Money cannot buy character, standards or competence. Problem after problem after problem. This is what Reform is.
Earlier this year I said Nigel Farage was doing my spring cleaning. He took a large number of very problematic people from the Conservatives. Reform is where they belong.
People are innocent until proven guilty. But just look at the pattern. Reform’s former Welsh leader is in prison for taking Russian bribes. His successor has now resigned after being arrested. Robert Jenrick is under investigation over allegedly impermissible donations. Richard Tice’s company is linked to donations being investigated by police. Reform itself faces a criminal investigation after the Channel 4 expose where we watched them openly brag about dodging the rules. It goes on and on and it will never stop.
The difference between Conservatives and Reform is not just policy. It is character, conduct and standards. We care about these things and they don’t.