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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Forgetful Farage shares rose-tinted memories of Reform’s party conference

Nigel Farage speaking at the Reform UK party conference.
It was a stroke of genius for Nigel Farage to dismiss two of his oldest muckers as mere contractors in response to the latest Reform scandal. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

Which one of us has not dreamed of getting a personal email from Nigel Farage? So imagine the excitement that Reform supporters must have felt when a message from their leader dropped into their inboxes late on Wednesday night. And mine. Could he also be about to offer everyone in the country £5,000 in return for electing a Reform government?

Sadly not. Even Honest Bob’s planned welfare cuts won’t cover that. Instead, Nige was treating us all to his reflections on his party conference that had just ended. The only drawback was that there appeared to be some gaps in his memory. Let’s be kind and assume he was pushed for space. So let’s help him fill in the blanks.

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