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Please read: It was a tough decision for me to leave Reform in February because I was elected under the Reform banner and I had a lot of friends within the party at the time, but I simply couldn't stay in it any longer. I backed Reform until the day Restore Britain launched as a political party because I saw them as the only viable vehicle at getting this country somewhat back, but now that's now totally changed. It is much deeper than just jumping ship, a lot happened behind the scenes that I have chosen not to talk about very much online. Reform locally treated me like crap and it felt awful to be a part of towards the end in all honesty. I would like everyone to know that my by-election campaign in Milton was managed by me, funded by me, and because the local branch thought I was going to lose, I was abandoned at my count being the only one from my party there to see the results come in. I know other councillors from opposition parties can vouch for me because they were there. When I told the branch chairman that I had won, he said on the phone that it was bad news and I shouldn't talk to anyone about it, and to others in the branch that it was "the worst thing that could ever happen". The party made me stand in Canterbury City at KCC rather than in my home town because the area they put me in was the hardest to win seat in the whole of Kent for Reform. I still tried my hardest to show my dedication to the party achieving 2nd place in an area which I didn't even live in, but none of the work was appreciated. I was given the campaign manager role on the local branch but ultimately everything I proposed was rarely taken on board, and they instead had me on it just to shut me up. The work I've done in Milton was criticised by the Reform branch, because I work with Tony and campaign for issues which some branch members disagreed with personally. I didn't think it would be fair for the local branch to take the credit for my work locally when they fundamentally disagree with what I'm doing, what I believe in, and who I am. The Reform Branch saw me as young and a threat to their personal agendas, which I still can't quite work out why. I tried to help out and support the party as much as I could, but in the end it was just becoming so tiresome. This was my first introduction into real politics. As I hope you can imagine, for an 18/19 year old, it was a lot to take in. But it's built me to be a principled man with a tough shell that won't abandon his principles. I have pretty much been a one-man band since getting elected, and more so now than ever. I have been juggling my council work, my personal life, and of course the politics all at once, and I will continue to do so because it's what I believe in. Not for party, but because I genuinely love Milton Regis and want to carry on it's historical legacy and support my home. Reform have no clue what they are actually going to do when they get into power, as proven by the lack of action by Reform County Councillors locally. They have no vision for what they want the local area to look like, unlike myself and my Restore branch. Reform ultimately operates like a mafia and only care about having power so they can get all their friends in high places - I have seen this first hand. I've chosen not talk about my experiences in Reform very much because I don't want to be bogged down in spats, however, I see that regardless of the hard work I'm trying to do, people fail to see the bigger picture. I know it is hard for some people to understand, why would I jump from the biggest party in the country, that I helped grow locally, to a start-up party. But this is because I know Restore Britain has potential and won't fall back into the same political machine that is Reform now. They are different and want a different type of politics. I back their vision for this country and the policy papers they've created. I want to campaign and represent what I believe in rather than just stay in a party because it might win - this is the problem with politics, it's all about winning, so people get easily distracted from what actually needs to be done, I am not one of those people.