The Reform Thread

[sadoldgit]

5 hours ago, benjii said:

My favorite is the bit where he lies about knowing the bloke.

Is he that desperate for 70 quid? Shows you the measure of the man. A complete, irredeemable prick.

If you vote Reform, you're an idiot. Seriously. 

This should be mailed to everyone who votes for Reform, including people who think it would be funny to vote for Reform just to wind up people on a football forum.

Edited Saturday at 00:03 by sadoldgit

[benjii]

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/nigel-farage-paid-by-trump-crypto-adviser-who-worked-with-russia-operative-paul-manafort/

 

 

Vote Reform, get Russian.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

4 hours ago, benjii said:

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/nigel-farage-paid-by-trump-crypto-adviser-who-worked-with-russia-operative-paul-manafort/

 

 

Vote Reform, get 

I hope the media starts looking into Reform and Farage in more detail.

Of course he'll deflect and we'll get the usual whatabouttery.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

30 minutes ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

I hope the media starts looking into Reform and Farage in more detail.

Of course he'll deflect and we'll get the usual whatabouttery.

I read "deflect" as "defect" and was picturing Front Line Farage, sent to the Russian front, having been lied to about having a non combat role. 🙂

[sadoldgit]

Sounds like the smart money is on Kate Hoey as the Labour defector. She will fit right in with Farage.

[SW5 SAINT]

On 15/01/2026 at 22:35, sadoldgit said:

“𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝘆” 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲
Nigel Farage: Ex Tory member.
Richard Tice: Ex Tory member.
Zia Yusuf: Ex Tory member.
Lee Anderson: Ex Tory minister.
Nadin Zahawi: Ex Tory minister.
Nadine Dorries: Ex Tory minister.
Jake Berry: Ex Tory minister.
David Jones: Ex Tory minister.
Johnathan Gillis: Ex Tory minister.
Malcom Offord: Ex Tory minister.
Danny Kruger: Ex Tory MP.
Lucy Allen: Ex Tory MP.
Anne Marie Morris: Ex Tory MP.
Marco Longhi: Ex Tory MP.
Chris Green: Ex Tory MP.
Lia Nici: Ex Tory MP.
Ross Thompson: Ex Tory MP.
Andrea Jenkyns: Ex Tory MP.
Ben Bradley: Ex Tory MP.
Graham Simpson: Ex Tory MP.
Adam Holloway: Ex Tory MP.
Adrian Burley: Ex Tory MP. 
Alan Amos: Ex Tory MP.
Laila Cunningham: Ex Tory councillor.
Sarah Pochin: Ex Tory councillor 
David Bull: Ex Tory member.

100% of Reform UK 2025 LTD MP’s are ex Tory members.

67% or 616 out of 924 of Reform UK 2025 LTD councillors are ex Tories.

21 ex Tory MP’s have now defected to Reform UK 2025 LTD.

Everyone of these MP’s was in the Conservative government at some point over the last 14 years they were in power. Between them they ruined the economy, gave us austerity and made the average person worse off than any time before they came into power. At the same time we have more billionaires and food banks at any time in our history and that’s down to them.

Now they and Farage have the nerve to tell us they are here to fix the country as part of Reform UK 2025 LTD after they destroyed it as part of the Conservative government?

How stupid does Farage think people are?

Rumour has it Liz Truss has been approached to join Farages business venture, she would be a perfect fit after her disastrous budget that Farage said of and I quote: “The best Conservative budget since 1986.”
Copied, not my work.

Don’t forget Anne Widecombe ex Tory prisons minister….

[Gloucester Saint]

21 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Sounds like the smart money is on Kate Hoey as the Labour defector. She will fit right in with Farage.

No longer a Labour Party member even and hasn’t been since 2019. 80 in June though, so perfect for Reform’s demographic.

Mail turned on Farage today with Bob’s self-aggrandising’New Sheriff’ two pager leaked. Combined with Trump’s behaviour and rudderless local authorities, the air is coming out of their tyres.

[Gloucester Saint]

He fits Reform’s defector criteria though to a T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell

1 Tory for the Reform Conservatives/ERG recycling centre

2 Boomer 

3 Flag Shagger

4 Monday Club member (hard right Tory group in Parliament which hosted the NF and BNP frequently at their meetings)

5 Expenses corruption

As a nice little bonus to give Soggy excitement, he was also registered for one of Tommy Robinson’s platforms

Edited Sunday at 21:53 by Gloucester Saint

[CB Fry]

10 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

No longer a Labour Party member even and hasn’t been since 2019. 80 in June though, so perfect for Reform’s demographic.

Mail turned on Farage today with Bob’s self-aggrandising’New Sheriff’ two pager leaked. Combined with Trump’s behaviour and rudderless local authorities, the air is coming out of their tyres.

Annoying hearing Laura K this morning trying to pretend Hoey is Labour when chatting to Richard Tice about potential defectors.

