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Chris Hossack's avatar

Whilst its a new small party and the conservatives have decades of history in standing candidates, it has a fantastic media profile at the moment, something that an even smaller party such as the SDP would be envious of. To put so few candidates for at the locals suggests they are not capitalising on their high profile, although momentum takes a while to build

Paul Cassidy's avatar

A rather unfair criticism of Reform. What is remarkable is how much it has achieved, particularly in getting the attention of so many disillusioned Conservatives that it is within touching distance in the polls, with so few resources and no infrastructure.

A minimis incipe! (To quote my school motto).

Tychon's avatar

While I am sympathetic to virtually all of the arguments made here, I believe there is an element of putting the cart before the horse here. In my view it is only amidst the ashes of the Tory party that Reform will be able to truly build up a ground game. It also needs Farage.

Ken Worthy's avatar

This article is ridiculous. ReformUK is a very small party. It doesn't have the resources for a nationwide campaign. The only way it can grow is by campaigning as much as it can, where it can.

Martin T's avatar

I think it is a sincere plea to Reform to raise its game to be taken seriously. I know it’s a small party with a media presence bigger than its ground presence, but the other parties and the media have a strong interest in keeping it as a small party.