Could Nigel Farage be the next Prime Minister? | Andrew Marr | The New Statesman

Vote Reform to say bye to the NHS and YOUR human rights 🇬🇧

The budget said they plan to bring in 2.5 million new immigrants over the next 5 years. They also plan to build 1.5 million new homes. When she was asked if the new homes would go to new immigrants, Angela Raynor couldn't answer. This is why Labour will be turfed out at the next election and Reform elected.

Farage spends more time in America. He might as well stay there,

It's inevitable.

I remember NS articles from forty years ago arguing about the effect that neo liberalism would have, a profound redistribution of wealth and power on Britain...sadly no one listened...industries privatised...building societies demutualised...public services out sourced...public housing stock sold off for a song, the economy financialised . But it's what the country voted for. Over the years there have been many warnings, but they've been ignored, only now with the squeezing of the middle class and social mobility going backwards are people realising that the system isn't designed for their welfare.. .plus the 3000 food banks, it's not going well, so easy answers and scapegoats are required. If the UK voted for Farage ( very unlikely) and his bunch of fantastists it would be a major crisis....an inward looking country that can't work out what it is or what it wants...a perfect match for a class of wealthy predatory capitalists...all on the back of "making Britain great again".

Only if he joins the conservative party

Populist?? It’s actually just plain old fashioned ‘common sense’. Labour are already hammering in the nails of their own demise, the Tories are untrustworthy and unelectable, it’s time for change.

When that woman cries, does her tears run down her spine? 😢

Could nigel ferage become pm I bl___dy hope so he's the only one who's in sink with most peop

What a ghastly dismal Marxist island that country has become

Farage to stop in in America with his racist friend

No Nigel farage as Prime minister of United Kingdom England London no. No debate about Thomas. Brexit referendum leave vote cost United Kingdom we worse off outside the EU third partner nation England London Britain. Nigel farage damage conservative party in England.

All that is needed is results. Folk only listen to a chancer like NF when’s there lives are grim.

Poor old Farage was upset that Alister Campbell mentioned Brexit the other day. Its his only policy ffs. And it's shyte

People voted Labour simply because they wanted to oust the Tories. Now they are realizing just what they have done!! Blue/Red choice is now so YESTERDAY-time for change!!

Why are you even giving this air time? Why not pick one of the other minority party MP’s and ask the same question? Why not pick on Sir Ed Davey, he has more MP’s than Reform?? Ridiculous how the “media” pander to Farage just because he’s extremely polarised and generally creates outrage! 😡

Even Elon Musk doesn't have enough money to polish this particular turd.

I just can't believe how the grifter is garnering so much support within the British public, especially after being one of the major ringleaders in the biggest ever con on a country's population, namely Brexit and just look how well that's going! As the old saying goes; "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!"

Yes there is a very real risk especially if Musk gets his way with Farage. Also centre parties like Labour and the Conservatives need to make things more fair and equal like it was in the post war period where we had growth and improved living standards for the majority of that time (even with inflation)

England is sleepwalking towards fascism. NF is telling us loud and clear who he is, and our media are rushing to enable him.

The media feeds a scapegoating mentality by blaming migrants for no services or housing. When capitalism is in crisis, and it is, it moves to the Right. There will be more scapegoating and blaming to divert citizens away from the capitalist system that cannot meet their needs.

Don't Reform need to attract swing voters ? He knows he has to attract voters across the board many of whom want closer ties with the EU and is trying to distance himself from Brexit.

Why?

It’s quite astonishing when Andrew claims there isn’t a far or hard left in this country yet we have a far right reform.
The New Statesman doesn’t yet have an impartial view and their vernacular is not one of the ordinary people more of the BBC woke left.
The current LP are the socialist / communist party of GB -
Reform will make the changes required for the GB people, not a failed EU or a Green policy.
Andrew summary saying the one thing that will finish reform is being in government, is absolute nonsense.
Tim

I think that the fact all the Westminster commentariat miss, is that Farage doesn’t really want to be PM. He’s a flawed individual, but not a Trump. He knows that being an agent provocateur is much easier, more fun, and financially more productive.

at best most governments decide on about 10% of public spending, the rest is down to the civil service and the treasury.

At this point, voting labour or conservative is purposely damaging the country.

The man that helped destroy the U.K. is seriously thought of as a Prime Minister? Wow. The Brits really are gluttons for punishment.

No 👎🏾
Nigel is a one policy politician, also he does not have many allies so he is not going to win the next election.

