"If you screw up your eyes and look four years into the future, can you imagine a Prime Minister Farage standing victorious on that No 10 doorstep? I'm afraid the answer is yes just about. I can see that ghastly grin. If everything that can go wrong does go wrong, then it's not inconceivable, and everyone had better believe it. The showman had on his serious face to talk about the economy in today's speech."
"Gone was his 90bn tax cut bonanza. Public spending will be slashed instead: Reform has already put 100,000 civil servants on notice. Farage the chameleon now says his is both the party of workers and one that is pro-business. Reform had also briefly posed as the party of poor children with a suggestion that it would end the two-child benefit cap, but Farage rapidly cut back eligibility: now it's only for couples, only when both work, and only for British nationals."
Nigel Farage could plausibly become Prime Minister if events and failures align. He toned down earlier large tax-cut promises and shifted toward public spending cuts, with Reform placing 100,000 civil servants on notice. The party now blends pro-worker and pro-business rhetoric while narrowing a proposed end to the two-child benefit cap to couples, both working, and British nationals. Farage pledged spending reductions and benefits cuts and signaled risky economic moves including embracing crypto and removing the non-dom tax to attract wealthy expats. He predicted a 2027 economic collapse that could trigger an election and framed Brexit as an opportunity others squandered to cut regulation.
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