UNITED KINGDOM: Reform Party becomes second largest, overtakes Conservatives for the first time ever
For the first time, the Reform UK Party has surpassed the oldest political party in membership numbers, becoming the second largest party in the UK. Reform UK now has more members than the 131,680 Conservative base.
Reform UK had merely 40,000 members in June, when Farage returned as its leader.
The Conservative Party has also seen “a number of significant Conservative defections to its ranks.” That’s because the Conservatives went too far left under the misguided idea that it would gain support from more centrist liberals. The left has become so radical and woke that many Western voters are finally waking up to the fact that Western countries are losing their freedoms, its collective common sense, and the rule of law.
There’s still a long way to go in Britain. Labour membership was at 366,604 in March 2024; since then, however, its leader Keir Starmer has become “more unpopular after five months than any other PM in over 40 years.”
WATCH: ‘Trump effect’: Reform UK overtakes Tories in membership numbers
“Reform membership overtakes Conservative Party membership for first time,” by Millie Cooke, Independent, December 26, 2024:
Membership of Reform UK has surpassed that of the Conservatives, Nigel Farage’s party has claimed, making it the second-largest political party in the UK.
A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservative Party during its leadership election earlier this year.
Mr Farage said it was a “historic moment”, as he posted on X: “The youngest political party in British politics has just overtaken the oldest political party in the world.
“Reform UK are now the real opposition.”…
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