In a leaked audio recording, Jenrick can be heard telling students that infighting on the right will produce the "nightmare scenario" where "Starmer sails in through the middle as a result of the two parties being disunited. I don't know about you, but I'm not prepared for that to happen".However, Nigel Farage has told GB News his supporters would be “revolted” if he agreed that the Tories and Reform should not compete at the next general election.When asked to issue a definitive response on whether he would consider a deal with Jenrick or the Tories, Farage said: “I would only do a deal with people who I could trust. I don’t trust them.”COMMENT NOW - Do you want a Reform-Tory pact ahead of the next General Election?
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00:00Robert Jenrick, the Shadow Justice Secretary, was recorded saying that one way or another
00:04he wants to make sure Reform and the Conservatives do not compete at the next general election.
00:11He wants to bring together this coalition of support.
00:14You're leader of Reform UK. Do you agree with him?
00:17If I agreed with him, I think my supporters would be revolted.
00:21In revolt and revolted?
00:22I mean, absolutely, both, I agree.
00:25I mean, you know, we had 14 years of the Conservative Party, taxes the highest since 1947,
00:33the state growing, the civil service growing, mass immigration at levels even Tony Blair couldn't have dreamt of.
00:39I mean, they let people down by every single measure.
00:42And when it comes to Brexit, everything from fishing to financial services feels actually
00:46they didn't get anything like what they expected.
00:49They were blown off course by Covid, by the Ukraine war.
00:52They didn't.
00:52By Brexit, which wasn't their policy, you know all this.
00:55No, they didn't believe in it.
00:56They didn't believe in it.
00:58They used it in 2019 as a political opportunity.
01:01They didn't believe in it.
01:03And that's why...
01:04But his point is they want to unite the right to get your policies,
01:08broader your policies with the Tories, into power and keep Labour out.
01:11Are you willing to sacrifice that?
01:13As you will see in the next few weeks.
01:15And as I predicted, in the early hours of the 5th of July in Clacton, I said,
01:21we've dealt with the Conservative Party, we're now coming for Labour.
01:25We are coming for Labour.
01:27Those Labour voters, some of whom did vote Conservative in 2019, will never do so again.
01:32Just for clarity, yes or no, would you do a deal with Robert Jenner?
01:35I would only do a deal with people who I could trust.
01:38I don't trust them.