Nigel Farage took a brutal swipe at Boris Johnson in a major speech today. The Reform UK leader insisted that it is “over” for the Tories as he gave a press conference in London.
He added that it is “completely irrelevant” if Mr Johnson decides to make a comeback amid ongoing speculation that the charismatic former PM could return to frontline politics. The Clacton MP said: “As for the Conservatives, I don’t think many in the media class yet really understand the extent to which they are dying as a political party.
“It’s over, it is done, and frankly after the level of betrayal that we saw especially since the 2019 victory with the 80-seat majority they fully deserve everything that is happening to them.
“As I mentioned already, they cease to be a national party. They are now an irrelevance in Scotland, an irrelevance in Wales, a complete irrelevance in the Red Wall where nobody will ever trust them again.
“Now, of course, there’s much talk about who the leader of the Conservative Party might be, and they change leaders pretty regularly. Maybe Kemi Badenoch’s not having a particularly great time.
“Now there is somebody who fancies his chances. He’s been on Ozempic, he’s running marathons, I noticed a very nice new Savile Row suit the other day, perhaps he even had his teeth done, I don’t know.
“But it’s completely irrelevant whether Robert Jenrick becomes leader of the Conservative Party or Kemi Badenoch stays on as party leader.
“It’s completely irrelevant if Boris Johnson, although he’s got some pretty heavy domestic duties by the looks of it, whether he decides to return.
“They will not be trusted again. They have no chance of winning the next general election, none whatsoever. And I don’t really wish to spend much more time talking about them.
“They did sink to fourth in the opinion polls with YouGov. It is over, it is done. They’ve had a good 200 years. It is now finished.”
Mr Johnson, who led the Tories to a landslide victory in the 2019 general election, has been at the centre of comeback speculation since he was forced out in 2022.
It comes as the ex-premier welcomed his fourth baby with wife Carrie earlier this month.