I'm not a professional political journalist but I knew she left Labour during the Brexit years. 

 

[Gloucester Saint]

10 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Annoying hearing Laura K this morning trying to pretend Hoey is Labour when chatting to Richard Tice about potential defectors.

I'm not a professional political journalist but I knew she left Labour during the Brexit years. 

 

Kuenssberg has been drinking the Boomerade for a while but still not a patch on their PR Officer, Chris Mason. 

When you look under the Political Views section, it’s a wonder she didn’t move to Farage over years ago when she wasn’t an absolute has been because she makes him look like Ken Livingstone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Hoey

She’d have hated Cameron’s Tory Party with the social liberal agenda although didn’t mind Corbyn’s anti-semitism. Tried to cosy up to Boris over the Olympics - he’s an unpleasant bigot as well. The section below that also details some unpleasant homophobia. 

Edited Sunday at 22:50 by Gloucester Saint

[sadoldgit]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

He fits Reform’s defector criteria though to a T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell

1 Tory for the Reform Conservatives/ERG recycling centre

2 Boomer 

3 Flag Shagger

4 Monday Club member (hard right Tory group in Parliament which hosted the NF and BNP frequently at their meetings)

5 Expenses corruption

As a nice little bonus to give Soggy excitement, he was also registered for one of Tommy Robinson’s platforms

Thanks for the name check! No excitement GS. I just naturally assume that anyone who affiliates with Reform doesn’t have a problem with him. Birds of a feather…

Never heard of him before but he seems to have a dodgy record of playing the system so he will fit right in as you say.

Farage is trying to sell his party as an alternative to the “corrupt” and “broken” major parties. In truth he is building a party that would be worse than the two combined. 

How long before Braverman jumps on board?

[sadoldgit]

10 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

No longer a Labour Party member even and hasn’t been since 2019. 80 in June though, so perfect for Reform’s demographic.

Mail turned on Farage today with Bob’s self-aggrandising’New Sheriff’ two pager leaked. Combined with Trump’s behaviour and rudderless local authorities, the air is coming out of their tyres.

He did say “a well known Labour figure” so who knows what he means by that?

[sadoldgit]

Farage used to believe that there should be a by-election if someone switched parties.

Strange that he has changed his mind when it works in his favour.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39398054.amp

[Gloucester Saint]

9 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

He did say “a well known Labour figure” so who knows what he means by that?

It probably is Hoey but it would be like the Lib Dem’s claiming Heseltine, knowing that he’s been voting for them since Boris took the leadership and was expelled from their party for it.

For Farage to claim any sort of scoop on that is desperate indeed and shows the fear that he’s let far too many recycled and failed Tories in his boat, and it’s sprung a bad leak.

[benjii]

 

 

Vote Reform, get KGB.

[badgerx16]

24 minutes ago, benjii said:

 

Vote Reform, get KGB.

It's now the FSB, ( but not the Federation of Small Businesses ).

Edited Monday at 13:41 by badgerx16

[sadoldgit]

I am curious to know what the forum Reform UK supporters think of the party’s links with Russia?

[Lord Duckhunter]

6 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

I am curious to know what the forum Reform UK supporters think of the party’s links with Russia?

Probably care the same as you did about Corbyn’s links to anti semites. 

Edited Monday at 14:11 by Lord Duckhunter

[sadoldgit]

18 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Probably care the same as you did about Corbyn’s links to anti semites. 

So as one of the take back control crowd it doesn’t bother you that the man you are going to vote for as PM is in Putin’s back pocket (and Trump’s top pocket)?

[badgerx16]

I doubt if any of these defecting Tories are doing so out of conscience. It's all about self preservation, as they see Reform out performing the Conservatives at the next election.

[Lord Duckhunter]

2 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

I doubt if any of these defecting Tories are doing so out of conscience. It's all about self preservation, as they see Reform out performing the Conservatives at the next election.

Like every single defection the past 50 years? 

[hypochondriac]

I saw predicted seats based on the latest yougov poll. What a mess this would be! 

[whelk]

7 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I saw predicted seats based on the latest yougov poll. What a mess this would be! 

The only delight I will have is seeing the bleating from all the Reform voters bemoaning how shit their lives are now - how they can’t access public services and whinging about the care their lovely grandma doesn’t get and the state of roads, their kids schools etc etc.

Akin to Idaho farmers crying after voting for Trump thinking he’d look after them

[Farmer Saint]

8 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I saw predicted seats based on the latest yougov poll. What a mess this would be! 

OMFG. This country is fucked.

Think it's time to bite the bullet and emigrate again.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

OMFG. This country is fucked.

Think it's time to bite the bullet and emigrate again.

I honestly cannot believe there so many stupid and gullible people about to want vote for the Reform clowns to that amount.    

Thicker than mince...

[sadoldgit]

21 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

I honestly cannot believe there so many stupid and gullible people about to want vote for the Reform clowns to that amount.    

Thicker than mince...

