What a week! Firstly a very warm welcome to the thousands of you who have just joined the Reform UK family. It is great to have you with us. 

We are the party on the up, with a strong belief that we can make Britain great. There is so much potential but we are being badly let down by weak political leadership and poor management. We are the only party putting forward bold radical solutions to the challenges in front of us. 

The acclamation of the Prime Minister by some 160 people, with no electoral mandate from anybody, having been rejected by his party members just a few weeks previously, is an affront to democracy at every level. He should call a general election but instead he appears likely to impose brutal austerity upon us, thus increasing the chances of a deep recession. This is totally unnecessary and self inflicted in many ways.

 

Firstly, the cause of the market turmoil and Establishment panic was the flawed and unlimited energy price subsidy scheme designed by the Tories, which may cost £100 billion plus over 18-24 months. I gave them our Reform UK energy plan, which would have avoided this mess. They chose to ignore it. Our plan put the cost on the UK energy producers, not the taxpayer. Take a look at our plan on our website. This is still possible and would transform the finances that are concerning markets. 

 

Secondly, the Tories have allowed an explosion of wasteful government spending in recent years. As every household and business is looking at budgets looking to save £5 in £100, so every government, local authority and quango should be doing the same. This would amount to £50 billion plus and would pay for the tax cuts needed for the lowest paid and small businesses which would generate higher growth, with the greatest multiplier effect as it is bottom up not trickle down. Yet no mention of these savings is proposed by the Government. 

Thirdly the Government insists on continuing the obsession with Westminster’s Net Zero which is making us Net Poorer. There is over £1 trillion of energy treasure under our feet, owned by us all. This would transform our finances and provide cheap energy to make our industries much more competitive and save us all cash! Yet Westminster does not want to access this treasure. 

We will be ready for a general election whenever it comes and have some 500 candidates already, but welcome many more; we aim to stand over 600 across the UK.                                                                                                                             

With your help, we can surprise everyone. The other parties ignore us at their peril. 

Thanks for your support, and do spread the word. It’s time for Reform!