Nigel Farage has rubbished Jacob Rees-Mogg’s talk of a potential Reform-Tory pact.
In a GB News interview with the former Tory minister, the Reform UK honorary president accused the Government of an “absolute betrayal” when it comes to protecting the country’s borders.
Rees-Mogg had talked up the idea of Farage becoming a Conservative MP and minister, saying it could hold the key to a groundswell of Tory support ahead of the general election, which is likely to take place this year.
“I’ve said for years that Jacob Rees-Mogg and I should be in the same party”, said Farage.
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“It always seemed ridiculous to me that we were in different political parties, because you and I think alike on many, many issues.
“We’re fundamentally patriotic. We believe in borders. We believe in sovereignty. We believe in the little man and woman being given half a chance to go out and create businesses and do their own thing.
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PA“We are at one on this. The problem here is twofold. Firstly, I think you underestimate the level of contempt that is felt for the Conservative Party, especially post 2019. It is a sense of betrayal. The sheer scale of change that is happening to our communities.
“You think Blair was bad? Try this for size. The Conservative Party allowed more people to settle in this country in 2022-23, then came from 1066 to 2010. It is astonishing.
“I think that Brexit voters, and particularly the UKIP-type Brexit voters who, for the first time in their lives voted Conservative in 2019, feel an absolute sense of betrayal. That’s my problem.”
It comes amid dire polling for the Tories, who are on course for a comfortable election defeat.
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GB News presenter and former Business Secretary Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg called on Rishi Sunak to “reunite the right” in a new plan which involves bringing Nigel Farage into government as a Conservative MP.
The former Cabinet minister said: “The next election poses fundamental questions for my party. But it all comes down to one question - what does it mean to be a conservative?... The answer lies in reuniting the right.
“What we need is a big, open and comprehensive offer to those in Reform… the Prime Minister should offer candidate selection to senior members of the Reform Party, such as the estimable Ben Habib, Richard Tice, and of course, the one and only Nigel Farage.”