Why a Tory-Reform pact suits the right-wing press more than either party – for now

Why a Tory-Reform pact suits the right-wing press more than either party – for now

A new soap opera has launched in British politics: the battle for domination on the right. Egged on by a right-wing media that is instinctively loyal to the Tories, yet weirdly enamoured by Farage and Reform UK, every Conservative defection is framed as another step towards an inevitable pact. The question is: are the Conservatives and Reform on a collision course, or a slow march towards alliance? At a first glance, Reform appears to have the u…