3 May 2025, 07:39 | Updated: 3 May 2025, 07:45

By Tim Bale

The 'vibes' have got Reform UK leader Nigel Farage this far but now comes the hard part.

Nigel Farage doesn’t have a reputation for doing policy. He’s more of a ‘vibes’ politician – all about the headlines rather than the small print.

And when it looks like the small print might get him into trouble he simply denies knowing anything about it.

Back in 2014, for example, when challenged in an interview about some of the battier ideas that had appeared in UKIP’s manifesto at the 2010 election, he said he’d not read it.

That’s going to have to change if he’s serious about driving his latest vehicle, Reform UK, through the gates of Downing Street. Being the toast of the town, as he is after his........

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