He said his party wanted to ‘reindustrialise south Wales’, adding: ‘The fact that we’ve all bowed down to this god of net zero, closing down steelworks, closing down some of the coal that we still need, all of this is madness’
Nigel Farage has said he is “open to doing a deal” with other parties for Reform UK to be able to form a government in Wales next year. He told BBC Wales his stance was such as “it is not going to be easy” to win an overall majority, given the Senedd’s new voting system in the May, 2026, elections.
The new voting system will elect a larger Senedd with 96 seats instead of the current 60, and will use a list system that aims to better reflect how the public voted.
“Confidence and supply relationships we will of course consider with anybody if it’s the right thing to do,” he told BBC Wales.
“We haven’t even picked our candidates yet for the Senedd elections, once we do it will become increasingly clear who (the likely leader) is.
“We’re not protesting. We want to reindustrialise south Wales.
“Let’s be absolutely clear about that.
“The fact that we’ve all bowed down to this god of net zero, closing down steelworks, closing down some of the coal that we still need, all of this is madness.
“The Senedd has been overtaken by people who all believe in the same blooming thing.
“We’re going to be a big antidote to that.
“It’s not a protest, this is about positive change.”
Reform came second in 13 Welsh constituencies at the General Election, but did not win any Senedd members at the last vote in 2021. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here
Mr Farage was asked by the BBC if the party would commit to keeping free prescriptions in Wales.
He said: “If we can, yes of course.”
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