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Hugh	07-01-2026 09:46

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https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/ne...orm-uk-5465169

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A group of Derbyshire councillors who quit Reform UK have announced they are now representing a new far-right splinter party, with the first test of their electoral prospects coming later this month.

The six members of Heanor & Loscoe Town Council, including Mayor Alan Abernethy, have joined Advance UK, a party launched in 2025 by Reform’s former national deputy leader Ben Habib amid disputes with leader Nigel Farage.

Councillors Abernethy, Alex Stevenson, Phillip Rose, Malc Hibbard, Laura Brunelleschi and Mark Burrell – four of whom also occupy parish council offices – say they represent an extensive local grassroots network in and around Amber Valley.

Cllr Stevenson, a former Conservative councillor who claimed second place in the constituency for Reform on 28.7 per cent of votes at the 2024 General Election, said: “We resigned from Reform UK because that party has lost touch with the grassroots values that first inspired it and us. Our loyalty has always been to our constituents, not to a party machine.

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Pierre

07-01-2026 14:44

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Far Right

Yeah, yeah. We're all far right now.

thenry

12-01-2026 13:07

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Nadhim Zahawi, former Conservative chancellor under Boris Johnson, has defected to Reform UK, the party has announced.

https://news.sky.com/story/politics-...#liveblog-body

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But his ministerial career came to an end in January 2023 after an ethics investigation that found he had breached the ministerial code by failing to disclose that his tax affairs were being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs.

Is this effectively fraud?

papa smurf

12-01-2026 13:12

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36208845)

Is this effectively fraud?

i think he paid all taxes owed to HMRC

has Angela paid back what she owes

Hugh	12-01-2026 13:14

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Yes…

He wasn’t fired for owing tax, he was fired for lying about the HMRC investigating his taxes…

Hugh	12-01-2026 14:11

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Sephiroth

12-01-2026 14:32

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I wish that ex-prominent Tories wouldn't defect to Reform UK. For what my opinion is worth, these prominent defectors are opportunists who want to find a route back to power for themselves. Farage would have done better by refusing Zahawi's membership because he doesn't come to the table with clean hands.

Although I have kept my Conservative Party membership, I would not be frightened to live in a country led by Farage.

Carth

12-01-2026 15:21

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Failed politicians, failed heads of industry, failed football managers . . rather surprisingly (or not) they all seem to fail upwards

thenry

12-01-2026 18:03

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SkyNews, he defected because he didn't get a peerage from the conservatives :rofl:

1andrew1

13-01-2026 00:11

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36208849)

Although I have kept my Conservative Party membership, I would not be frightened to live in a country led by Farage.

Are you not concerned that with his Middle East-owned employers and his recent recruits from the Conservatives, Reform will get us all, in your words, "praying East"?

papa smurf

13-01-2026 08:53

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36208874)

Are you not concerned that with his Middle East-owned employers and his recent recruits from the Conservatives, Reform will get us all, in your words, "praying East"?

pray towards cleethorpes as much as you like

1andrew1

13-01-2026 10:25

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36208886)

pray towards cleethorpes as much as you like

Did you not mean 'for'? ;)

Sephiroth

13-01-2026 12:01

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36208874)

Are you not concerned that with his Middle East-owned employers and his recent recruits from the Conservatives, Reform will get us all, in your words, "praying East"?

At least quote me correctly. The expression I use "... facing East". Papa knows this!

1andrew1

13-01-2026 18:33

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36208849)

I think the Conservative Party is starting to shape up under Badenoch.

Getting rid of tarnished, potential infighters to Reform won't harm the Conservatives. It may even help them as the electorate is less likely to accept the pitch that that Reform are a challenger to the establishment when there are prominent former Conservatives in the Party.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36208889)

At least quote me correctly. The expression I use "... facing East". Papa knows this!

My bad! Sorry.

But getting back to the nub of the issue. Are you not concerned that with his Middle East-owned employers and his recent recruits from the Conservatives, Reform will get us all, in your words, "facing East"?

Sephiroth

13-01-2026 18:44

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36208904)

<SNIP>

My bad! Sorry.

But getting back to the nub of the issue. Are you not concerned that with his Middle East-owned employers and his recent recruits from the Conservatives, Reform will get us all, in your words, "facing East"?

Sorry, Andrew. But if you're suggesting that Farage in power will have us all the mercy of the Islamists (as in "facing East"), then you've had a weak moment.

The nub of the issue could be summed up in my lack of belief in a chunk of Reform UK's members of the BNP-ish tendency; hence I remain a Conservative Party member.

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