Britain will be a ‘third-world country’ if Reform doesn’t win next election, claims Farage

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15 Oct 2026 • 8:12 PM MYT
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Britain will be a ‘third-world country’ if Reform doesn’t win next election, claims Farage

  • Nigel Farage has predicted that a Reform UK government would face strikes, protests and riots as it attempts to implement radical policy changes.
  • Speaking on an American podcast, Mr Farage compared a potential Reform administration to those of Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump – claiming that Britain will become “a third-world country” if his party does not win.
  • Reform UK's proposals include mass deportations, a five-year asylum ban, bringing in Trump's ICE adviser Tom Homan and £100bn in spending cuts.
  • A recent More in Common poll indicates that support for Reform UK has dropped 12 points over the past year to 21 per cent.
  • Historian Lord Hennessy and civil liberties group Liberty warned that a Reform government could dismantle constitutional conventions and judicial independence.

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