I can. There were enough of them to vote Brexit through. Clearly they either have short memories or they are easily fooled.

[whelk]

29 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

OMFG. This country is fucked.

Think it's time to bite the bullet and emigrate again.

Where will you go?

[sadoldgit]

1 hour ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Like every single defection the past 50 years? 

You don’t think that some have been down to a matter of conscious? Not all are like those drawn to parties like Reform, guided by their own self interests.

Every party Farage has been involved with has mostly attracted people who only think of themselves. You only have to look at the current bunch in Reform. Like flies to a turd.

[iansums]

43 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

OMFG. This country is fucked.

Think it's time to bite the bullet and emigrate again.

What will your cows say?

[iansums]

Tory/Reform coalition, they're pretty much the same in many ways anyway, nice little 11 seat majority, simples!

[tdmickey3]

11 minutes ago, iansums said:

What will your cows say?

Moooo 😉

[sadoldgit]

Thomas Skinner, failed Apprentice and Strictly contestant has joined Reform.

Bosh.

😂

[AlexLaw76]

51 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Thomas Skinner, failed Apprentice and Strictly contestant has joined Reform.

Bosh.

😂

So what?

 

[iansums]

21 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

So what?

 

So he must be a racist and thicker than mince.

[Farmer Saint]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

Where will you go?

Canada I'm thinking. I have a Canadian passport.

[Farmer Saint]

1 hour ago, iansums said:

What will your cows say?

Moooooove.

[badgerx16]

3 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Like every single defection the past 50 years? 

Do you agree with what Farage said when Douglas Carswell MP left UKIP, that when an MP switches from his party there should be a bye-election ?

[sadoldgit]

1 hour ago, iansums said:

So he must be a racist and thicker than mince.

Strangely enough you are right on both counts.

[sadoldgit]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

So what?

 

You don’t think it is a bit pathetic parading with a Z list failed celebrity as if it is some kind of major coup?

A failed celeb to join the long list of failed Tories.

Edited 13 hours ago by sadoldgit

[Gloucester Saint]

Reform won’t get as many seats as that, because far too early to factor tactical voting into the data. They’ll enjoy an huge increase from 7 but not 250-260.

Unless Labour have a Truss event they will get a lot more seats than that although it will still need a huge Job Centre+ for their unemployed ex-MPs in 2029. Green support well overstated, imagine that leader in an GE, Tories 100-150, Lib Dem’s low 100 maybe more if Labour don’t grow a backbone on Brexit.

[sadoldgit]

A bit of light relief. I’ll start.

The Racist’s Retreat

[egg]

4 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

A bit of light relief. I’ll start.

The Racist’s Retreat

The Bigot & Barrell 

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 hour ago, badgerx16 said:

Do you agree with what Farage said when Douglas Carswell MP left UKIP, that when an MP switches from his party there should be a bye-election ?

No. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

5 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

A bit of light relief. I’ll start.

The Racist’s Retreat

The Obsession 

[egg]

Just now, Lord Duckhunter said:

No. 

Interesting. An MP is usually voted due to the party they represent rather than who the are as an individual, so I'm very much of the view that if they defect them have a bye election. Ditto if they lose the whip for a sustained period. 

[hypochondriac]

35 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Reform won’t get as many seats as that, because far too early to factor tactical voting into the data. They’ll enjoy an huge increase from 7 but not 250-260.

Unless Labour have a Truss event they will get a lot more seats than that although it will still need a huge Job Centre+ for their unemployed ex-MPs in 2029. Green support well overstated, imagine that leader in an GE, Tories 100-150, Lib Dem’s low 100 maybe more if Labour don’t grow a backbone on Brexit.

Probably but it's still interesting to speculate. Generally no idea what they would do in that scenario. Probably have two elections in a year.

[egg]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Probably but it's still interesting to speculate. Generally no idea what they would do in that scenario. Probably have two elections in a year.

Surely it'd be a Reform/Tory coalition with a slim majority? Grim prospect, but sell the point that Farage is an English Trump, and people will hopefully come to their senses. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

10 minutes ago, egg said:

Interesting. An MP is usually voted due to the party they represent rather than who the are as an individual, so I'm very much of the view that if they defect them have a bye election. Ditto if they lose the whip for a sustained period. 

Starmer withdrew the whip from people who voted against maintaining the two child benefit cap. A policy they opposed in opposition and promised to abolish. So you’re making MP’s who actually didn’t deceive the public face a bye election because A PM who did, decided they should. 
 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Lord Duckhunter

[Gloucester Saint]

8 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Probably but it's still interesting to speculate. Generally no idea what they would do in that scenario. Probably have two elections in a year.

1974 Mk2. Oh hang on, Saints got relegated that year as well…

[AlexLaw76]

49 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

You don’t think it is a bit pathetic parading with a Z list failed celebrity as if it is some kind of major coup?

A failed celeb to join the long list of failed Tories.

I know what you mean