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On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:59:37 -0400, Rhino
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Rees-Mogg mentions two previous projects that didn't go very well, the >Channel Tunnel and HS2. I think everyone knows what the Channel Tunnel
is but HS2 is going to be less familiar to most non-Brits. It is "High
Speed 2", a massive project to build High Speed Rail. Here is the
Wikipedia article describing it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_2

It has been massively expensive and gone way over budget, although it
seems to have more built than California's notorious "train to nowhere".

I watch (mostly listen) to a lot of British current events videos and
Rees-Mogg seldom goes off on tangents and is reliable with his facts.
Which is what you SHOULD expect of an ex-MP who is probably only doing
his current gig till the next UK election - since I think he dreams of
a cabinet position in a Conservative UK government.

Maybe I'm betraying myself but he and I tend to analyse the same way
so that's likely why we nearly always agree. But once thing he has NOT
weighed in on are the illegal "migrants" - and he is very precise on
his terminology and never says 'immigrants' since for him those are
the folks who took the time to play by the rules and gain legal
admission to the UK (as my daughter did in 2014).
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On 2026-05-08 1:34 p.m., The Horny Goat wrote:

On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:59:37 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

Rees-Mogg mentions two previous projects that didn't go very well, the
Channel Tunnel and HS2. I think everyone knows what the Channel Tunnel
is but HS2 is going to be less familiar to most non-Brits. It is "High
Speed 2", a massive project to build High Speed Rail. Here is the
Wikipedia article describing it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_2

It has been massively expensive and gone way over budget, although it
seems to have more built than California's notorious "train to nowhere".

I watch (mostly listen) to a lot of British current events videos and Rees-Mogg seldom goes off on tangents and is reliable with his facts.
Which is what you SHOULD expect of an ex-MP who is probably only doing
his current gig till the next UK election - since I think he dreams of
a cabinet position in a Conservative UK government.

Maybe I'm betraying myself but he and I tend to analyse the same way
so that's likely why we nearly always agree. But once thing he has NOT weighed in on are the illegal "migrants" - and he is very precise on
his terminology and never says 'immigrants' since for him those are
the folks who took the time to play by the rules and gain legal
admission to the UK (as my daughter did in 2014).

Yes, he has been quite cautious on the matter as long as I can remember.
He's also been quite firm about not joining Reform, where they'd almost certainly regard him as a "big get" since he has Cabinet experience,
something Reform has really been hurting for. He seems to be a very
staunch Tory and has said he hopes to bring Reform and the Conservatives together while staying Conservative himself. I expect he'd be a major
player in negotiating a formal coalition if neither party did well
enough to form a majority government.

Of course that may change if the Conservative support appears to decline permanently and irreversibly; then he may jump ship and join Reform.
He's said he gets on with Nigel Farage and they agree on many things.

Mind you, the local election results have seen the Conservatives take
almost as bad a drubbing as Labour; it's not clear if the Conservatives
are ready to give up yet though. The current leader, Kemi Badenoch, is gradually building their support by doing a very respectable job in Parliament.
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Rhino
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On Fri, 8 May 2026 14:58:05 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

Yes, he has been quite cautious on the matter as long as I can remember. >He's also been quite firm about not joining Reform, where they'd almost >certainly regard him as a "big get" since he has Cabinet experience, >something Reform has really been hurting for. He seems to be a very
staunch Tory and has said he hopes to bring Reform and the Conservatives >together while staying Conservative himself. I expect he'd be a major
player in negotiating a formal coalition if neither party did well
enough to form a majority government.

Of course that may change if the Conservative support appears to decline >permanently and irreversibly; then he may jump ship and join Reform.
He's said he gets on with Nigel Farage and they agree on many things.

That's about the only way I could see Rees-Mogg joining UK Reform.
Meaning of course that that's not happening before the next election
(2029 - Starmer's sending signs he's NOT going early) and if you're
right I can't see Rees-Mogg running for office if he plays the role
you suggest since if he ran he would have run against a Reform
candidate. (I'm being careful saying "UK Reform" to avoid confusion
with Preston Manning's party in Canada which ideologically was nothing
like Farage's ideology)
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