You know you’re not a proper political party, until you’ve had the obligatory youth wing scandal. Pubescent politicos have long been a feature of Westminster life. In the Starmer army they have NOLS – National Labour Students, where generations of power-crazed identikit drones have been churned out, each bearing the same dead eyes and rictus grin. The Tories meanwhile have – or, had – Conservative Future, the successor to the Young Conservatives. Part-dating agency, part-ideological madrasa, these outlets served to inculcate generations of Tories with the attitudes, contacts and god-awful catchphrases needed to govern.

Now, in their quest for power, it seems Reform UK has finally got serious. After months of umming and erring about the merits (or lack thereof) about such a youth wing, t

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