Here’s a thought: try to name a former Conservative MP that Nigel Farage wouldn’t accept as a member of Reform. OK, he might draw the line at Liz Truss on the grounds she is a danger to everyone. Especially herself. And Boris Johnson might be a problem. Not just as a clash of competing egos but because the immigration Boriswave might be a hard sell to Nige’s core supporters.
But those two aside, it seems that anyone is welcome. Bring Nige the deadbeats, the shifty and the disgraced and he will offer them shelter. Will make then whole. Help them to reinvent themselves as frontline politicians once more. Or as close as they are ever likely to get. So step forward Nadhim Zahawi, the latest – and certainly the highest-profile – member of the Living Dead Tories to sell his soul for a glimpse of a second chance. To join the ranks of the Immortals, such as Andrea Jenkyns, Jake Berry, Danny Kruger and Lee Anderson.
