Overview
- Borrowing from a new interview, the former prime minister said he has “serious anxieties” about Reform UK on national security and the economy.
- He rejected joining Reform or pursuing an electoral pact, arguing that solutions to Britain’s challenges must come from the Conservative Party.
- He attacked Reform’s proposal to scrap the two‑child benefit cap as “ridiculous” and called for welfare reform and lower public spending.
- He praised Kemi Badenoch as the most intellectually original party leader and said the Conservatives would recover, while questioning whether Reform will last to the next election.
- Reform UK hit back by branding the so‑called “Boriswave” on immigration a major betrayal and accused Johnson of trying to deflect from his record as defections from the Tories continue.