'She's a goner': Dominic Cummings says Kemi Badenoch will be ousted this year
The former Number 10 aide also claimed the Conservative Party "might be dead"...
Asked if the Reform UK leader could be prime minister, he said: "It could definitely happen now, yeah, because the old system's just so completely broken.
"If he does what I'm suggesting, and actually sets out a path for how Reform is going to change, how Reform is going to bring in people, how it's structurally going to alter, what it's going to build, how it is going to do policy, how it can recruit MPs, etc.
"If he does that, then there'll be a huge surge of interest and support into the whole thing.
Asked if the Reform UK leader could be prime minister, he said: "It could definitely happen now, yeah, because the old system's just so completely broken.
"If he does what I'm suggesting, and actually sets out a path for how Reform is going to change, how Reform is going to bring in people, how it's structurally going to alter, what it's going to build, how it is going to do policy, how it can recruit MPs, etc.
"If he does that, then there'll be a huge surge of interest and support into the whole thing.
Nigel Farage listening to Dominic Cummings is not necessarily a sure step on the route to No.10. Entertaining for Farage perhaps, but Cummings is not the powerful political seer he seems to aim for as his public persona. Not only that, but...
The pair don’t have the greatest history together.
A “nasty little man” is how the Reform UK leader once characterised Mr Cummings. While Mr Cummings called Mr Farage's return to the political arena “depressing” last summer.
4 comments:
Cummings has his uses, but needs to be kept under control. He comes across as someone who was never told he was wrong as a child. Nearly everything he says is along those lines: "If the world would only listen to me, I could sort it out tomorrow..."
To think that is occasionally understandable, it's a child's fantasy of omniscience and omnipotence. "If England let me play, I could score the winning goal..." But to express it publicly shows that the man is a callow oddbod, unsuited to politics.
There are some who would say that a Farage premiership would only bring us more of the same. Initially, it appeared that Farage had similar principles to those displayed by Habib, Lowe, and Bridgen. Enter Yusuf, the alleged puppet master, and Tice and things began to change. Sadly, Ben Habib failed to win an election but, instead of retaining him as an advisor, he was treated abominably, and either given no option but to leave Reform, or was booted out. A big mistake. Who started the deterioration of their friendship is not clear, but there are suspicions, just as there are suspicions over Lowe's leaving Reform.
Slightly off topic, I recall the heady days of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. Together, they took Hartlepool from the depths of the old Fourth Division, into the Third, in one season. Together, they went to Derby with great success. Together, they made Nottingham Forest win the European Championship, not once, but twice, in successive seasons. Their partnership ended, and Clough went, in his own, to manage Leeds United, and things went downhill fast. It was obvious that they needed each other to succeed. For Reform to succeed, Farage needs Habib and Lowe, and possibly Bridgen, more than he needs Yusuf and Tice.
Penseivat
Penseivat
We have undeniable evidence that the two main parties have no idea (or are not allowed to have any idea) how to address the concerns of the electorate.
Labour seem to be prosecuting a class war led by Starmer, an anti-Midas manager. Everything he touches turns to sh... dross.
The Conservatives struggle to recognise why they are so unpopular, or do anything about it.
If Reform has a slight chance of starting to reverse the decline (ever since Blair) that must be preferred to greater social unrest. And that probably means that the advice of senior statesmen, pundits, and think tanks should not be accepted without due diligence. They are after all mostly still mired in the past.
Sam - he is unsuited to politics. He comes across as another technocrat who thinks in terms of solutions where there may be no solution, only gradual adjustments which ought to improve things but may not, because there is always pushback.
Penseivat - I like the Brian Clough and Peter Taylor analogy, it makes a solid point about attracting and keeping good people who strengthen the weaknesses of the main leader.
"For Reform to succeed, Farage needs Habib and Lowe, and possibly Bridgen, more than he needs Yusuf and Tice."
From what I've seen so far, I agree, although it isn't easy to retain any faith in political parties, they don't attract and retain good people.
DJ - If Reform is given a chance to reverse the decline, they will find that not reversing it is easier and more personally rewarding for those at the top. Whether they attract enough people capable of taking the less easy route and sticking to it, we can't tell. With luck, they may be able to take advantage of the digital upheaval in ways which aren't yet clear.
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