What If Reform Wins? by Peter Chappell review – a massive wake-up call
This ‘nonfiction thriller’ takes us through exactly what would happen if Nigel Farage won his dreamed-of majorityFor some years now, mainstream British politics has revolved increasingly obsessively around the question of...
By Gaby Hinsliff · The Guardian Culture
This ‘nonfiction thriller’ takes us through exactly what would happen if Nigel Farage won his dreamed-of majority For some years now, mainstream British politics has revolved increasingly obsessively around the question of how to stop Nigel Farage. What started a decade ago with Brexit may yet end in a general election that boils down to one question: do you or don’t you want to risk putting this man in Downing Street? That said, we still know surprisingly little about what a Reform government might mean in practice. Of course, it might never happen. But if it did, what exactly would Farage do with a majority that enabled him to fulfil his wildest dreams? And how well would an unwritten British constitution, still heavily reliant on good chaps voluntarily being good chaps, cope with full-fat populism? Continue reading...