can Reform UK show that it’s more than a one-man band?
The IndependentReform UK opens its annual conference in Birmingham sporting its first elected members of parliament, a much-expanded membership, and plenty of enthusiasm. The rebellious vibe worked well for Farage and the gang in the European parliament, but the Commons is different, and so far none of Reform’s new MPs – Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, Rupert Lowe and James McMurdock – has made much of an impact; instead they have been schooled by the government front bench. The manifesto for the last election, styled as a “contract”, had an eccentric and provisional air to it, and Farage freely ditched bits of it that he didn’t like. This was the case with Ukip, which is actually still staggering on, and Reform UK, led by Farage, may well fall prey to the same sort of factionalism and backbiting that debilitated its predecessor. Farage’s interventions in the recent “Farage riots” also highlighted how hazardous it can be to swim in the waters of the British extreme right; the riots were not popular and didn’t spark some kind of revolutionary moment, as some on the far right seemed to hope they would.
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