Senior figures around Reform UK have drawn up plans for a think-tank that aims to attract Maga donors from America and help Nigel Farage’s party craft policies as it seeks to professionalise.
The group will be styled on American outfits that are independently funded but openly support political parties, such as the Center for Renewing America and the America First Policy Institute that back Donald Trump.
A recent presentation seen by the Financial Times called the proposed organisation “Resolute 1850”, an apparent reference to the British Royal Navy ship the Resolute whose timbers were used to make the US president’s desk in the Oval Office. A person close to the party said the name could be subject to change.