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The current crop of conservative hardliners would eat him for breakfast
He would be out on his ear as leader within a month of a merge
Aren't most of them about to lose their seats? I can see the remnant tory party begging for a deal if it goes as badly as some polls are predicting.
If this goes as badly as some polls are predicting merging the parties will mean still being second or even third fiddle. The only reason to merge would be if both the conservatives and reform do better than predicted, then merge to become a minority government, otherwise Reform have about as much chance on their own as they do with the conservatives.
It's highly unlikely reform will get any seats though in which case this will be a massive non-issue.
For once the First Past The Post system is actually in our favor.