Former Conservative MP Marco Longhi defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

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Former Conservative MP Marco Longhi defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has secured the defection of a third former Conservative MP in as many months after Marco Longhi announced he was joining the party. Reform has also wooed other Tories, including the party’s new chair businessman Zia Yusuf; billionaire donor Nick Candy, who has become its new treasurer; another ex-MP Aidan Burley; and Conservative Home founder Tim Montgomerie. The new Tory leader was embroiled in a very public spat with Mr Farage over Christmas, when she accused him of “fakery” over claims that Reform UK membership has surpassed that of the Conservatives, making it the second largest political party in the UK. During the 2024 election, Mr Longhi was accused of stoking ethnic divisions with a letter addressed to “voters of the British Pakistani/ Kashmiri community” asking who they thought would speak up for Kashmir, him or Labour rival Sonia Kumar, with her common Indian surname in bold, underlined, capital letters.

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3 days, 15 hours ago

Musk turns on UK politician Farage over jailed far-right activist

Al Jazeera

Elon Musk has reversed his support for Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom’s populist party Reform UK, after a disagreement over the tech billionaire’s call for the release of a jailed far-right activist. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk posted on his social media site X. Musk last week falsely claimed that Yaxley-Lennon, who is serving an …

Why the latest defection to Reform could trigger a wave of Tories switching to Farage’s party

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5 days, 2 hours ago

Why the latest defection to Reform could trigger a wave of Tories switching to Farage’s party

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Nigel Farage says Elon Musk will help Reform UK beat the Tories as he demands apology for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's 'crazy conspiracy theory' in membership 'fakery' row

Daily Mail

Nigel Farage has has heaped praise on Elon Musk while demanding an apology from Kemi Badenoch for accusing Reform UK of faking their membership numbers. It comes after Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Mr Farage of 'fakery' in response to Reform claiming they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members. Nigel Farage is weighing up 'what action to take' …

1 week, 5 days ago

Are there really more Reform members than Tories as Nigel Farage claims?

The Independent

Nigel Farage has called Kemi Badenoch “absolutely disgusting” for accusing him of lying about Reform UK’s membership numbers. Kemi Badenoch’s claim Ms Badenoch accused Mr Farage of “not understanding the digital age” and pursuing a kind of fakery that is easily uncovered. Reform UK’s evidence But Mr Farage was quick to invite one of the “Big Four” consultancy firms to …

1 week, 6 days ago

Kemi Badenoch has fallen for Nigel Farage’s membership trap – hook, line and sinker

The Independent

It was a classic Boxing Day publicity stunt, so you can see why Kemi Badenoch is suspicious of Nigel Farage’s claim – on a quiet news day – that his party has overtaken the Conservatives in members. She called Reform’s automated online ticker “fakery”, thus falling effortlessly into the trap that Farage set. This dispute could run for days if …

1 week, 6 days ago

It’s time for Labour and the Tories to show Nigel Farage is not the answer to the UK’s problems

The Independent

Normally, when either Labour or the Conservatives are doing badly, the other prospers. The new Tory leader’s strategy of delaying major policy announcements until much closer to the next election might have been right if her party were facing a traditional fight with Labour. The prime minister has another dilemma after Mr Farage offered to act as a go-between to …

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Badenoch: No quick fix for the Tory party

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Labour fears Nigel Farage – but he’s Keir Starmer’s secret weapon against the Tories

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

One in five Tory election voters have switched to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK - poll

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3 weeks ago

STEPHEN GLOVER: Beware Nigel... looking like Trump's lap dog - out-poodling even Blair - will alienate lots of British voters

Daily Mail

Will Nigel Farage be our next prime minister? It’s no longer fanciful to imagine Reform challenging – or even eclipsing – the Tories in next year’s local elections and then at the general election, which Sir Keir Starmer will presumably delay for as long as possible, unless he is first led away by men in white coats. Nigel Farage with …

4 weeks, 1 day ago

The next 18 months will decide whether Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is a serious party or just Candy crush

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Nigel Farage isn’t the threat to the Tories that Kemi Badenoch thinks he is

The Independent

Conservative MPs are worried. They weren’t worried when Andrea Jenkyns, formerly one of their number, defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. They were properly spooked, however, by last week’s unsourced report that Elon Musk was considering a $100m donation to Farage – which prompted follow-up stories about how the American billionaire could get around the ban on foreign donations …

