OPINION - Donald Trump swallowed the Republican Party whole — Tories flirting with Farage beware

If the polls are right, the Conservatives are heading for a historic drubbing. The in-fighting has already begun over who should lead the rump of the Tory party. Nigel Farage has spied an opportunity to “unite the Right” by merging his own Reform party with the Conservatives and becoming leader. Plenty of Tory bigwigs are also interested in an alliance, but with Farage inside the tent as carnival barker rather than lead player.