Reform UK's chronicles

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by jem

No Seph is quite right, doing well in the local elections could actually prove to be disastrous for Reform in the long term.

The other side of the coin is that Reform UK will gain experience of being in power so will govern more competently than they have done to date in Kent, etc.

https://archive.ph/qFoR4

Triple lock on pensions is open to debate, says Nigel Farage

The Reform UK leader refuses to commit to keeping the policy if he gets into power, despite Robert Jenrick saying he supports it

Reform UK is not yet committed to keeping the triple lock on pensions if it wins power, Nigel Farage has said, despite the party’s new Treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick, saying he is a “supporter” of the policy.

Jenrick said he backed the triple lock, which raises pensions payments by the highest of inflation, earnings or 2.5 per cent.

“I’ve always been a supporter of the triple lock. It’s incredibly important to provide dignity and security to older people on fixed incomes in the last decades of their life, particularly at a time like this where there’s such challenging circumstances with the cost of living,” Jenrick said at a press conference in London on Wednesday, his first as the party’s Treasury spokesman.

Shortly afterwards, Farage appeared to question whether the policy would form part of Reform’s election manifesto, saying it was still “open for debate”. The party leader has consistently refused to commit to keeping the pensions triple lock if he got into power.

When asked whether he had changed his mind, he replied: “No, I haven’t changed my mind. It’s open for debate. Everything is open for debate.”

[1andrew1]

I'm with Farage on this.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I'm with Farage on this.

The first defection from the MRLP

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics...fice-js7f750cr

Reform MP refuses to vacate constituency office after defecting

A former Conservative MP is locked in a battle with his old party over the use of his constituency office.

Andrew Rosindell, who defected to Reform UK last month, is in dispute with the Tories over the use of Margaret Thatcher House, his office in his Romford constituency. The property is owned in trust by the Conservatives but Rosindell is refusing to vacate, Politico reported.

Rosindell, who was a shadow Foreign Office minister under Kemi Badenoch, announced his defection days after Robert Jenrick abandoned the Tories. Jenrick was sacked by Badenoch after she learnt of his plans to defect.

Rosindell announced his defection on X and said that the main reason for his departure was his opposition to the handover of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The Romford Conservative Association has been put into special measures after Rosindell’s defection was followed by a number of local councillors. The measures are to ensure “good governance and protect party assets”, Conservative Campaign Headquarters said.

It added: “As the property is held in trust for the Conservative Party and its members, the association is currently seeking clarification from Mr Rosindell for the legal basis on which he continues to occupy Margaret Thatcher House. This is a procedural matter concerning property governance, and we will not comment further while correspondence is ongoing.”

It is understood that the dispute centres on the terms of the rental agreement given that the property is his constituency office as an MP. The property, on Western Road, is a local hub for Conservative party operations and constituent services in the Havering area. It has previously had union flags, the St George’s Cross and blue posters for Rosindell outside it

The first comment from a Times reader was amusing (imho)…

He wants to leave and keep the benefits of remaining