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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

John Major tells Tories alliance with Reform would be ‘beyond stupid’

John Major.
John Major also accused the Tories of a loss of pragmatism, tolerance and nuance in a wide-ranging critique of the party’s direction. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

John Major has told the Conservatives that forming an alliance with Reform UK would “for ever destroy” the party, which he said had already left traditional supporters “politically homeless” by lurching too far to the right.

The former prime minister dismissed a pact with Nigel Farage’s party as “beyond stupid”, saying that any Tories tempted to defect to Reform should go now because his own party would be better off without them.

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