At the Conservatives’ PopCon event, the Reform Party politician discussed his thoughts on the post-election landscape and ruled out joining the Tories. In the meantime, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg referred to his political party as the “Duracell bunny of political life”.
Speaking to Beth Rigby, the political editor of Sky News, Mr. Farage was introducing the Popular Conservatism (PopCon) faction in Westminster.
The group, led by former prime minister Liz Truss, asserts that its goal is to start an intellectual conversation rather than unseat Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader.
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In response to a query about his preferred party, Mr. Farage stated, “Oh Reform, no question about it.”
In front of a packed house of Conservative lawmakers and activists, he continued, saying, “I believe many of the people in this room now will eventually come to the same conclusion.
“And… I know it’s only once every hundred years these things happen, but I do think we face the possibility that this could be the end of the road for the Conservative Party.”
“They’ve been around since 1834,” he continued. They are aware that they may be on the verge of extinction right now.
“PopCon, in my opinion, has created six divisive families among backbench Conservative MPs.
“I don’t know what the outcome of all of this is going to be, but we do, for the first time ever, think it’s possible to replace them.”
Subsequently, he declared, “I want the Conservative Party replaced.”
