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Reform just scooped up 20 Tory councillors – and it’s a disaster for all of us

In one morning, twenty Tory councillors have defected to Reform during the third day of the Conservative Party conference. It seems its attempts to appease the far-right are causing it to sink faster than the Titanic.

Reform vs Tories

At this point, the only difference between Reform and the Tories is the shade of blue – and there’s not even much difference there.

Reform seems to be hell-bent on destroying Britain, but at least they can spell it.

Cosying up to the far-right

The Tories were obviously not quite racist enough for the defectors. But they are proving that they are closer to the far-right than any other party.

But Badenoch’s popularity is slowly fading into the periphery. Give it a year, and she will be on I’m a Celeb in an attempt to claw back a shred of relevance.

At least Reform is recycling the Tories. Zack Polanski will be impressed.

Sound the alarms over Reform

On a serious note, though, we should be worried. Reform is managing to grow a strong, local base across England.

It’s the exact same establishment that has been torturing us for the last 14 years. But now, Reform is mixing in a large and dangerous dose of Trump-esque fascism, which is the last thing the UK needs.

Farage’s Reform is attempting to appeal to working-class voters with his derogatory anti-immigration rhetoric.

But using migrants as scapegoats for the problems that the rich and powerful have caused is going to blow up in his face. Because once he’s finished deporting everyone who isn’t white and British, public services will inevitably collapse. Then who will he blame?

Where is Your Party?

So amid this Tory-Reform defecting commotion, people might rightly be asking, where is Your Party when you need them?

As Reform elected numbers swell like a nasty boil, Your Party is getting… a book:

That’s right, the nameless not-even-a-party-yet will join the shelves in print before it even makes it to its November conference. Priorities and all that.

As local supporters across the country gather for meetings and show their appetite to organise, now is the moment for Your Party to step up, and bloody well hurry up about it too. Because Reform sure as hell isn’t waiting around. And when it comes to halting the growing tide of fascism, there’s no time to waste.

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By HG

This post was originally published on Canary.