True. Reform have centred their electoral pitch around four key topics: lower taxes, net zero immigration, cheaper energy, and zero waiting lists.
Behind those headline policies, however, lie some pretty dire solutions. For instance, the reduction of waiting lists to zero would be kick started by offering vouchers for private treatment to anyone waiting longer than three days for a GP appointment. That may sound reasonable enough but it is not a stop-gap whilst the NHS recovers. No, it is the thin end of a wedge that sees the ultimate dismantling of the NHS and a move towards an American-style health insurance scheme. That is how Reform can promote the seemingly contradictory pledges of zero waiting lists and lower taxation.
Again, cheaper energy sounds great but how can that be achieved if neither Labour nor Conservative Governments can stand on that ticket? Well, it involves the abolition of the net zero target - Reform does not believe in the existential threat of climate change - and a huge reduction in taxes for the carbon-based energy providers. They would expect some of the windfall profits from this policy to trickle down to energy end-users.
Lower taxes beyond those required to maintain the NHS (which will no longer exist), will come from a massive reduction in the welfare state, a continuing reduction in grants to local authorities, and a general reduction in the size of the State. It is not difficult to see that this would impact hugely and negatively on all but the most wealthy sector of our society.
As for net-zero immigration, a Reform-led future would not only see zero immigration but also the expulsion of immigrants who have become British citizens. You may not find any of their literature that says this but it is not difficult to look behind their sugar-coated headline policies.
So yes, whilst there's more to Reform than wanting to 'make Trump great again' their policies mirror the trumpian world view so, in fact, what Reform is actually saying is, let's make Trump's policies great for Britain.