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Former Tory MP who organised infamous Nazi-themed stag party joins Nigel Farage’s Reform

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Farage makes sixth US trip as MP to be headliner at MAGA gala which has snubbed ‘loser’ Tories

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1 month ago

Farage’s Reform UK in poll surge as Labour loses support after Starmer reset

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2 months, 1 week ago

The daunting challenge for new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: Recovering from worst EVER election result... with just 121 MPs and Nigel Farage waiting in the wings

Daily Mail

The bitter battle for the Tory crown has been going on for nearly four months. And the party suffered its worst ever election defeat in July, returning just 121 MPs as a swathe of big beasts fell to Labour and the Lib Dems. Nigel Farage, now finally in Parliament alongside a small group of fellow MPs, has made no secret …

2 months, 1 week ago

UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat

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2 months, 1 week ago

U.K. Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as their party's new leader

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U.K. Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as their party's new leader toggle caption Alberto Pezzali/AP LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected outspoken lawmaker Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. The new leader’s daunting task is to try to restore the party’s reputation after …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Tory MPs pivot to the right as centrist James Cleverly knocked out of leadership race

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The decision to choose Kemi Badenoch versus Robert Jenrick for …

3 months, 1 week ago

4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nigel Farage promises Reform will be ‘vetting candidates rigorously’ in future

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nigel Farage has promised that Reform UK will “be vetting …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Farage plays up links with Trump and criticises Harris’s ‘radical left’ history

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage relinquishes control of Reform UK ahead of ‘coming of age’ party conference

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6 months ago

Reform UK’s five MPs arrive for first day in Westminster

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6 months ago

Braverman warns Tory party will cease to exist unless it neutralises Farage and Reform

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6 months ago

Farage does not want ‘Tory poison’ in his party as he plans for Reform to replace Conservatives

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6 months ago

General election 2024: Results map as constituencies declare new MPs

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6 months ago

Nigel Farage wins Clacton seat as Reform UK makes huge gains

The Independent

6 months ago

It's Nigel Farage Eighth time lucky for Reform leader as he wins seat

Daily Mail

Nigel Farage finally won election to the Commons at the eighth attempt today, as he became the Reform MP for Clacton amid a Tory election bloodbath. It has been said that Reform's wide but thin support would not help their success in a first-past-the-post system and Mr Farage has been vocal about the need for changes to the electoral system. …

6 months ago

'The revolt is underway': Nigel Farage's Reform UK likely to win double-digit seats

Firstpost

As per 2024 UK election result prediction, Reform UK, a re-brand of the Brexit Party that Farage founded in 2018, is expected to secure 13 seats – the first time a party on Britain’s far-right fringes has won more than a single seat Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage has claimed to have kickstarted a “revolt against the establishment”, after exit polls …

6 months ago

UK's Farage hails establishment 'revolt' after election gains

New Indian Express

LONDON: Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage claimed to have kickstarted a "revolt against the establishment", as his hard-right party made significant gains in UK election results announced early Friday. Reform UK, a re-brand of the Brexit Party that Farage founded in 2018, had won four seats after around four-fifths of the UK's 650 constituencies had declared their results. "This is just …

6 months ago

Who are Reform UK? History and beliefs under Nigel Farage

The Telegraph

Founded in 2021 as a relaunch of the Brexit Party, Reform UK stood neck and neck with the Conservatives throughout the general election campaign. Nigel Farage’s party won several new seats in an election breakthrough that follows his shock decision to take over as leader, walking away with four MPs. Reform faced pivotal change during their campaign with co-founder Mr …

6 months, 1 week ago

Britain goes to the polls, and a wipeout is in the works. What to know about the election

LA Times

On Thursday, British voters appear almost certain to embrace momentous political change, handing the ruling Conservatives what could be a defeat of historic proportions, and casting their lot with the center-left Labor Party. The widely forecast result — a resounding Labor win — would end Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 20-month tenure, and usher in a new government led by Keir …

6 months, 1 week ago

Allison Pearson meets Nigel Farage: ‘Kemi Badenoch was very unpleasant’

The Telegraph

I notice Farage is perfectly happy to stand on the pavement and debate his critic about the invasion of Ukraine for several minutes, even though two bodyguards with earpieces are hovering anxiously. Sure enough, on Friday, Channel 4 claimed to have carried out a sting on one Reform canvasser who was filmed calling Sunak vile names and suggesting the Army …

