But the former Apprentice candidate – who is set to appear on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing – is also being courted by some of the most influential people in British politics.
Conservative and Reform UK figures are besotted with Skinner, the 34-year-old former market trader who posts motivational videos of himself enjoying breakfast at Dino’s Café, ending with the catchphrase: “Bosh!”
But the often-brutal world of politics is a tricky game, and hype about outsiders can fade to nothing. If he does brave it, Skinner will face scrutiny about his private school years, business interests, and views on controversial topics like the small boats and migrant hotels.
He has even teased running against Khan in the 2028 mayoral contest, telling a Roger Scruton Foundation conference in June that he is “thinking about giving it a go in politics”.
Would Skinner be interested in signing up to Nigel Farage or Kemi Badenoch’s parties? For now, he is keeping his own counsel (he did not respond to a request for comment). But the influencer – who has 700,000 followers on Instagram – has no shortage of admirers at Westminster.
Another Reform UK source added: “He has appeal. He’s straight talking – people like that.”
Conservative MP Danny Kruger, Vance and Skinner (Photo: Danny Kruger)
Robert Jenrick goes ‘bosh’
Ex-Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick – who sparked renewed speculation he is on manoeuvres by meeting Vance in the Cotswolds – is another fan.
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In a speech for a recent “How to Save England” event, hosted by the conservative magazine The Spectator, Skinner argued for better childcare for struggling parents and more active police.
He has focused most of his anger on crime in the capital, claiming London was “getting worse every day”, and that the Labour mayor had “ruined” the city.
Some think Skinner could remain independent, rather than tarnish his no-nonsense brand by toeing a particular party line.
Skinner who has been named as a contestant in BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing 2025 (Photo: BBC/PA)“He could stand as an independent, or as a Tory or as a Reform candi all of those are possible,” said a Conservative source who knows him.
“Tom Skinner is at the foothills of something interesting – the enormous possibilities for the posh-bosh alliance,” the source added.
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Claire Bullivant – editor of the Conservative and Reformer Post website – said she thought both parties would be keen to add Skinner into the fold. “I think he’d fit in with both the Tories and Reform.”
The religious scholar is chair of an advisory board to the Centre for a Better Britain, a pro-Reform think tank currently raising money to build a “policy base” for Farage’s party.
Orr, said to have acted as a mentor to Donald Trump’s Vice President, told The Telegraph that Skinner had “extraordinary charisma” and was “highly intelligent”.
Rupert Lowe MP, who parted ways with Reform UK earlier this year after a massive fallout, said he would be “delighted” if Skinner got involved with his new right-wing movement, Restore Britain.
“He’s a very genuine, enterprising Englishman. He’s got business cunning. He’s got strong family values. He enjoys a pint. I can understand why Vance wanted to meet him.”
Tom Skinner is liked within right-leaning circles (Photo: Kieran Cleeves/PA)Private school educated but no ‘pot to piss in’
The former market trader, who set up his own company selling pillows and mattresses, said there were times he did not have “a pot to piss in”. But he attended Brentwood School, a top fee-paying institution currently charging up to £29,000 a year.
“I wasn’t aware that the stock was stolen and paid the consequences for the mistake I made,” he said at the time. “My past is my past, I am now a changed man.”
It would follow the model crafted by Farage, who saw a popularity boost after his appearance on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity in 2023.
Skinner will be focused on his quick-step, rumba, and jive over the next few months. But once the whirlwind is over, he will have no shortage of willing dance partners at Westminster.
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