As much as what I said above about why he said it. I really don’t get why he’s doing it now. If it was 12 months ago, yep I'd have seen it from a tactical POV but now when the Tories are completely on the ropes, why?
My only thought as to why is rather odd, I remain to be convinced by it myself but maybe he's worried about the flow of votes from Tory to Reform and he's attempting to stem that flow by trying to attract the nutters to vote Labour. Makes no sense