6 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage, Trump ally and political flamethrower, shakes up British parliamentary vote

LA Times

In a sludgy, slow-motion trajectory, the pale yellow milkshake found its mark: far-right political candidate and Donald Trump acolyte Nigel Farage, on the inaugural day of his insurgent campaign for a seat in the British Parliament. “There’s not much coherence to his policies, but in terms of his support, that really doesn’t matter.” Public opinion polls suggest Farage’s party, Reform …

6 months, 1 week ago

Labour and Tories turn fire on Reform UK and Farage

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage insists Reform activist who called Rishi Sunak a 'f**** p*' is an actor and labels the row a 'political setup of astonishing proportions' as he is grilled by bullish Question Time aud

Daily Mail

Nigel Farage has repeated claims that a canvasser caught on camera branding Rishi Sunak a 'f****** p***' is actually an actor playing his part in 'a total and utter set-up', during a fiery appearance on Question Time. 'A total and utter set up': Reform UK leader Nigel Farage repeated claims that a canvasser caught on camera branding Prime Minister Rishi …

6 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage criticizes 'reprehensible' racist remarks by workers for his Reform UK party

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Britain’s on its knees’: The broken UK town backing Nigel Farage

Al Jazeera

Clacton-on-Sea, with high unemployment and low immigration, looks set to finally deliver the right-wing populist to parliament on his eighth attempt. He’s much cleverer than I am.” Reform’s ‘contract’ Reform, formerly known as the Brexit Party and founded by Farage, has branded its manifesto as a “contract”. Toby James, professor of politics and public policy at the University of East …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

With his Putin comments, Nigel Farage has reminded us who he really is

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat

Huff Post

The party of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is headed for a historic defeat in the July 4 general election, after 14 years in power. 🚨NEW Savanta MRP for @Telegraph 📈Lab projected for 382 majority 📉Cons fighting with LDs to be Official Opposition Seat forecast 🌹Lab 516 🌳Con 53 🔶LD 50 🎗️SNP 8 🌼PC 4 ⬜️Other 0 17,812 UK adults, …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

The ghosts of Tory past can’t help Rishi now

The Independent

After 14 years of mismanagement, deceitful governance and obfuscation, Rishi Sunak compounds his party’s disgrace by enlisting the assistance of David Cameron and Boris Johnson to gain much-needed votes. David Nelmes Newport National service is a nonsensical gimmick Can anyone from the Tory party explain in detail the consequences of the government’s so-called “flagship policy”, which has already been described …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Your Nigel Farage questions answered – from running for prime minister in 2029 to why Reform UK leader gets ‘so much airtime’

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage as prime minister in 2029? Don’t be silly

The Independent

Reform UK doesn’t have a manifesto as such, it has a “contract”. Nigel Farage explained: “If I say to you ‘manifesto’, your immediate word association is ‘lie’.” And it doesn’t have policies as such, it has slogans, symbolic gestures and pub-bore cliches. And he is not running to be prime minister, as he admitted at the launch of “Our Contract …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage's Right-Wing Populist Reform Party Overtakes Conservatives In The UK

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist Reform UK party has overtaken the governing Conservative Party in the run-up to the July 4 general election, according to a new poll released on Thursday in more bad news for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In the last U.K. general election, the Brexit Party, the predecessor of Reform UK, did not put up …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

As Farage slips past Sunak, could this be the end of the Tory party?

The Independent

Of course, it is just one poll, and it is within the margin of error – but the psychological effect of Reform UK going ahead of the Conservatives is inescapable. The “Canada ’93” scenario, once used by older election nerds to frighten and thrill their younger colleagues, is now on the mind of every Tory and Reform activist – when …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives now in third position in UK poll race. Who’s taken over in second place?

