Nigel Farage pledges to run for PM in 2029 as Reform manifesto slated by economists

Nigel Farage has parked his tank firmly on Rishi Sunak’s lawn with a manifesto designed to win over disgruntled Tory supporters with an extraordinary prediction he will be prime minister after the 2029 election.

Launching Reform UK’s so-called “contract with the people”, the arch-Brexiteer appealed directly to right-wing voters with policies including a freeze on non-essential immigration, scrapping net zero targets and pulling Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

But while right-wingers revelled in Reform UK’s wishlist of pledges, economists and experts ripped it apart for its fantasy economics and dangerous high carbon anti-net zero policies.

Sam Fankhauser, professor of climate: “Reform UK would like Britain to be a high-carbon island in a low-carbon world, missing out on 21st century technology, innovation and growth. Our own research shows that the UK can meet its 2030 net zero targets with just £6-8bn of additional public sector investment a year – a small price to pay for a liveable planet.”