Reform Party Plan Huge Election Campaign and 10,000 Back Boris
Reform Party Plan Huge Election Campaign and 10,000 Back Boris
Richard Tice's pledge could have big impact on next election.
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Reform Plan Major Campaign
The next Conservative Leader faces a major election challenge from the Reform Party.
Reform UK’s Leader Richard Tice had previously pledged that the party would be standing a large number of candidates at the next General Election and would not stand down candidates as the Brexit Party did at the 2019 vote.
When it comes to the Tory leadership contest between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, Reform Leader Richard Tice has told the Brexiteer Bulletin that: “Reform UK is ambivalent which Tory candidate wins. Neither will make the bold reforms needed to make Britain great again.”
With a call to do Brexit properly, zero tolerance immigration policies, scrapping Net Zero and cutting taxes, Tice has reiterated: “These reforms are essential and this is why we are still definitely standing 600 candidates, come what may.”
600 General Election candidates would be more than double the 275 the Brexit Party stood at the last election.
And of course Brexit candidates were stood down in every Conservative-held constituency in a huge boost for Boris Johnson that helped the Tories secure a big majority.
Come the next General Election it seems Conservative MPs will face a challenge from the Reform Party rather than being given a free run. Something else for Conservatives to ponder during this leadership campaign.
Pro-Boris Petition Grows
The furore surrounding the future of Boris Johnson continues to swirl.
As of this morning the Conservative Post report that some 10,000 Tory members have signed the petition to get Boris on the leadership ballot.
The campaign has picked up steam over the weekend and isn’t going away.
Not ideal for Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak who will both be trying to build campaign momentum at tonight’s BBC TV debate.