At their Birmingham conference last week, Reform UK, once dismissed as a fringe movement, had the hallmarks of a party preparing for government. Reform now leads Britain's polls hovering at around 30%, making Nigel Farage the most likely candidate to become the next prime minister.
On The Weekend Intelligence, The Economist's British politics correspondent Matthew Holehouse charts what’s changed since he reported on Reform’s campaign rallies only six months ago. Can a party built on discontent with political establishment, anti-immigration sentiment and the rhetorical skill of one man govern? Or in the age of Trump-style politics is the show all that matters?
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