Overview

• In an interview on YouTube’s Harry Cole Saves the West, Johnson said Farage’s framing of NATO’s role risks emboldening Vladimir Putin.
• He said he has serious anxieties about Reform UK’s economic plans and its approach to national security.
• Johnson attacked Reform’s proposal to scrap the two-child benefit cap as ridiculous, citing an estimated £3.5 billion annual cost.
• He rejected talk of an electoral deal with Farage, argued that solutions will be Conservative, and praised Kemi Badenoch’s leadership.
• Reform UK fired back by denouncing a so-called Boriswave of legal migration as a betrayal and accused Johnson of being out of touch as Tory defections continue.