""No deals, just a reverse takeover," Farage said. "A deal with them as they are would cost us votes.""
""I believe it will happen and it should happen," the donor said, adding that even Conservatives who were potentially sympathetic to the idea of a deal believed it was too early to act now given the fluidity of Reform's position and structures."
Nigel Farage presented a strategy of effectively absorbing the Conservative Party by winning over defectors and replacing it, rejecting a formal electoral pact. Farage said a formal deal with the Conservatives as they are would cost Reform votes and described the goal as a "reverse takeover." Reform has already accepted more than 21 current and former Tory MPs, highlighting overlap between the parties. Some donors expressed support for a merger, while party figures and donors said such a deal is not credible while Kemi Badenoch leads the Conservatives, who have ruled out joining forces.
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