Reform UK councillors Resign in protest over Farage

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-11 12:01:05 | Updated at 2025-01-11 14:47:17 3 hours ago

Reform UK councillors Resign in protest over Farage
BBC ^ | Jan 11 | BBC

Posted on 01/11/2025 3:41:52 AM PST by RandFan

Ten Reform UK councillors in Derbyshire say they have resigned in protest over Nigel Farage's leadership.

The group said Reform was being run in an "increasingly autocratic manner" and "has lost its sense of direction" since Farage took over as leader last June.

But Farage told BBC Newsnight the councillors who had quit were put forward by a "rogue branch" of the party and that "none of them passed vetting".

The Clacton MP also said he and Elon Musk had patched up their relationship after the tech billionaire posted on the X social media platform that Reform needed a new leader.

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Anyway, Nigel will be heading off for the inauguration so hopefully he will patch things up with Elon Musk!

1 posted on 01/11/2025 3:41:52 AM PST by RandFan

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