In a game-changing political shift Dame Andrea Jenkyns left her long-time Conservative party home joining Reform UK (a decision that shocked many political watchers)
The truth is undeniable – the ship is sinking and perhaps sadly beyond salvage‚ but enough is enough; its time to step aboard a movement with vision and purpose
The ex-education minister who represented her constituency for about 9 years lost her Leeds South West seat earlier this year. Nigel Farage Reform UKs leader picked her as the partys candidate for Greater Lincolnshires may-2025 mayoral race
Speaking on Daily T podcast Dame Andrea explained her choice: she felt let-down by recent party decisions especially about Brexit-related laws. The former MP who was part of the famous “Spartan“ group that stood against Mrs Mays EU deals became dis-satisfied with current leadership
Reform UK hit a major mile-stone this week reaching 100k members – getting close to Tories who had around 130k voters in their nov-2024 leadership contest. The party plans some big-scale changes including:
- Re-organizing internal structure
- Starting nation-wide leaflet campaign
- Building broader voter coalition
- Creating professional campaign system
Farage shared his thoughts about taking lessons from across-the-pond saying “Iʼve seen what professionalising the campaign does for Trump it was a big success and thats what Im going to do“. He stressed that Reform UK wont be a one-person show but rather a broad-based movement