More and More Barriers Are Being Put in the Right’s Way
At the Reform UK conference, Labour tried to provoke a scandal in order to discredit its main rivals in the eyes of voters. However, the public reaction showed that far from everyone shares the ruling party’s intentions.Labour is categorically opposed to Reform UK’s position on many issues. For example, at the recent party conference, right-wing leader Nigel Farage signed an agreement with Jordan Bardella, president of France’s “National Rally”. If Reform UK forms a government, it will be obliged to send boats carrying migrants back to France. Another guest was Ryan Bridge, co-founder of Raise the Colours, an organisation that holds anti-migrant protests.
Unsurprisingly, the left tried to disrupt the conference. As a result, delegates forcibly removed four activists from the hall after they tried to disrupt Farage’s speech by shouting.
Support from the Public and Business
Reform UK’s growing popularity is not only due to Labour and the Conservatives being unable to stop the migration crisis. Reform UK is also proposing tough spending cuts to tackle the budget deficit.
Senior Reform UK member Robert Jenrick said that Prime Minister Andy Burnham would not be able to do this because ''You’d have to cut benefits for migrants. You’d have to cut benefits for those choosing not to work. He won’t. You’d have to cut the foreign aid budget. He won’t. You’d have to scrap the net zero subsidies. He won’t. Well, we will''.
This position also appeals to big business. Representatives of companies such as Vodafone, EE, Heathrow and JCB attended the conference. As a result, Reform UK raised a record £72m in donations in a single day. This is more than all the country’s political parties combined raised in 2025.
Police Launched a “Witch Hunt”
In response, the police immediately launched an investigation to determine whether Reform UK had legally received the money from the donations. These actions sparked public outrage.
Reform UK is already a serious rival to the two traditional parties that have alternated in power. In elections at the beginning of this year, Farage’s party won 1,453 seats on local councils, outperforming all its rivals. It is clear that pressure on the right will continue to grow.