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On Fri, 8 May 2026 14:58:05 -0400, Rhino
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Yes, he has been quite cautious on the matter as long as I can remember. >He's also been quite firm about not joining Reform, where they'd almost >certainly regard him as a "big get" since he has Cabinet experience, >something Reform has really been hurting for. He seems to be a very
staunch Tory and has said he hopes to bring Reform and the Conservatives >together while staying Conservative himself. I expect he'd be a major
player in negotiating a formal coalition if neither party did well
enough to form a majority government.
Of course that may change if the Conservative support appears to decline >permanently and irreversibly; then he may jump ship and join Reform.
He's said he gets on with Nigel Farage and they agree on many things.
That's about the only way I could see Rees-Mogg joining UK Reform.
Meaning of course that that's not happening before the next election
(2029 - Starmer's sending signs he's NOT going early) and if you're
right I can't see Rees-Mogg running for office if he plays the role
you suggest since if he ran he would have run against a Reform
candidate. (I'm being careful saying "UK Reform" to avoid confusion
with Preston Manning's party in Canada which ideologically was nothing
like Farage's ideology)
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