STOP REFORM
REFORM IS NOT THE REVOLUTION.
It is the establishment in a new colour.
FORMER TORIES. HUGE MONEY. CAREER POLITICS. DIVIDE AND ANGER.
That is the objection. The evidence is below.
“I understand the anger with Labour and the Conservatives. I share it. But Reform is not the answer. It is the same establishment in a new colour. We need local independent MPs, not another party machine.”
REFORM IS THE ESTABLISHMENT.
Reform asks you to reject the old political class. Then look at who it sends to Parliament: five former Conservative MPs, one former Conservative member and one former Conservative parliamentary candidate. New badge. Familiar political class.
MPs, ministers, members and candidates.
5 former Tory MPs + 1 former Tory member + 1 former Tory candidate = all 7 current Reform MPs with a Conservative background.
Lee Anderson
Conservative MP from 2019, former Conservative deputy chairman, then Reform.
Parliament recordDanny Kruger
Conservative MP from 2019 until he joined Reform in September 2025.
Parliament recordRobert Jenrick
Conservative MP since 2014, former cabinet minister and shadow justice secretary, joined Reform in January 2026.
Parliament recordAndrew Rosindell
Conservative MP from 2001 until his Reform defection in January 2026.
Parliament recordSuella Braverman
Conservative MP from 2015, twice Home Secretary, joined Reform in January 2026.
Parliament recordRichard Tice
Tice says on his own website that he was a Conservative member for much of his adult life until April 2019.
His own biographySarah Pochin
Stood for the Conservatives in Bolton South East at the 2017 general election before later becoming a Reform MP.
2017 election recordHE SAYS HE FIGHTS THE ESTABLISHMENT. HE IS THE ESTABLISHMENT.
This is not the CV. This is the point: a wealthy, long-established political figure surrounded by big money, wealthy backers and expensive travel, selling himself as the outsider.
Reported property portfolio
Land Registry-based reporting says Farage and his partner own at least five homes across Surrey, Essex and Kent. Source
Not exactly outside the elite
The same reporting describes a mortgage-free portfolio worth more than £4m. Farage disputes suggestions that his declarations breached the rules.
Donor-linked Maldives trip
A 2026 trip was made on a private jet reported to be linked to mega-donor Christopher Harborne. Reform said the funding would be declared. Source
Personal gift
From Christopher Harborne, separately from Harborne’s multi-million-pound donations to Reform. The gift itself has not been found illegal.
Outside earnings interests
Approximate aggregate across 16 registered employment and earnings interests before Farage left the Commons.
Late-registration breaches
The Commissioner found 17 late registrations. They were found to be inadvertent. Farage accepted responsibility and apologised.
£15M TO REFORM. £5M PERSONALLY TO FARAGE.
Christopher Harborne is not just another donor. Electoral Commission records show £15m to Reform across three huge donations in 2025 and 2026. Separately, he gave Nigel Farage a £5m personal gift.
TO THE CONSERVATIVES
Four donations in 2022.
PERSONAL GIFT TO FARAGE
Separate from the party donations. Harborne says the gift was unconditional.
TO REFORM
£9m, £3m and £3m across 2025 and 2026.
WHO FUNDS REFORM?
Largest accepted donor totals shown in current-Parliament data collated from Electoral Commission records, through March 2026. Duplicate name variants are combined where obvious.
Source: Electoral Commission data collated by MPData. Open the donor data.
THE MAN BEHIND THE BIGGEST CHEQUES.
A British-born, Thailand-based billionaire investor with major crypto, aviation and defence interests. He has funded both the Conservatives and Reform, and personally gave Farage £5m.
Tether and Bitfinex
Reported to hold a significant minority stake in Tether and a stake in Bitfinex.
To Reform
Official Electoral Commission records show three huge donations across 2025 and 2026.
To Farage personally
A separate personal gift, not a party donation.
Previously to the Tories
Four Conservative Party donations in 2022.
Open Harborne’s Electoral Commission records Who is Christopher Harborne?
