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The British Reform Party, led by Nigel Farage, said that the number of its members exceeded the number of members of the Conservative Party for the first time, in a sign of the growing momentum of the modernized populist party that has only five representatives in Parliament.
repair The party had more than 132,000 members on Thursday morning, according to the party's live online tally, surpassing the Conservative Party's 131,860 members at the time Kemi Badenoch was elected as opposition leader last month.
Farage He sought to capitalize on the Conservatives' general election defeat at the hands of Labor in July, telling a news conference this month that the Conservative brand was “broken”.
“This is a huge, historic moment,” Farage said on Thursday. “The smallest political party in British politics has just overtaken the world's oldest political party. Reform in the UK is now the real opposition.
The Reform Party won five MPs in the election, and received a further boost earlier in December when Farage met Elon Musk in the US. The tech billionaire was, too, Farage said Consider donating to the repair.
Farage has sought to strengthen the reform campaign on the ground by expanding his membership across large swaths of the UK where he already has some support, including Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Wales.
The party has been frank about its plans to emulate the electoral tactics used by the Liberal Democrats, who typically target fewer seats in local and national elections, and sharpen their messaging and political platforms for voters in those areas.
The Islah Party is trying to find thousands of supporters who want to poll and collect data for the party, as well as run as advisors in next year’s local elections.
The party hopes to win hundreds of council seats in local elections in May, in addition to at least one mayor.
