Is former Welsh Tory leader set to defect to Reform?

by We1shDave

10 comments
  1. Oh fuck, if they manage to win over this colossus of competence Reform will be unstoppable

  2. Yes, he thrives of antagonising and humiliating others. Reform will restore his platform for that.

  3. 100% he is. Unimaginative opportunistic principle vacuum.

  4. So reform will be basically voting for the same politicians under a different name.

  5. An “off-ramp” to justify his move?

    What could that possibly mean? Surely he can just claim the Conservatives have gone soft, woke or whatever, click his substantial heels and wake up in Farage-land.

    The sole restraining factor must be his trying to work out what has the best chance of being returned in an election, and keeping his £72,057 (plus expenses?) and his megaphone to proclaim on whatever subject he thinks he is an expert on at the time.

    Seldom have I seen someone so close to [Roderick Spode](https://youtu.be/ShRf1svMcuA?si=DGLlMtocwu8PgaTF) in real life…

  6. It would be a very stupid choice for reform to make.

    Their target audience are disaffected centrist voters who think both Labour and the Conservatives have failed. This demographic tends to be more left of centre than right on economic matters and more right of centre on social matters. Vitally, they distrust both Westminster and Senedd. Their electoral battleground is the Valleys where no party has ever managed to properly contest Labour

    RT is the wrong answer to Reforms optimal political strategy. He is aligned to the right of the Conservatives, is very anti devolution and has never been popular in the Valleys. For every rural Tory he wins, he will alienate ex-Labour voters who want more intervention in deprived Valleys towns.

    What reform desperately need is an ex-Labour voter from a Valleys town with a strong accent

  7. Oh well, I suppose you can talk bobbins regardless of who you say you represent…

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