This is of course significant news, which will take time to digest and consider the ramifications. I just wonder, given the way the tide is beginning to turn, whether he might now change his mind, stay and challenge Badenoch. They are both awful so neither would ever get my vote.
Given what’s happening in the USA I am beginning to think that with the fight back against authoritarianism gathering pace in the USA, combined with Trump’s obvious physical and mental decline, that right wing populist politics will start to be regarded with even more suspicion everywhere than it is currently by people like me. If the mood changes in the general population, and Reform, and Farage, begin to be regarded as Trump clones, even if lighter versions, then they could already have peaked.
Jenrick joining Reform at this moment could be the end of his political career. Not the making of it.
That’s not going to happen. With the issues facing this country and with Labour in government, the right wing parties are only going to grow in support, memberships and popularity.
Reform are likely to wipe the floor with the other parties in the May local elections (that’s if they actually go ahead and aren’t cancelled out of panic). Labour will be ousted at the next General Election and the Tories will be toast long before then.
The next party in Government will be right wing, whether it’s Reform or one under a different name but with similar policies remains to be seen but it will be one whose manifesto leans heavily on the following;
Stopping the boats
Stopping the flood of illegal immigrants
Deportation of those already here who have entered illegally
Dealing with the abuse of the asylum system
Reforming the welfare and benefits system
Scrapping Net Zero
Tackling Wokeism and gender ideology
Protecting Freedom of Speech
Removing Two Tier Policing and Judiciary
Rewarding hard work and promoting small businesses
Supporting the NHS and preventing NHS tourism
Regaining Law & Order
Improving Education and reducing tuition fees
Promoting British values & behaviours
Promoting British Goods, British business and productivity