Tory Leader Rules Out Reform Pact.

Kemi Badenoch was speaking to Sky's Trevor Phillips on Sunday. The local elections are coming up on Thursday, and they will be a test for every party. It will be the first elections since the general election of last year. Kemi Badenoch inherited a party kicked out of office after 14 years of misrule. They abused their right to rule and initiated a set of policies that broke Britain, even more so! David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak brought disaster, deprivation, destruction, and depravity to the UK.

In the General election of last year, they received a good kicking. Leaving them with just 121 MPs. Kemi Badenoch is third in the polls behind Labour and Reform UK. The Conservatives in third position must be unique in their history. Never have they faced a rival right-wing party like Reform UK. Reform UK hope to build on their 4 MPs (formerly 5). They will be hoping to win councils in England and Wales.

Kemi Badenoch has only been party leader for a short while. So you must give her time to connect with Tory voters. She must also appeal beyond the scope of Tory leaders. She must also convince Tories who have gone over to Reform UK to come back to the Conservative fold.

Whether Ms. Badenoch can do this, the local elections might be too early to tell. To build her appeal, it will take a long time. If she doesn't deliver that connection, then she will be replaced. Justice Minister Robert Jenrick is waiting in the wings. He was pipped to the post by Badenoch in the Tory leadership contest. Jenrick's time to be the head of the Tories might come again if Badenoch fails to deliver as leader.

The next general election will be in 2029. The Tories will be in the wilderness for years, I guess. People have long memories and will not forget easily the 14 years of the useless and feckless government that the Conservatives were. With Reform UK around, it is seen as the alternative party to the Conservatives. The Tories might not get into government again. The party might be around, but it might not be at the strength it once was. Reform UK's support could kill the Conservatives as a political party. While many would welcome the destruction of the Tories, I'm not so stupid as to write them off altogether.

Kemi Badenoch was asked point-blankly, did she still rule out at the national level, any agreement, pact, or coalition with Nigel Farage's party (Reform UK). Ms. Badenoch repeated George Bush's (the 1st) statement of reading his lips. Only in his case, it was, correct me if I am incorrect,"No new taxes". Badenoch said, "No coalition with Reform UK. Read my lips". Apart from plagiarising Bush's words, that statement from the Nigerian- descent Badenoch would appear to rule out any pact, coalition, agreement, whatever, with Reform UK. So, nothing new, she was repeating the oft-stated statement of not cooperating with Reform UK in any way, shape, or form.

Conversely, Ms. Badenoch has not ruled out going into local government with Reform UK. If, after the local elections, the Tories find themselves going into coalition with Reform UK, she said they will do it. She spoke about how the Conservatives in history have gone into coalition with other parties at the national and local level. She said they had been in coalition with Labour, the Lib Dems, etc. So, going into local government with Reform UK would not be any different.

Nigel Farage ruled out any notion of going into coalition government with the Conservatives. And while he is flying high in the polls, why would he?

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