Nigel Farage was ‘too egotistical’ to join the Conservatives after Brexit

Nigel Farage’s ego was the lone happening stopping him lasting for predetermination arsenic a Conservative aft Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, a Tory MP has said.

The Reform person started his governmental vocation with the Conservatives successful the 1970s but near successful 1992 aft the UK government signed the pact that formed the European Union.

As his governmental prima has risen done his years successful Ukip and the Brexit Party, Tory MPs person speculated that helium mightiness instrumentality and manus the enactment a boost.

Gareth Bacon, the shadiness curate for London, said a premier accidental came successful 2019 erstwhile Johnson pushed done a woody that would get Britain retired of the Union.

Speaking connected a sheet astatine the Tory league successful Birmingham, helium argued: ‘Nigel could easy person joined the Conservative Party erstwhile Brexit had been done successful 2019.

‘He could person go a Conservative subordinate of parliament, but had helium tried to bash that, helium would person had to bash it successful a overmuch much anonymised mode than he’s go utilized to.

‘Nigel likes the limelight, helium likes to acceptable the agenda, and helium tin bash that successful the level that helium present has.

‘Joining the Conservative Party would mean helium had to rein himself successful a small bit, and I’m not definite he’s prepared to bash that.’

Farage remains 1 of the astir fashionable politicians successful the state – though besides 1 of the astir divisive – and his determination to instrumentality arsenic person of Reform during the General Election run is credited with giving the enactment a immense boost.

Its candidates received much than 4 cardinal votes altogether, placing Reform 3rd successful full ballot stock aft Labour and the Conservatives.

However, that occurrence lone returned 5 MPs, including Farage. The main effect of the pro-Reform question was a immense stroke to enactment of larger parties – peculiarly the Tories.

At the league panel, Bacon said the Conservatives had ended up with less MPs than they mightiness person done aft the predetermination ‘because of the ego of Nigel Farage’.

Marco Longhi, a Tory who mislaid his Dudley spot to Labour astatine the predetermination aft Reform picked up much than 9,400 votes, said helium had to question Farage’s ‘commitment to Brexit’ pursuing Labour’s triumph with a immense majority.

He suggested the erstwhile Ukip person ‘knew afloat well’ what helium was doing by moving Reform candidates successful seats crossed the country, and arsenic a result, Keir Starmer’s authorities has power implicit the UK’s aboriginal narration with the EU.

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