Nigel Farage complained that the country was 'broken' as he unveiled the election prospectus - conceding at the same time that he will never be able to implement it.
Nigel Farage today claimed he would move to 'stop the boats' within 100 days as he launched Reform's 'contract' with voters.
The document includes commitments to slash £50billion off public spending, leave the European Court of Human Rights, and ban all 'non-essential' immigration. It suggests that moves to 'stop the boats' - including sending migrants back to France - would start within 100 days. However, the respected IFS think-tank said the plans 'do not add up' - with tax cuts reducing revenue by more than the party claims, and savings not generating as much revenue.
A Survation poll has suggested Reform could get seven seats - but Mr Farage has admitted that first past the post means they could get six million votes and no MPs Mr Farage said: 'We are not pretending that we are going to win this General Election, we are a very, very new political party.' 'So let's look at other funding models, let's look at how the French do it, let's be radical in our thinking.'
Mr Farage added: 'Some of these things we're proposing are tough but, look, the accumulated national debt is now £2.7trillion, it was just under £1trillion when the Tories came to power, we simply cannot go on like this. The Reform 'contract' describes four steps they would begin taking in the first 100 days of being in government.
Challenged on how he knew they had been consulted, Dr Bull said: 'Because I do, because we know that we've had due diligence across all our policies.' 'Reform is a giant ego trip, not a serious programme of alternative change. Nigel Farage provides amusement and diversion. What he does not provide is authority and good governance.'
'Spending reductions would save less than stated, and the tax cuts would cost more than stated, by a margin of tens of billions of pounds per year. 'And our plan – and this is our first big election as a party – our plan is to establish that bridgehead in Parliament and to use that voice to build a big national campaigning movement around the country over the course of the next five years for genuine change.'
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