Ex-Tory (22 years) โ†’ Reform UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Resigned to deliver real change: secure borders, lower taxes, #ITFC . No more betrayal. Time to fix Britain! #ReformUK

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Joined September 2025
To my fellow Reform UK members and supporters. The pressure is real. Every other political party and much of the establishment media are throwing everything they have at us. Our outer armour is taking a battering โ€” and thatโ€™s exactly what happens when youโ€™re the real threat. But underneath that armour, something far stronger is being built. Dedicated people across the country are working tirelessly, quietly, and with total focus, preparing Reform to govern. The policies, the people, the organisation โ€” itโ€™s all taking shape. When the moment comes, we wonโ€™t just be ready. Weโ€™ll be stronger for everything weโ€™ve faced. We will win.
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Andrew James retweeted
Replying to @bernardjenkin
People in glass houses Sir Bernard, (especially you of all people โ€ฆ) imagine the Tories being put in charge again - what if the whole country was run like this!! โฌ‡๏ธ Tory councillor โ€˜drugged his wife and let men rape herโ€™, court told telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10โ€ฆ
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Hey @miriam_cates What did you spend ยฃ44,500 on in the year 2024 that you classify as miscellaneous? Asking for a nation of pensioners who have to live on a just over a quarter of that in a year.
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๐Ÿšจ LIB DEM COUNCILLOR CHARGED WITH THREATS TO KILL Tim Caswell, 66.. a Bedford Borough councillor and speaker of the council has been charged with: ๐Ÿšจ Making threats to kill. ๐Ÿšจ Possessing an offensive weapon. ๐Ÿšจ Threatening to damage or destroy property. Armed police responded to the incident in Bedford. Caswell has pleaded not guilty to all three charges, but has been remanded in custody. Remind me not to get vetting advice from the Lib Dems. ๐Ÿฅด
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SPOONS & THE POPPY SAGA. So this morning Wetherspoons have done a bizarre statement that tries to retrospectively say they were concerned about a local protest. But the video evidence is clear as day. The security / manager specifically said if they remove the poppy they are allowed in. So this isnโ€™t to do with the men, their behaviour nor a protest. This was specifically about the poppy. We all know Tim Martin (Spoons owner) is a patriot and would not support a poppy ban. We also know spoons nationwide sell the poppy. But someone at this spoons branch in Gosport made a huge error. Iโ€™m told, by a staff member at Gosport spoons, that the manager in question identifies as a they/them and goes by a female name and made derogatory comments towards the men wearing poppies. Maybe that has something to do with it? Either way I personally think spoons need to come out and apologise on behalf of their branch. Take action against the manager. Maybe as a goodwill rename the pub โ€˜the poppyโ€™ - that would be a nice gesture wouldnโ€™t it.
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Lots of positive comments from all the right people on here. Lots of silence from the Kemi Cheerleaders who backed the wrong horse
We are ready and waiting to turn the economy around ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿš€
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These measures will unleash Britainโ€™s potential, remove the barriers to growth, create new jobs and get our economy moving again. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
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"Reform's alternative budget released today includes many proposals that will finally get Britain's economy growing again. Abolishing the Energy Profits Levy will play a crucial role in ensuring the country's energy security, which a recent ASI index ranked below Romania and Ukraine. Windfall taxes undermine the incentive on firms to be ready to drill when prices are high: without them, the UK's domestic energy supply will be far more secure, and the country will be less vulnerable to price hikes and energy crises. It will also lower electricity costs at a time of eye-wateringly high energy prices, which will cost the average family an extra ยฃ206 in the coming year. The alternative budget's proposals will also give a desperately needed boost to housebuilding. Leaving the Aarhus convention, which paralyses planning reviews and raises costs for developers, will make it easier and faster to build new homes. Repealing Biodiversity Net Gain rules will also reduce costs and delays for housebuilders, 94% of which have been hit by delays due to the rule. Taken together, these changes will mean more houses are built faster and for a lower cost - which will go a long way to solving Britain's housing crisis. If done right, planning deregulation like those proposed by this alternative budget could single-handedly raise long-run GDP by 7.05% - a rise of almost ยฃ3,000 per person." - Silvia Andreoletti, Head of Communications
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Years of Tory and Labour failure have left Britain broke. Only Reform UK has a plan to cut ยฃ40bn in wasteful spending and lower your bills. โœ…
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The great thing about Reformโ€™s announced economic platform is that itโ€™s a combination of policies that each make a small bit of difference, and combined will massively improve our economy. Reform recognises the levers that need to be pulled to fix this country!
