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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
I doubt that Reform UK will be as divided as Labour.
My hope is that the Conservatives will work tactically with Reform UK to get Labour out. Kemi has ruled that out, but there's a lot of muck to flow under the bridge before that needs to become a reality.
But Kemi needs to purge her front bench of losers such as Patel, Atkins, Cleverley who exemplify the self-serving, self-important politicos who helped bring the Tories down. Otherwise, Reform has to go it alone and when push comes to shove, they may not convince enough people in a spread across the UK to give them a majority.
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The trouble is Reform UK is stuffed full of Tory rejects who are unlikely to get on well with the current Conservative Party. And Reform UK's USP of not being Labour or Conservative falls apart if they do work tactically together. I don't think the Labour Party has a similar issue with current and former MPs joining the Green Party, but I could be wrong.
It's looking like an interesting five-horse race in the next General Election so a coalition government could well be a possibility. Certainbly Reform UK or any other party governing on its own with just 25% of the vote would not go down well. But a coalition of Reform with another political party would undermine its USP. I'm not sure how you square the circle on these two points as Reform UK's share of the vote is unlikely to grow much given it's competing with four other parties, particularly as Badnoch is taking advantage of Starmer's political ineptitude.