Reform UK Politics

  • Farage wants politics back in the game

    Nigel Farage MP (Clacton/Reform UK) is a politician on a mission. He wants to put politics back into the hands of UK citizens.

    He hates references to irrelevant places, knowing that local government serves people in ways others can’t.

    “It won’t be Iran that helps us,” he once said to me, referring to the disruption of local areas by protesters. “Those households need to pipe down,” he also said.

    His party, Reform UK, needs to make significant gains to take on the Conservative party, which he sees as “failing us massively” on many policy issues.

    He doesn’t hate the Tories, but he despises delay and loathes laziness.

    He’s a politician with attitude, and as his media tours have indicated, it drives his effort to reach out.

    The long term strategy is Number 10, but his aim in the meantime is to win people over to his program of events anywhere they want him.

  • Reform pump their stats

    It’s clear Reform UK are feeling buoyant right now. They’ve just ended their annual conference and proved a decent sized audience and a slate of speeches worth hearing can work.

    They’re now pumping the stats accordingly, and it looks good on the backend of things. The party claims it’s got 85,000 members and counting, which is a good figure.

    It also says it’s set up 266 branches in just two months which is a staggering increase in its reach. It isn’t yet clear how long these will last and which are able to bring results at the ballot box.

  • How Tory voters see Reform UK

    In many respects the views of Tory voters are key to the success of Reform UK because they are its natural bedfellows.

    In fact, much of what Reform UK says and does borrows heavily from a form of conservative politics it sees as lacking in mainstream conservatism in the UK.

    According to data compiled by YouGov, it appears Tory voters are divided on where things stand for Reform UK but are more hopeful for its future.

    In brief, more Conservative voters have an unfavourable view of Reform UK than favourable, but the margin is slight. A difference of 6% separates them between polar opposites.

    Alternatively on the question of influence so far in UK politics, 5% separates those Conservative voters who say they have not much or none and those that say a lot or a little.

    In terms of next steps, more conservative voters want Reform UK to have influence in future than don’t. The margin between is 11%, and a further 19% sit on the fence.

    It’s not a bad outcome for a relatively new party that’s only just made headwind in Parliament with its first big electoral win.

    The case is growing in the longterm.

  • Farage pumps Reform

    Reform UK began their annual conference in Birmingham yesterday. Its recent electoral triumph boosted the profile of the alternative conservative party beyond its small beginnings, and introduced a new generation of voters to a fresh, energetic brand.

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    Nigel Farage MP (Clacton/Reform UK) rose to speak at the end of the afternoon, and took the auditorium by storm. He pumped it with an enthusiasm only he has. It’s no small feat to rally an audience at the NEC, especially in a time when conservatives feel jaded.