{"id":138730,"date":"2024-09-20T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/20\/reform-uks-trump-style-rally-fires-up-new-members\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T15:00:20","slug":"reform-uks-trump-style-rally-fires-up-new-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/20\/reform-uks-trump-style-rally-fires-up-new-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform UK\u2019s Trump-style rally fires up new members"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With a giant Union Jack flag draped above his head, Nigel Farage received a hero\u2019s welcome as he arrived at Reform UK\u2019s conference in Birmingham on Friday.<\/p>\n

A brief wave to the crowd, and the Reform leader disappeared behind a bus emblazoned with large red ticks, alongside three of his party’s main aims.<\/p>\n

\u201cSlash immigration. Slash the cost of living. Boost wages.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rock-and-roll entrance music for speakers and the \u201cLet\u2019s Make Britain Great\u201d baseball caps on show are reminiscent of a Donald Trump rally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Some of the rhetoric feels familiar too. Like many speakers, Ann Widdecombe – a former Tory MP – says the government must \u201ccontrol our borders\u201d.<\/p>\n

It if doesn\u2019t do that, \u201cwe will do it the day Nigel Farage enters 10 Downing Street\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n

The audience lapped it up, cheering and shouting “shame” at any mention of Labour or Conservative politicians.<\/p>\n

With 4,000 activists expected to attended, this conference is ambitious in scope.<\/p>\n

It is Reform UK\u2019s first since it gained five MPs in July\u2019s general election, giving it a foothold in Parliament.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a celebration of these new MPs – and a meet-and-greet for the many new members the party has attracted since Farage returned as leader during the general election campaign.<\/p>\n

One party source told me he\u2019s not entirely sure who\u2019s going to show up this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Anita Tolgyesi Stanley said she may run to be a Reform UK councillor<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The party says it now has 80,000 members – and I spoke to dozens who said they\u2019d recently joined, as they entered the conference hall.<\/p>\n

Lee Frost and Kenneth Frost, a father and son from Kent, said they joined the party last week.<\/p>\n

Lee Frost said the Conservative government \u201cdidn\u2019t perform the way they should have done\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI voted for them quite a few times. I\u2019d rather give Reform a chance. Immigration is going to get worse and worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anita Tolgyesi Stanley said she joined the party a few weeks ago \u201cbecause I was so disillusioned with local politics in Wolverhampton, I thought I\u2019d get involved and do a little bit to help\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said she may stand as a councillor in next year\u2019s local elections, \u201cso I\u2019m coming here to see what training was available\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only a snapshot of the new Reform UK membership intake.<\/p>\n

But its gives a sense of who\u2019s interested in the party, as it seeks to professionalise and build a base of dedicated activists.<\/p>\n

Reform UK will want to encourage many more to pay its \u00a325 membership fee to match its political rivals, and expand its electoral footprint.<\/p>\n

The works starts here in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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