Reform UK has been holding crunch talks with Liz Truss about how Nigel Farage can take on the “Establishment Blob”.
The former Prime Minister, who lost her South West Norfolk seat in the 2024 General Election, and lost to a lettuce, was ousted from No10 following her disastrous mini-budget.
She resigned as PM after a chaotic 49 days in power, Ms Truss has frequently blamed ‘the establishment’ for her failure to implement her radical policy agenda
Local Elections
It’s not just a case of thinking about policy, it’s about working through delivery in the face of institutional resistance,” a source told The Times.
The Clacton MP is looking to make significant inroads in the upcoming Local Elections on May 1.
After winning five seats at last summer’s general election, Reform are seeking to win hundreds of council seats at next month’s local elections in England.
The party have also set their sights on success at elections to the Welsh Senedd and Scottish Parliament in 2026.
Last month, it emerged that Mr Farage had held secret talks with controversial ex-Downing Street aide Dominic Cummings about how Reform can take on the Tories.
Net Zero
It comes as Ed Miliband has torn into Nigel Farage and the Tories for peddling dangerous “nonsense and lies” by suggesting the UK’s net zero target is responsible for destroying Britain’s businesses, including its steel industry.
Referring to the soaring prices that shocked UK consumers in 2022 and that have continued to reverberate, he says: “Our exposure to fossil fuels meant that, as those markets went into meltdown and prices rocketed, family, business and public finances were devastated. The cost of living impacts caused back then still stalk families today.”
Luke Tryl, UK director of polling organisation More in Common, said: “There’s no doubt Reform have channelled public discontent with the status quo and a desire for change into electoral momentum since last July.
“But their approach to climate change, along with stances on Ukraine and Farage’s relationship with Trump, risk becoming an achilles heel. Our research finds that in every UK constituency voters say they are more worried about climate change than not, and most see renewable energy as the path to energy security, jobs and cheaper energy.
“Even Reform voters themselves, despite being less enamoured by the idea of net zero, just aren’t that motivated by it, and certainly not compared to an issue like immigration.”
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