What If Reform Wins by Peter Chappell

What If Reform Wins by Peter Chappell

'The must-read UK politics book of the summer' The Guardian

'A gripping and important book' Andrew Marr

'By turns entertaining and downright terrifying' The Telegraph

A compulsive, chilling nonfiction thriller that imagines what could happen if Reform win a majority at the next general election.

At 10pm on 28th June 2029, exit polls predict that Nigel Farage will be the 60th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This is the story of what could happen next.

What If Reform Wins is a chilling and deeply researched scenario that takes us day-by-day, minute-by-minute through a world in which Reform has the opportunity to put their policies into practice, from deporting 600,000 people to leaving the ECHR, abandoning net zero and ending the BBC’s licence fee. How will people fight back against mass deportations and fracking? And will this self-described ‘ill-disciplined pirate ship’ survive the rigours of government?

Drawing on dozens of new interviews, Peter Chappell, a reporter at The Times, explores a nation on a new and dystopian path.

Brilliant* Daniel Finkelstein *
What If Reform Wins is a dazzling imagined account of Nigel Farage’s first year in Number Ten: hilarious, terrifying and totally believable. As a counterfactual, it ranks alongside Robert Harris’s Fatherland and When William Came, Saki’s vision of Britain under the Kaiser. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t end well. * Ferdinand Mount *
Farage is Britain’s new prime minister. Nirvana or nightmare? Whatever our reaction, we all need to take this scenario very seriously, as Peter Chappell’s invigorating book does. * Anthony Seldon *

Peter Chappell is a reporter at The Times, having previously worked with Manchester Evening News and the BBC. He has written for The Times, the Guardian, Sky News, Prospect Magazine and various local papers. His writing for The Times has led to the preservation of Covent Garden’s historic gas lamps, a Channel Island not being cut off from the British mainland, and threats from the captain of an oligarch’s superyacht. In his career so far, he has interviewed Amazon explorers, clean air campaigners, and Heston Blumenthal. He was born in Warrington, partly raised in Northern Ireland and now lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9781399433723
ISBN 10	1399433725
Title	What If Reform Wins
Author	Peter Chappell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2026-04-30
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.