GIFT. INVESTIGATION. RESIGNATION. INVESTIGATION PAUSED.
No life story. Just the sequence that matters.
£5m personal gift
Christopher Harborne gives Farage £5m. Harborne says it was unconditional.
Standards investigation opened
Parliament records an investigation concerning an alleged failure to register an interest.
Farage ceases to be an MP
His Commons membership ends.
Investigation suspended
The Commissioner’s page records the investigation as suspended after he ceased to be an MP.
QUIT AND TRIGGER A BY-ELECTION?
SIT THAT ELECTION OUT.If an MP voluntarily leaves their seat and causes a by-election, they should not be allowed to stand in the by-election they created.
UNDER INVESTIGATION?
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.Leaving Parliament should not suspend an open standards investigation. It should continue to a conclusion and the findings should be published.
LEAVE BEFORE THE FINDINGS?
NO IMMEDIATE RETURN.If an MP leaves while under investigation, they should not be eligible to return to Parliament until that investigation is complete and its findings are public.
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE ALLOWED TO RESIGN. You should not be allowed to use resignation to escape scrutiny.
16 REGISTERED EARNINGS INTERESTS. ABOUT £1.75M DECLARED.
Not 16 simultaneous jobs. The accurate figure is 16 registered employment and earnings interests, with about £1.753m declared across those entries. For an MP paid to represent Clacton, outside earnings on that scale deserve attention.
Employment and earnings interests
MPData aggregation of entries sourced from the parliamentary register.
Declared across those interests
Aggregated value shown by MPData before Farage left the Commons.
Gold promotion payment
ITV reported a Direct Bullion payment for up to 12 hours of work over three months, about £22,500 an hour.
REAL PROBLEM. POLITICAL WEAPON.
Small boat crossings are real and serious. Our objection is the politics: repeat the image, amplify the fear, create an enemy, harvest the anger. Headlines are not a solution.
Make the problem feel permanent
Keep the public focused on the threat.
Turn frustration into blame
An us-versus-them story is politically powerful.
Repeat the confrontation
Conflict gets attention. Attention gets votes.
Judge delivery, not theatre
The question is what actually reduces crossings lawfully and sustainably.
POLARISATION IS THE PRODUCT.
Take a real grievance. Find an enemy. Turn it into us versus them. Keep people angry. Keep the cameras watching.
A country cannot fix its problems if politics depends on keeping people furious with each other.
Start with something people are genuinely worried about.
Turn a policy problem into a fight between groups.
Conflict creates attention. Attention creates political power.
LESS SLOGAN. MORE RECEIPTS.
Late registrations
Parliamentary Commissioner finding. Inadvertent breaches. Farage apologised.
Average recent by-election cost
Government benchmark, not the confirmed Clacton bill. His resignation triggered another election.
Original Reform MPs
Only Tice and Anderson remain continuously sitting Reform MPs from the five elected in 2024.
Kent council tax
Increase approved for 2026/27 under Reform control. Compare promises with delivery.
THE FIVE ELECTED IN 2024. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
Nigel Farage
Resigned his Clacton seat in July 2026.
Seat resignedPreviously a Conservative Party member before leaving in 1992.Richard Tice
Still a Reform MP.
Still ReformFormer Conservative Party member.Lee Anderson
Still a Reform MP.
Still ReformFormer Conservative MP and deputy chairman.Rupert Lowe
Left Reform and now leads Restore Britain.
Left ReformNot one of Reform’s former Conservative MPs. His published political history includes the Referendum Party, Brexit Party and Reform.James McMurdock
Left the Reform whip.
Left ReformNot one of Reform’s former Conservative MPs. ITV corrected a Labour advert that wrongly called him Conservative.DON’T TRUST US. OPEN THE RECORDS.
Do not take our word for it. Open the records.
Open source list
Our rule: donation does not mean corruption. Investigation does not mean guilt. A political defection is not proof of dishonesty. But money, background, outside earnings, resignations and delivery are all legitimate subjects for public scrutiny.