Kemi Badenoch has blasted the idea of a Tory–Reform UK coalition, branding the whole thing “monstrous” and insisting she wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole.
The Conservative leader shut down any talk of teaming up with Nigel Farage’s party, warning that such a pact would scare off as many voters as it might win.
Rumours have swirled for months that the battered post‑2024 Tories might have to link arms with Reform just to stay relevant — but Badenoch wasn’t having any of it.
Speaking to broadcaster Iain Dale at the Edinburgh Fringe, she tore into Reform, saying the party is “just people fighting all the time.”
She didn’t stop there. Badenoch took a swipe at Farage himself, claiming he “dictates what he wants depending on what he had for breakfast that day” and that the whole outfit is “all over the place.”