Reform UK

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UK "populist alternative" party backed by the deep state.

Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom which, since 3 June 2024, is led by Nigel Farage. Founded as the Brexit Party in November 2018, it was renamed Reform UK on 6 January 2021 and became primarily an anti-lockdown party during the "COVID-19 pandemic".

Overview

Since 2022, Reform UK has campaigned on a broader platform, chiefly opposing immigration and opposing the government's Net Zero energy policy.

Brexit Party

The Brexit Party was formed in January 2019 with twelve Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), all of whom were originally elected as UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidates. UKIP was reported by ISGP and Nafeez Ahmed to have "a large bulk of funding from former Tory donors, millionaire bankers, and corporate executives, pushing the fringe party to receive the third largest percentage of the vote." {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Reform UK |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=Nafeez Ahmed|+sep=, |Has text=“Unbeknown to many, UKIP too had early roots in Britain’s intelligence services.” |Is about=Reform UK,|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=May 11, 2015 |Sourced from=Insurge Intelligence |Has sourceDetails=How Big Money and Big Brother won the British Elections |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=Insurge Intelligence |Has sourceURL=https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-big-money-and-big-brother-won-the-british-elections-2e8da57faac4

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“Unbeknown to many, UKIP too had early roots in Britain’s intelligence services.”
Nafeez Ahmed (May 11, 2015) 

In 2001, former Conservative Party chairman Norman Tebbit called for an independent inquiry into claims that UKIP had been infiltrated by MI5.

The Brexit Party was led by one of these MEPs, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who announced he would stand as a candidate for the party in any future European Parliament elections, in the event the UK had not left the European Union.

2019

In the UK/2019 European Parliament elections held on 23 May 2019, the Brexit Party gained 28 MEPs with 32 per cent of the vote and was largest party in 9 of the 12 regions of the UK.

On 4 November 2019, at a lavish campaign launch in central London, at which hundreds of new parliamentary candidates were shown before the media, the party leader insisted he mainly hoped to take votes – and potentially seats – in strongly pro-leave Labour areas. “I think the Labour seats offer our best opportunity,” he said. Farage committed the Brexit Party to standing more than 600 candidates in the UK/2019 General Election, dismissing Conservative warnings that this could split the pro-leave vote as “conceited arrogance”.

The Brexit Party failed to win any seats in the UK/2019 General Election.

2021

In August 2021, Metro Bank shut down the party's bank account.

2024

In the UK/General election/2024, Reform UK fielded hundreds of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) in England, Scotland and Wales. Five Reform UK candidates were elected, including party leader, Nigel Farage.

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