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11 Tory MPs on defection watch list over fears more could join Farage’s Reform (www.independent.co.uk)
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The watch list, drawn up before Mr Jenrick’s defection, and seen by The Independent, includes former ministers and veteran MPs Suella Braverman, Sir John Hayes, Mark Francois, Esther McVey, Andrew Rosindell and Sir Desmond Swayne.

Also included on the list are MPs from the 2024 intake – Katie Lam, Bradley Thomas and Lewis Cocking, as well as shadow ministers Matt Vickers and Joy Morrissey.

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[–] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So basically Reform are just becoming Conservative 2.0 but with more racism and sucking up to Putin/Trump

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    More that the Conservatives have been moving towards UKIP/Reform (functionally the same thing) for the last 5-10 years, so it's only a short hop to whoever seems like they'll be more popular this year.

    But yeah, Reform really likes to focus on that pro-Trump, pro-Putin, pro-paedophile, pro-racist agenda.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    @fakeman_pretendname @Corporal_Punishment the post-Farage UKIP seems to have gone the way of the BNP, while Reform is pretending to perform respectability politics (although isn't that far off the old BNP either). I almost miss Nick Griffin. At least fewer people swallowed his bullshit.

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