#078 - Matt Goodwin - Are Nigel Farage and Reform Britain’s Next Government
Mr Obnoxious
Peter McCormack
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Matt Goodwin is a British political scientist, author, and public intellectual known for his work on populism, national identity, and political realignment. With decades of research and media experience, he’s become one of the UK’s most provocative and insightful voices on the future of British politics.
In this interview, we explore the meteoric rise of Nigel Farage and Reform UK, the collapse of the Conservatives, and what may be the most profound political shift in Britain since the early 20th century. Matt breaks down why mainstream parties have lost touch with voters, how mass immigration and cultural drift have reshaped the national mood, and why Farage’s brand of nationalism is resonating across class, age, and region. We also tackle political censorship, the failure of multiculturalism, and whether Britain is heading for a complete democratic realignment — or something even bigger.
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| 0:00.0 | Unless something fundamental changes, Nigel Farage will be the next Prime Minister of this country. |
| 0:06.8 | And knowing him as well as I do, that will open the door to wholesale radical change in this country. |
| 0:14.1 | A lot of which the establishment will hate. If you think you saw an establishment backlash with Liz Truss, |
| 0:19.5 | you ain't seen nothing yet. They will do everything they can to disrupt and delay and disturb a reform government. |
| 0:26.3 | They will do everything. |
| 0:27.6 | But the other quality about Nigel Farage that I would just point out is they've thrown everything at that guy since he popped his head up in the early 1990s. |
| 0:35.8 | And he keeps on going. |
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| 1:25.5 | you've been busy? Yeah, well, yeah, politics has been getting a little bit bumpy, as predicted in our last conversation, actually. |
| 1:33.3 | Yes, I really enjoyed you on question time. |
| 1:35.9 | I really enjoyed Constantine was on question time. |
| 1:38.9 | I really like there's people going on there and unsettling the established elite. |
| 1:43.3 | They look very uncomfortable when you |
| 1:45.9 | point things out and constantly does. I fucking love it. Do you know what it's funny about question |
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