In an official Facebook post, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has set a deadline for parliamentary defectors—and elected representatives from local authorities—to join his party.
Farage stated:
After Deadline Day passes, the door will close for current and former MPs, as well as local councillors. Now is the time to decide: do you want to go down with the failed politics of the past, or go forward with Reform UK—the party of hope, optimism and change?
“Reform is not a rescue charity for every panicky Tory MP. There has to be a benefit for us in any defection. What could they add to our movement? Will they be hard workers? Do they truly believe in Reform’s fundamental values of Family, Community and Country?,” he added.
The statement follows the announcement that erstwhile Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick MP has crossed the floor to join Britain’s poll-topping populist sovereigntist party. Critics of this move are concerned that an influx of failed Tory politicians could taint Farage’s opposition movement.