Firstpost

With snap elections approaching fast, the latest YouGov poll indicates that the Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage of Brexit fame, has overtaken Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party. We explain the rise of the Reform UK party, led by the prominent political figure Nigel Farage, and explore the implications for the upcoming elections. The rise of Nigel Farage …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage trolls Rishi Sunak after appearing on Tory candidate’s election leaflet

The Independent

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2 days, 15 hours ago

U.K. leader Starmer slams 'lies and misinformation' after attacks from Elon Musk

NPR

U.K. leader Starmer slams 'lies and misinformation' after attacks from Elon Musk toggle caption Leon Neal/AP/Pool Getty Images Europe LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned "lies and misinformation" that he said are undermining U.K. democracy, in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk. Sponsor Message Asked about Musk's comments during a …

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2 days, 21 hours ago

Former Conservative MP Marco Longhi defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

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Musk turns on UK politician Farage over jailed far-right activist

Why the latest defection to Reform could trigger a wave of Tories switching to Farage’s party

Nigel Farage says Elon Musk will help Reform UK beat the Tories as he demands apology for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's 'crazy conspiracy theory' in membership 'fakery' row

Are there really more Reform members than Tories as Nigel Farage claims?

Kemi Badenoch has fallen for Nigel Farage’s membership trap – hook, line and sinker

It’s time for Labour and the Tories to show Nigel Farage is not the answer to the UK’s problems

Badenoch: No quick fix for the Tory party

Labour fears Nigel Farage – but he’s Keir Starmer’s secret weapon against the Tories

One in five Tory election voters have switched to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK - poll

STEPHEN GLOVER: Beware Nigel... looking like Trump's lap dog - out-poodling even Blair - will alienate lots of British voters

The next 18 months will decide whether Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is a serious party or just Candy crush

Nigel Farage isn’t the threat to the Tories that Kemi Badenoch thinks he is

Former Tory MP who organised infamous Nazi-themed stag party joins Nigel Farage’s Reform

Farage makes sixth US trip as MP to be headliner at MAGA gala which has snubbed ‘loser’ Tories

Farage’s Reform UK in poll surge as Labour loses support after Starmer reset

The daunting challenge for new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: Recovering from worst EVER election result... with just 121 MPs and Nigel Farage waiting in the wings

UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat

U.K. Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as their party's new leader

Tory MPs pivot to the right as centrist James Cleverly knocked out of leadership race

Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right

4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other

Nigel Farage promises Reform will be ‘vetting candidates rigorously’ in future

Farage plays up links with Trump and criticises Harris’s ‘radical left’ history

Nigel Farage relinquishes control of Reform UK ahead of ‘coming of age’ party conference

Reform UK’s five MPs arrive for first day in Westminster

Braverman warns Tory party will cease to exist unless it neutralises Farage and Reform

Farage does not want ‘Tory poison’ in his party as he plans for Reform to replace Conservatives

General election 2024: Results map as constituencies declare new MPs

Nigel Farage wins Clacton seat as Reform UK makes huge gains

It's Nigel Farage Eighth time lucky for Reform leader as he wins seat

'The revolt is underway': Nigel Farage's Reform UK likely to win double-digit seats

UK's Farage hails establishment 'revolt' after election gains

Who are Reform UK? History and beliefs under Nigel Farage

Britain goes to the polls, and a wipeout is in the works. What to know about the election

Allison Pearson meets Nigel Farage: ‘Kemi Badenoch was very unpleasant’

Nigel Farage, Trump ally and political flamethrower, shakes up British parliamentary vote

Labour and Tories turn fire on Reform UK and Farage

Nigel Farage insists Reform activist who called Rishi Sunak a 'f****** p***' is an actor and labels the row a 'political setup of astonishing proportions' as he is grilled by bullish Question Time aud

Nigel Farage criticizes 'reprehensible' racist remarks by workers for his Reform UK party

‘Britain’s on its knees’: The broken UK town backing Nigel Farage

With his Putin comments, Nigel Farage has reminded us who he really is

Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat

The ghosts of Tory past can’t help Rishi now

Your Nigel Farage questions answered – from running for prime minister in 2029 to why Reform UK leader gets ‘so much airtime’

Nigel Farage as prime minister in 2029? Don’t be silly

Nigel Farage's Right-Wing Populist Reform Party Overtakes Conservatives In The UK

As Farage slips past Sunak, could this be the end of the Tory party?

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives now in third position in UK poll race. Who’s taken over in second place?

Nigel Farage trolls Rishi Sunak after appearing on Tory candidate’s election leaflet

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Nigel Farage insists Reform activist who called Rishi Sunak a 'f**** p*' is an actor and labels the row a 'political setup of astonishing proportions' as he is grilled by bullish Question Time aud