After the general election this year, Nigel Farage argued that he was now the leader of the opposition, after his Reform party took more than six million votes, and came second in swathes of seats across the north of England.
The Conservatives furiously disagree with him of course, especially given the Tory party's higher vote share and seats - but one person at least seems to subscribe to Farage's way of thinking.
Speaking at an Ipsos Mori event at Labour conference on Monday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting pointed out that the Conservative party is currently in a fight for its survival and that 'we are kind of due' the sort of major party realignment that comes around every 100 years or so.
He went on to point out that in terms of the right-wing opposition, it was Reform which had all the intellectual energy at the moment, and that it was the party diagnosing the problems with the country that most people agree with:
When I look in at the right of British politics, Reform is where the intellectual energy is, Reform is where the kind of right-wing alternative in this country is. And it would be a mistake for the Labour party not to take that seriously and not to win the battle of hearts, minds and ideas.
Because a lot of the things that Reform has put its finger on, in terms of diagnosing some problems with our country, are things that will be commonly-held views right across the breadth of British politics. Whether it's trust in politics, or the extent to which the economy doesn't deliver for working-class people, and the extent to which public services are not delivering for people. Albeit, there is a very strong ideological difference between our parties, and the extent to which Reform as a party seeks to win through division, and we have to continue to win through unity and hope, and that is where the battleground of British politics will be over the course of this parliament.
Still, it didn't seem like Streeting was particularly lamenting the potential inversion of the right-wing political parties, with the Health Secretary adding that:
'Not only is the Conservative party at risk of dying, it deserves to die.'
How odd to see a Labour minister and Nigel Farage singing from the same hymn sheet...