Reform UK now has extra members than the Conservative Occasion and is “the real opposition”, Nigel Farage has mentioned.
Based on a digital counter on the occasion’s web site, Reform UK had gone previous 131,690 members – the quantity the Conservative Occasion declared earlier than its management election within the autumn – simply earlier than noon on Boxing Day.
Mr Farage, occasion chief and MP for Clacton-on-Sea, hailed the “historic moment” and mentioned on X: “The youngest political party in British politics has just overtaken the oldest political party in the world.
“Reform UK are actually the true opposition.”
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The occasion additionally shared a video of the membership tracker being projected on to the Conservative Occasion headquarters in London in a single day.
Zia Yusuf, occasion chairman, additionally mentioned “history has been made today” and that the Tories’ “centuries-long stranglehold on the centre-right of British politics” has “finally been broken”.
“Nigel Farage will be the next prime minister, and will return Britain to greatness,” he added.
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Nigel Farage mentioned Reform UK is ‘now the true opposition’ after the ‘historic second’.
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The Conservative occasion membership determine – shared after Kemi Badenoch was introduced as the brand new chief on 2 November – was the bottom on report and a drop from the 2022 management contest, when there have been round 172,000 members.
In response, a Conservative Occasion spokesman mentioned: “Reform has delivered a Labour Government that has cruelly cut winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners, put the future of family farming and food security at risk, and launched a devastating raid on jobs which will leave working people paying the price.
“A vote for Reform this coming Could is a vote for a Labour council – solely the Conservatives can cease this.”
Based on analysis from the Home of Commons Library, there is no such thing as a uniformly recognised definition of occasion membership and no established technique or physique to watch the variety of members every political group has.
Reform UK was additionally initially arrange as a restricted firm, however Mr Farage mentioned he would change the occasion’s construction to be member-owned in September.
It comes after Mr Farage provided to assist Lord Mandelson, the brand new ambassador to the US, negotiate with president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
An extended-time affiliate of Mr Trump, he has been seen at a number of Republican occasions throughout and after the presidential election.
