Fine Point - Reform UK Party The Future Of UK Politics - W/ Peter Mcilvenna, 12/10/24

[Music] is the conservative party in the UK set to be replaced as the main opposition party to the globalist labor party this is what it looks like uh as Tech Mogul and Trump Ally Elon Musk is set to shake up politics across the pond after Elon Musk was rumored to pour in aund million behind the reform UK party it stoked a new excitement in UK politics that said it sounds like he may not do that but the conversation has been sparked British conservative Tycoon Nick candy jumped into action further boosting the Reform Party candy has resigned from the conservative party and joined National populist Nigel farage's reform UK party as its new Treasurer he called the Reform Party the future of British politics he said to serve as the fin fincial booster that is set to propel reform uh ministers into the majority and potentially farage to turn Downing Street will they succeed and does it matter joining us now for reaction Peter mlen host of the hearts of Oak podcast and Chief of Staff in the British House of Lords Peter welcome back Good To Be With You Chanel on some good news for once yes I mean we've always had somewhat dark news when it came to UK UK politics and UK is such an important Ally to the United States tell us why this shift in conservative politics in the UK matters it matters because reform UK which is Nigel fr's party UK brexit party reform UK is morphing into the conservative party um because the conservative party don't really know if they should be conservative at all after 4 years of uh liberal policies uh that have been a woke agenda and therefore reform UK been doing well they did well at the opinion they did well at the election um they got like 13 14% at the moment they're pulling a 21% and they've just overtaken labor party so in polling they're doing exceptionally well now of course you need a lot of money to run a political party much less in the UK than you do in the US but still you need some money and Nigel farage as a household name has been able to track Finance um but with Nick candy stepping in I mean Nick and his brother they are I think number 52 on the times rich list in the UK worth about one a half billion they own the most exp um most expensive Block in nightsbridge uh which is one of the most expensive areas in London and they developed that into an Uber expense apartment block um so they've done very well property developers and many other things in their entrepreneurship uh portfolio but actually moving over and becoming treasur is is is quite a game changer I think because it's not just a large Doner giving money but he's giving his expertise to actually reach out so that's why this is quite exciting yeah and as Treasurer I mean at least in the United States if you enter as treasure you're handling the money but you're also bringing in other sources of funding and I guess it goes back to this my initial fascination with British politics it's really grounded in this fear ground it's grounded in this fear that the Democrat Party for the very longest time have used the UK particularly leaders inside the labor party as ways that they can bypass us laws to violate use UK actors to violate us laws um I don't know if that makes sense to you but there's a lot of stories and a lot of backstories especially on the intelligence World especially when it comes to surveillance of US citizens a lot of instances of using UK politician uh political power to violate us civil liberties that matters and when you have labor party figures at the helm that culture of colluding to violate us laws continues it is and British ESPN as and Britain being behind color revolutions and the history of that is is phenomenal when you delve into that um but that's why we have been desperate for a new player in the political realm and Nigel frag has always done well in terms of Europe in terms of going into batland I think it was 2015 whenever the European elections were on ukip Nigel's party were number one as the British party in Europe and then the conservative party the government were number two so Nigel's always been extremely popular figure and been able to bring public support but you do need that financial support to run a a great campaign and and this seems to be pieces coming together in the jigsa of course we won't have an election for four and a half years but this is exciting of course you've got the close friendship of Nigel farage and president Trump you've got as you commented on we've discussed before Elon Musk dropping in and that relationship so there are a lot of pieces in this story and Nigel is building something behind the scenes that actually could give them stability and prepare them for the 2029 election we're stuck with who we have at the moment K Stormer but H you saw Elon Musk going against K Storer uh in the the ri of the demonstrations we had in August and he was the main opposition to the UK far-left government um and that teamwork with Nigel is fascinating to watch and I was always worried we'd be left on the sidelines with the rise of populism across Europe and of course in the US and it seems as though that pressure on both sides is producing something so this is it is quite a game Cher and when the comments were that musk may give 100 million well that's who knows where that's correct or not might be Showmanship I don't know but no is someone in the UK who knows the scene very well and his wife Holly well-known actor so you've got that Circle uh amongst the entertainment industry so this is uh right it is exciting um and probably the most exciting thing for quite a while in the UK well Nigel farage has a reputation here in the United States he's very popular amongst conservatives especially amongst magga Republicans the New York young Republican Club for instance they're holding their annual gala this Sunday the club Uninvited MP badeck she's you know who's in the new the new leader of the conservative party and thereby the opposition leader here clearly in favor of Nigel farage farage is the headline speaker at this event on Wall Street Street I I'm curious to hear from your perspective because we IND Americans love Nigel for his accent his perspective there's a lot of things we love about him but from you as a operator a political operator from the UK what is Nigel farage's biggest strength right now in this political age I when politicians don't have popularity amongst the the people Nigel hasas and Nigel cannot go anywhere without being Mo by supporters and I think that's the the genuine appreciation the genuine connection uh that the the public have for Nigel I think that is his his biggest plus point and he can cross over boundaries of um culture he can cross over boundaries um generational side he can cross over boundaries of upbringing and finance uh and Nigel he worked in the city he worked in uh with gold in the city in Commodities and yet he's moved over into politics done very well on it but can connect to people who aren't from the city who are not stock Brokers he's got a away just like President Trump has of connecting with anyone whatever their background and I think that is and his his key selling point that he can take an issue and he can make it applicable and get the public to embrace it that's what he did with brexit with leaving the European Union yeah and I think this is what he's doing building a a new popular conservative party um and kimy bedno may have a great future ahead of her I don't know but Nigel does seem to be the the person of the hour he does uh he's reminding many I think of 2016 Trump so many dismissed Trump but there was that magnetism that was inherent in the figure that was Donald Trump and his communication was just unparalleled compared to others and I'm getting that sense with niga farage a lot of people are dismissing him but he has he has what it takes I think we'll see Peter MAA always a pleasure thank you very much thank you Chanel coming up our viewers peer 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