It is structured like a company, with Nigel Farage as the dominant shareholder. Yet he is not its head. It is a rightwing party whose leader is on record as saying the Conservatives deserve to be “destroyed” at the polls, deriding the Tories as socialists. Who are the people behind Reform UK and how do they want to change British politics?
The Guardian’s political correspondent, Ben Quinn, explains how Reform was founded out of the ashes of the Brexit party. He explains how its leader, Richard Tice, has called Reform the party of common sense, which wants to see “one in, one out” immigration.
Nosheen Iqbal hears why the party has promised it will not hold back in its pursuit of Tory voters and explores how Reform’s ultimate goal is to bring the Conservatives down, before transforming the party in its image. So how worried should Rishi Sunak be – and can Reform really change the British political landscape?
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