Nigel Farage hints at bombshell plan for Tories after the General Election
The Brexit architect suggested that he wants to stage a "takeover" of the Conservative Party.
Nigel Farage is eyeing a "takeover" of the Tories in the event of a heavy defeat for Rishi Sunak.
The Reform UK honorary president said he wants to "reshape the centre-right".
His comments come as Conservative MPs including Suella Braverman and Priti Patel have backed him to rejoin the Tory fold.
Asked if he wants to join the Conservatives, the former Ukip leader told The Sunday Times: “Why do you think I called it Reform?
"Because of what happened in Canada — the 1992-93 precedent in Canada, where Reform comes from the outside, because the Canadian Conservatives had become social democrats like our mob here.
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"It took them time, it took them two elections, they became the biggest party on the centre-right.
"They then absorbed what was left of the Conservative Party into them and rebranded.”
Asked if he was floating a merger, he added: "More like a takeover."
On whether he wants to destroy the Tories like Reform UK leader Richard Tice, Mr Farage said: "I certainly don’t have any trust for them or any love for them.
“I want to reshape the centre-right, whatever that means.”
One senior Tory MP said: “Our party needs to be able to come back with people like Nigel, where we basically go back to be that authentic Thatcherite party — his natural home.”
It comes amid ongoing speculation over the Brexit architect's political future.
He is not standing for Reform UK in the general election but will be travelling around the country campaigning for the insurgent party led by Richard Tice.
