Reform is the no-change party

On housing, the triple lock and tax, Nigel Farage is anything but radical

Today on Arguably, Martha explains why Reform offers stagnation rather than transformation. This piece is paid but you can read it now by becoming a full subscriber or signing up for a seven-day free trial.

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Reform is a party that thrives on Maga-style shock value. Only it can really say the truthful things that no one in Westminster wants to hear, and only it will do the things that the Tory-Labour uniparty never could. This claim underlines its immigration policy, which calls for zero net migration for five years and the deportation of around 600,000 migrants.

Such a programme would unleash economic and social chaos and stoke widespread fear, but it stands out as one of the party’s few distinctive positions. In other areas, Reform prefers to defend taboos than to break them and would only accelerate British decline.