{"id":6196,"date":"2026-04-18T21:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=6196"},"modified":"2026-04-18T21:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:21:37","slug":"nigel-farage-criticised-after-refusing-to-rule-out-tory-election-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=6196","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage criticised after refusing to rule out Tory election deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigel Farage<\/a> has been ridiculed after refusing to rule out a deal with the Tories at the next general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Reform UK leader was accused of serving only himself after the comments, and of plotting to join forces with the people who “broke Britain<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

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Mr Farage’s outfit has faced extensive criticism after welcoming a series of failed Conservatives<\/a>, including Robert Jenrick, Danny Kruger, Suella Braverman<\/a> and Andrew Rosindell.<\/p>\n

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Speaking with The Times, Mr Farage was asked to rule out a confidence and supply arrangement with the Tories after the next election. Mr Farage called the prospect \u201chighly undesirable\u201d, but failed to rule it out.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cYou\u2019re talking about a scenario that is so far down the road. Well there\u2019s never a no, is there. There\u2019s never a no to anything in life, but it\u2019s highly undesirable on the basis of trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding, Anna Turley, Chair of the Labour<\/a> Party, said: “The cat is well and truly out of the bag. Nigel Farage would do a dodgy deal with the same Tories who failed our country for 14 years if he ever got within an inch of power. They’d help him replace the NHS<\/a>, slash public services and hand massive tax cuts to the richest.<\/p>\n

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“Reform are not on your side. Nigel Farage cannot be trusted to serve anything other than his own naked self-interest. He’d even join forces with the very people he says broke Britain if that\u2019s what it took to get him into power. Send Nigel Farage a message on Thursday 7 May: Vote Labour.”<\/p>\n

In the same interview, the Reform UK leader also defended Donald Trump<\/a>, backing his \u201cfriend\u201d after also supporting his invasion of Iran. Mr Farage said: \u201cI count friends as friends, even when I fall out and disagree with them. I said at the beginning we should be supporting America, absolutely. What we\u2019ve done by denying use of the bases, then U-turning and allowing use of the bases, has upset the relationship with America.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former banker insisted he did disagree on some areas with the US President, but that the pair were still close. He said: \u201cI can give you a long list of areas where I felt his position and ours were different. But the point about allies and relationships is you can have these differences without fundamentally fracturing \u2014 we are like families. So whatever we think about Trump in the short term is not the point. It\u2019s the relationship with America that really matters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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