"Just over a day later, as ministerial resignations gathered pace to exceed 50, even Zahawi saw the writing on the wall, and called on the prime minister to go. But he stopped short of resigning himself. His decision, which meant he stayed on at the Treasury for a further two months and was privately branded an opportunist by colleagues, showed just how flexible he was willing to be when it came to his own career."
"Farage has already acknowledged that lack of experience is one of Reform UK's biggest hurdles in looking like a credible party of government. His solution to this appears to lie in enlisting former Tory ministers with more defections rumoured to be on the cards. But it also presents Farage with a quandary: pack the ranks with too many former Tories and you end up creating Conservative party 2.0, not long after the original version was booted out of office."
In the summer of 2022, Nadhim Zahawi was appointed chancellor as Boris Johnson struggled to retain power after Rishi Sunak resigned. Sunak's departure triggered a wave of ministerial resignations exceeding 50. Zahawi publicly urged the prime minister to resign but did not resign himself, remaining at the Treasury for two further months and drawing private accusations of opportunism. Nigel Farage criticized Zahawi’s ambition. Reform UK seeks former Conservative ministers to address perceived inexperience and capitalize on strong polling, but risks becoming a Conservative replica and must balance candidate selection and party identity.
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