How Reform is channelling Maga to try and make Farage prime minister

Farage would follow Trump’s lead in appointing mavericks from outside of politics to key positions in government and the Civil Service When Nigel Farage launched Reform UK’s local election campaign at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena last month, the carnival-like atmosphere felt strangely familiar.Riding onto the stage on a JCB, the Reform leader was cheered by thousands of party activists, including some wearing “make Britain great again” caps.That slogan also featured when Reform’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, called out to the crowd: “Do you want to make Britain great again?”And in his own speech, Farage told the assembled throng: “We need a British form of Doge” – a reference to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, which is slashing US public spending.All in all, the rally was the most explicit example yet of Reform emulating the “Make America Great Again” movement, which swept Donald Trump back to power in last November’s US presidential election.Allies of Farage tell The i...