John Major tells Tories alliance with Reform would be ‘beyond stupid’

Former PM says a pact would destroy the Conservatives for good and urges them not to desert centre ground

John Major has told the Conservatives that forming an alliance with Reform UK would for ever destroy" the party, which he said had already left traditional supporters politically homeless" by lurching too far to the right.

The former prime minister dismissed a pact with Nigel Farage's party as beyond stupid", saying that any Tories tempted to defect to Reform should go now because his own party would be better off without them.