Since then, Monday mornings have been set aside for “conversations about what is important” – a class on the glories of national history; western perfidy; the virtue of self-sacrifice for the Motherland; Vladimir Putin’s wise leadership. Sure enough, Reform UK also wants schools to teach a more “patriotic curriculum”. But now the Reform leader wants to look like the head of a government-in-waiting. Danny Kruger, another Tory defector, laments Britain’s “totally unregulated sexual economy”, opposes no-fault divorces and says Reform UK has “pronatalist” ambition. Reform UK will be no different.

Source: The Guardian February 25, 2026 20:47 UTC