THE Conservatives and Reform UK must form a united right-wing bloc, according to Tory former home secretary Suella Braverman.

Speaking from Washington following Donald Trump’s inauguration, Ms Braverman said that there was no room for two conservative parties in British politics.

Her intervention comes as many Tory MPs worry about Kemi Badenoch’s leadership, not three months old, and her failure to impact Reform’s polling numbers.

Ms Braverman outlined several options for how unity could be progressed.

“We need to come to some kind of accommodation — whether a merger, a coalition, a supply-and-confidence agreement or a non-aggression pact,” she said.

She affirmed that she liked Reform’s owner-leader Nigel Farage. 

Ms Braverman’s husband has already joined the hard-right party, and she herself has never ruled out doing so.

“I’m not one of these Tories who is going to denigrate the Reform Party for running Nuremberg rallies,” she said.

“I’m not going to turn my nose up at those who vote Reform as racists or nut jobs.

“The people who are in Reform are largely conservatives who have lost patience with our party — and that’s our fault.”

Mr Trump’s accession to office in the US has emboldened the Tory right wing to push their case more aggressively.

Ms Badenoch’s underwhelming impact to date has opened up speculation that she might not last long in her job. 

Ms Braverman now appears to be competing with both her and Robert Jenrick to be the standard-bearer of British Trumpism.