4 Times Nigel Farage Has Flip-Flopped Over Key Policies Amid Reform's Rise

Britain's Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, right, and abuse survivor Ellie-Ann Reynolds attend a news conference in London, England, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Nigel Farage may be trying to make his party more palpable to voters, but it seems Reform’s core policies are still a little unclear.The Reform leader announced the party’s economic plans today in a press conference, but failed to commit to promises he once stood by.He dodged questions about the rollout of a proportional representation voting system and refused to commit to the triple lock for pensioners.He’s also U-turned at least four times in 2025 over exactly what policies Reform UK would actually implement if they were to be elected...1. Tax cuts? What tax cuts?Remember when Reform UK promised to bring in sweeping tax cuts at the last general election just 16 months ago?Farage effectively threw those manifesto pledges – in a document called Our Contract With You – in the bin on Monday, announcing that such plans were “only ever aspirations” and claiming “substantial tax cuts” are “not realistic”.Speaking at a press conference, the party leader said: “We want to cut taxes. Of course, we do. But we understand – substantial tax cuts, given the dire state of debt and our finances, are not realistic at this current moment in time.”2. To deport or not to deportReform UK said last year that it was “impossible” to deport anyone who enters the UK illegally.“It’s impossible to do. Literally impossible to do,” Farage said. “For us, at the moment, it’s a political impossibility.”Asked if it was his “ambition” to do so, he replied: “No ... it’s pointless even going there. It’s a political impossibility. We simply can’t do it.”But in August, Farage insisted his party would set up a “UK deportation command” if it wins the next general election to remove all illegal immigrants from the country.3. Who’s in – and who’s outIn August, Farage also U-turned on a claim that women and children would be among those detained and deported if they crossed the English Channel on small boats.He initially said that Reform would detain and deport “absolutely anyone” who arrives on British shores “illegally”.But he retracted those comments within the same week, blaming the reporting on the topic.He insisted that women and children are “not part of our plan for the next five years”, and claiming the focus is on “illegal males”.4. Ukraine’s potential for NatoFarage once argued that Nato and the EU had “provoked” Vladimir Putin into invading Ukraine with their eastwards expansion.During the 2024 general election campaign, he said: “We have provoked this war. Of course, it’s his [Putin’s] fault. He’s used what we’ve done.”But, in February, he seemed to change his mind – just as Trump’s defence secretary Pete Hegseth ruled out allowing Ukraine to join Nato.The Reform leader said: “I think Ukraine now joining Nato is almost an essential part of this peace deal.”Related...Nigel Farage 'Planning To Bring Back Austerity' Amid Huge Policy U-TurnThe Melty Italian Cheese Gordon Ramsay, Mary Berry, And Nigella Lawson Love'Putin's Pet!' Nigel Farage Heckled While Proposing ECHR Withdrawal In Commons

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