Nigel Farage has said that the Conservative vote could collapse at the election and leave a “cluster” of Reform UK MPs as the effective opposition in the House of Commons.
The honorary president of Reform UK told GB News: “Even if the lead narrowed, it's still going to be a big Labour majority, but I've got a feeling just looking at the last two or three days, I’ve got a feeling that the Conservative vote actually could collapse from here.
“I think there is a risk of disintegration of the entire Conservative campaign. And I and that's where people will say, ‘you know what, a vote for Reform matters’.
“It matters not just to send a message but it matters because of this. The conservatives will be in opposition, but they won't be the opposition. It's impossible. They hate each other. They disagree on virtually everything.
“They don't have a unified stance on any major national policy. So what the country needs is a voice of opposition.
“What I can do is to help the party get millions of votes by being out and about all over the country, appearing in debates, national media, big TV programmes, radio, etc. If I can do that, and we can get a cluster of Reform UK MPs in the Commons, then we will be the opposition.”
Asked why he had decided not to stand as an MP, he said: “I've always reasoned, aged 60, that I've got one more big card to play personally in terms of putting myself forward as a candidate. The question is when to play it?
“I had decided I’d do it this year. And I thought I’d have six months of it, but I didn’t, I had six weeks.
“Will I at some point in the future come back and try and re-shape, to actually create a centre-right in British politics because there isn't one?
“The Conservatives have been high tax, big state, mass immigration. They've not even been vaguely right of centre.
“At some point in the future. I'll do what I can now, for the next six weeks. I think we're going to surprise people with how many votes we got, I genuinely do.
“But at some point in the future, the answer to your question is yes.”
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