We are ready and waiting to turn the economy around ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿš€
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Great work by @RobertJenrick with a serious and deliverable @reformparty_uk growth plan
Britain is broke. And to fix it, we need to start growing again. Thatโ€™s why Reformโ€™s Economic Rescue Plan includes these 64 pro-growth measures Iโ€™d take if I were Chancellor: ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ 1. Approve Rosebank 2. Restart oil and gas licensing 3. Legalise onshore exploration 4. Abolish the Energy Profits Levy 5. Restore maximum economic extraction as the North Sea regulator's objective ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป 6. Abolish the Emissions Trading Scheme 7. Halt the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 8. Repudiate AR7 contracts for difference and scrap AR8 9. Implement the Fingleton Review on nuclear in full 10. Automatically approve French and South Korean nuclear designs ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 11. Cut affordable housing requirements on brownfield sites 12. Permitted Development Right for brownfield housing 13. Repeal Biodiversity Net Gain 14. Exit the Aarhus Convention 15. Repeal and reform the Habitats Regulations, including Nutrient Neutrality 16. End the boiler ban 17. Legalise air conditioning to meet overheating rules 18. Remove mandatory EPC improvements 19. Revoke the Future Homes Standard 20. Repeal the Renters' Rights Act ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ 21. Legislate approval for new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick 22. Auction airport landing slots 23. End 'target-consistent' carbon pricing in project evaluation 24. Ban carbon emissions considerations in planning applications 25. Fast-track all water reservoirs as nationally significant projects 26. Make Development Consent Orders a true one-stop shop 27. Restrict judicial review of ministerial planning decisions 28. Scrap Net Zero construction rules 29. Scrap the social value test in procurement 30. Lift launch limits at SaxaVord Spaceport 31. Open completed sections of East-West Rail ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 32. Review regulatory barriers to AI adoption 33. Permit on-site gas generation for data centres and industry ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ 34. Cut Employer NI back to 13.8% 35. Introduce a migrant worker levy 36. Repeal the Employment Rights Act 37. Clarify that workplace rights don't require mandatory training courses 38. Let experienced tradesmen work on government contracts without CSCS qualifications ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† 39. Review bank capital requirements to boost lending 40. Rule out Net Zero in financial regulators' remits 41. Repeal climate-related financial disclosure rules ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด 42. Scrap airport 'surface access strategies' 43. Abolish the electric vehicle mandates 44. Apply domestic GB hours to all UK HGV trips 45. Ban Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods 46. Back the M4 Relief Road 47. Move a new car's first MOT to four years 48. Abolish the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ 49. Replace GDPR with a New Zealand-style Privacy Act 50. Fully re-legalise Imperial units 51. Review all unchanged EU law 52. Automatically repeal remaining EU law in 5 years unless retained ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 53. Make quarterly Making Tax Digital reporting voluntary 54. Reduce legal obligations on SME Non-Executive Directors 55. Double permission-free event days from 28 to 56 56. Make pavement dining licences automatic and permanent 57. Let shops open until 10pm, except Sundays 58. Repeal board diversity and inclusion rules 59. Remove the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate 60. Abolish the packaging tax 61. Scrap BBC and Channel 4 priority on streaming platforms 62. Remove the Public Sector Equality Duty 63. Five-year sunset on all QUANGOs 64. Five-year sunset clause on all new regulations And there are more to come! Britainโ€™s full potential is waiting to be unleashed ๐Ÿš€
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๐ŸšจNEW: The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) has endorsed Reform UK's "alternative budget" released today, claiming their analysis shows it would "finally get Britain's economy growing again"
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Tory shadow cabinet members who were MPs in 2016 and supported Remain include Tom Tugendhat (Shadow Foreign Secretary), Chris Philp (Shadow Home Secretary), James Cartlidge (Shadow Defence Secretary), Damian Hinds (Shadow Health Secretary), Helen Whately, and Victoria Atkins. Donโ€™t believe the con artist @KemiBadenoch nothing has changed. Around 50 current Tory MPs are EU supporters
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Replying to @kevinhollinrake
This you Kev?
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Still makes me laugh. Conservative commentators, when Reform lead in over 200 polls: We are so back. This is proof we're the party of the right. Conservative commentators, when they lead in one poll: It's obvious we're the party to back. They genuinely believe they're entitled to rule, despite all their betrayals... they think 7mn voters are going to go flocking back after everything that happened. If Reform disappeared tomorrow, they'd still be lucky to get anywhere near power.
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Choppers wetting his pants with excitement ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ wow!
Wow! The temptation for the PM to call an early general election is growing ๐Ÿ‘‡
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The stark divisions within the Conservatives are already re-emerging. Copying Reformโ€™s policies is one thing; getting all your MPs behind them is quite another. Not a chance while the Gauke-ward squad claims to have the support of a third of Conservative MPs. Splits showing..
Replying to @KEdge23
I think with a forthcoming media and marketing campaign Reform U.K. will pull back. The right is cutting its nose off to spite its face. The policies are more or less identical.
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They will never change. I will never vote Conservative ever again. Never dreamed it would come to this, but they r 100% responsible for the mess we're in. My heart breaks lookin at what they've allowed London to become. They could hve turned things around. THEY CHOSE NOT TO!
Even if the Reform vote utterly collapsed and the party fell apart, I know I would not be alone in saying I would still not vote for the Conservative Party again. The so called "Kemistry" is inauthentic. She has Matt Hancock's Witch Finder General coordinating policy and writing the manifesto and Henry Newman who pushed Net Zero and statutory gender self recognition as her Chief of Staff. They have not changed.
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This back stabbing Kemi
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Britain faces โ€œeconomic disasterโ€ and the death of the family business if Labour continues to pursue โ€œanti-growthโ€ policies, the chairman of the Independent Business Network (IBN) has warned. express.co.uk/news/politics/โ€ฆ
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