The UK Reform Party is not aiming to form a government after the election but said the general election campaign is the “first big push” towards the next contest, Nigel Farage told voters in Merthyr Tydfil, southern England. Wales on June 17, Sky News reported. .
Farage said there had been a “collapse of confidence” in politics across the country and he hoped the Reform Party “will create a bridgehead in parliament”to “become a true opposition” future Labor government.
“We are not pretending that we are going to win the general elections, we are a very, very new political party., – he said. — This is the first step. “Our real goal is the 2029 general elections. But this is our first big leap.”
Farage previously confirmed his ambitions to win and become prime minister in the next general election, which could take place in 2029.
The Reform Party’s election manifesto includes a number of objectives to address pressing domestic political issues, including the suppression of “all non-essential immigration” cross the English Channel in 100 days. The plan involves withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights, a complete ban on granting refugee status to illegal immigrants and the return of all illegal immigrants to France, through which they arrived.
The reform party also promises to eliminate queues for doctors, increase salaries for hard work and reduce prices for public services.
Among the promises of the new right-wing Conservatives are major tax cuts, including raising the minimum income tax threshold to £20,000 a year, abolishing stamp duty and scrapping inheritance tax on all estates worth less than £2 million.
The party plans to fund its policies with measures including scrapping the net zero target, introducing an immigration tax and saving £50bn on “excessive government spending.”
On health, Reform wants to create an “NHS voucher system” for private treatment if people cannot get to a GP within three days, as well as a public inquiry into excess deaths and “vaccine harms” against COVID-19.
As a reminder, the general election in the United Kingdom will take place on July 4. Six key parties compete for seats in parliament. In first place, according to opinion polls, are Labour, in second place is the ruling Conservative Party, 20 points behind, Nigel Farage’s right-wing Conservative Reform Party is close, then also the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party. like the Scottish National Party.
Farage has previously said that his pro-Brexit, hardline anti-immigration party has the support of a significant portion of the Conservative electorate, and that his aim is to take over the Conservative camp because the Conservative party as it stands has betrayed Conservative interests. .
Source: Rossa Primavera
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