02/03/2026
One year later, Reform UK is on the verge of replacing the British Conservative party because they said one thing on the campaign trail and did another in office.
"Farage is not interested in coming to the Conservatives’ rescue, charging that they were “elected as conservatives [and] governed as liberals” for the 14 years prior to Starmer’s 2024 win. The arch-Eurosceptic blames the Conservatives, or Tories, for failing to deliver on the Brexit victory he delivered, and would rather burn their party down."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4438744/nigel-farage-in-charge-tory-defections-reform-mount/
Good luck today, Nigel!
"Both Labour and the main opposition Conservative Party are bracing for losses in the midterm poll. The hard-right Reform UK led by Nigel Farage is fielding more candidates than any other party and hopes to make major gains in the elections for about 1,600 seats on 23 local councils, six mayoralties and one seat in Parliament.
Reform got about 14% of the vote in last year’s national election and holds just four of the 650 seats in the House of Commons. But polls now suggest its support equals or surpasses that of Labour and the Conservatives, and it hopes to displace the Conservatives as the country’s main party on the right before the next national election, due by 2029."
https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/uk-local-elections-starmer-badenoch-farage-s66589