Opinion

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK: Swan Songs, Fantasy Economics and Twerking for Trump

Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has built its identity on provocation: wild claims about migrants eating swans, fantasy economics dressed as “common sense,” and tax plans that essentially funnel wealth to the rich. While mocking climate policy as “lunacy” and declaring war on teaching unions, Farage spends much of his energy flattering Donald Trump, reducing Britain’s sovereignty to a sideshow act in an American circus. For all the contradictions, Reform’s rise continues, fuelled by outrage and grievance politics.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK mixes slapstick absurdity with dangerous policies, from scrapping Indefinite Leave to Remain to parroting Donald Trump’s every whim.

Rejection or minimisation of human-caused climate change and opposition to Net Zero targets