. >> well, the anticipation is certainly building, i'm sure you've seen isabel oakeshott.ard tice. yes, she tweeted an hour ago no pacts with the tories, because that was one suggestion, what this announcement might be. and then she tweeted, despite increasingly desperate phone calls from conservative mps, reform uk will not be standing down any candidates. hopefully that's clear enough, makes sense of that for us. >> well, that rules out the other big idea, which is there was some form of pact being offered. and again, i think that was the offer made by nigel farage on sun tv last wednesday. it wasn't taken up and there was some history going back here with nigel farage stood down about a third of his candidates in the brexit party back in 2019, and got nothing back from the tory party he felt he almost gave them that majority or helped support that majority that boris johnson won in 2019. i don't think he's in any mood for any kind of deal with them, and that's been said from the beginning by richard tice and obviously reiterated by his partner, isabel oakshot. all eyes,