The Tories and Labour just do the bidding of neoliberalism, but then, so would Farage and reform. Tice and Farage both want to replace the NHS with a US style insurance system. They will do nothing about privatisation. For all the fags and pints, Farage and Tice are as establishment as they come, monied public schoolboys, and pound shop politicians.

Considering what he's been up against, Farage is doing extremely well. Torys and Labour have had their turns and have failed miserably. Its time for Reform UK to have a shot

Why is it taking you so long to realise that all this disruption is right wing USA trying to wreck the global free trade model which they are losing.. Brexshit was a huge part of it to destabilise the EU which the US view as a massive competitor.. Ukraine is part of it, pushing for nationalism is part of it everywhere. They've built it all around hatred of immigrants. How original. Think we've had it before and look where it leads.

What a horrifying thought

I have been a lifelong conservative, my husband a lifelong Labour supporter, now we are united in loathing for both of them, reform for me, abstention for my husband.

Don't get it do you. The stalling after brexit has lasted till now. I'm a former tory and I know its over, farage will definitely win the next election 🎉😂🎉and labour won't win for decades 😂😂😂

Starmer is betraying the Labour Party, and he's betraying all those who lent him their vote as well. He forgets he's PM only because the right wing vote was split, and because people like myself who don't even support Labour, lent Labour our vote out of desperation. Last election is only the second time I voted for my Labour candidate. Both times it was in an attempt to oust my Tory MP who I couldn't stand. I've voted in every single election since reaching voting age, last election was the only time it counted for anything because I did help to successfully remove my old Tory MP. The first time a said it was a one off. This time I was just so fed up of the Tories. I normally vote Lib Dem or Green, because there is no party that represents my views, but I feel like voting is the right thing to do. When voting for candidates in parties I vaguely support, it has never had any bearing on the balance of power in Parliament because the parties I've been voting for haven't been close to winning a seat in my area. Tories and Labour keeping power stitched up between themselves is what's lead to this situation. People like me feel that they don't have a voice. Farage is now playing on that to get voters behind him. Even now, parties such as Green, Labour, Lib Dems, and SNP are divided. Every Tory and Labour governments have been virtually indistinguishable for my entire life. It's no wonder people are looking to Farage when he's promising change. I don't agree with his politics and I do think he's taking advantage. I predicted this happening 15-20 years ago. I said back then this would happen if centrist and left parties didn't back PR and let BNP potentially have a seat or two and be debated in Parliament, instead of being shut down. Now Farage just has to say that was undemocratic and he's right

Stop saying fair right you melt

I think it's nailed on and it makes me absolutely sick. What a stupid nation we've become.

London has fallen. It’s forever lost

Use to be left now reform let’s goooo

Starmer is leading the British public towards Nigel Farage and the Reform Party and is pushing the Labour Party into political obscurity, from which it is hoped they will never return.

I only think he becomes PM as leader of the Conservative Party. I think the FPTP will still limit Reform’s electability as the main party.

Like Trump Farage and Reform is a party of grievance. Blame the immigrants and EU for all of our problems. Slash taxes for the wealthy and all will be make things better. Deny climate change and continue to burn and drill for oil. They offer the easy solutions.

Reform are just a more appealing BNP. Don’t fall for it like America.

I find it interesting that Farage is the media's anti-establishment poster boy, who is the usual big business free market politician, yet the same media vilified Corbyn who really was an anti-establishment figure, who to this day is still the total opposite of Farage, being people first, big business second.

Europe has already moved well down the road as far as the Right wing vote. It would not be a surprise that Britain's heading in the same direction because the same issues affect all of Europe and over many years have been persistently ignored.

”We don’t really have anybody who is far left at the moment“? Yes we do, he’s behind you! 😂

After fourteen years of ever disappointing and increasingly shambolic Conservative rule and yet at the general election the main opposition barely gains over a third of the vote. The Labour govt is skating on very thin ice. Economic policy wise, no one is excited by their plans, least of all the 'economy'.

I think if reform had made their move 12 months earlier and sunak delayed the election until This month , he would have been pm

If the government doesn’t dramatically reduce immigration and enforce border control then the likely outcome is yes. Nobody voted to add 10 million people to the population and the Tories repeatably lied to the public about it. In my view governments should be held legally accountable for failing to meet their manifesto pledges unless there is a good reason as to why it could not be met. Tories said they would reduce it to 10s of 1000s but increased it to close to a million. It’s a betrayal and the effect are being felt by everyone and is making us poorer.

The journal of dreary Starmerism slowly realising it wasn't such a potent winning ideology after all! Maybe that Corbyn was on to something.