Yep its absolutely a right wing version of a Trotskyist entryism plan. Once they get sufficient Tories into Reform five to ten years later Reform is in the Conservative Party and Nigel is wondering where it all went wrong.
BeardMonk1 on
Been on the cards for ages. He was very much on the fringe when i used to live there. Not a surprise to hear this. And im pretty sure he will retain that seat. Romford and that area is very strong reform country now.
Feel there will now be a run of MPs switching in the next week or so
SpottedDicknCustard on
Filling the party with Tory dregs will eventually make Reform as unpalatable at the voting booth as the Tories were in the last election.
Reform polling has already seen some slip, I expect it will continue.
thereforewhat on
Not particularly surprising considering he’s on the right side of the Tory party and his seat is probably pretty safe.
Edit: Romford is pretty right wing electorally and don’t see massive problems for him keeping the seat going forward.
Not the biggest scalp so far either. I wonder how many more we’ll see.
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Agreeable_Falcon1044 on
It is literally the most insane ones now lol. Has joy morrisey defected yet?
notleave_eu on
It’s time for One Nation Tories to take over. Go hard and clear house. The rest are just going to defect anyway.
We need more choice than reform or Labour
rustyb42 on
Who knew Reform was actually short for Reformation of the Tory Party
KitchenIcy2450 on
So has rosindell interfered with kids or beat up his ex or has been done for Corruption
The one the Police were looking into on rape allegations? And who had the whip removed by Ian Duncan Smith over his “distasteful” views on immigration that were too extreme *for the Tory Party*?
How surprising. Who could have seen that coming.
Visual-Report-2280 on
Bloke obsessed with flags and accused of sexual assault joins party of flag shaggers!
Due-Somewhere-1790 on
Wouldn’t it have been quicker for Farage to just become leader of the Conservative Party?
Forsaken_Response866 on
Somebody who joined the Tory party at the age of 14 is obviously going to be an insufferable wanker.
PartyPoison98 on
Shocker.
Have a brief flick through Rosindell’s past, a true scumbag all the way through. Was one of the MPs fiddling his expenses, admired Pinochet and Tommy Robinson, homophobic, xenophobic, and once arrested for sexual assault.
worldsofwonder98 on
The more the merrier I say. It’ll make it even harder for Farage to deny the claims that Reform are just the Tory Party or a retirement home for ex and current Tories. Give them a few more months and a few more Tory MPs and those Tories will do what Tories always do; publicly fight amongst themselves and after a public leadership blunder (maybe Farage’s relationship with Trump, will start to hemorrhage their support, or something else will), one or two may launch some sort of leadership campaign against him. Who am I kidding, they’re Tories; of course they will! Farage thinks he’s smarter than he actually is by allowing these Tories into the party, growing the number of MPs in Parliament but in reality it’ll bite him in the arse. The larger the party, the more divisions, cracks and fissures will soon start to form. Oh the dominoes are already starting to fall….
I-Am-The-Warlus on
A torie quit to join ReformUK
*pretends to be shocked*
Spamgrenade on
Conservatives were bad enough in their pure form, imagine what a shit show they’ll be spliced into Reform.
politicalthinker1212 on
This is great for labour, keep splitting the right
Soundadvicefroma on
“Rats abandon sinking ship to seek refuge in a dung-heap”
limeflavoured on
Another nail in Reform’s coffin, because it means they look like they are full of Tories and so aren’t actually different, which their voters 100% care about.
hitanthrope on
Ship of Theseus for the classically minded. Trigger’s Broom for the modern crowd.
xylophileuk on
I’m sure defecting to the pro trump camp will be very effective right now
parkway_parkway on
I’d be really down with all the loonies joining reform.
And then Rory Stewart + Alastair Campbell dream team coming in and running the Tories.
That would be an amazing twist for season 2027 of Britain: The Shit Show.
N-F-F-C on
Does this mean he’ll have to move his office from Margaret Thatcher House?
arimuGB on
I know this is a daft thing to say — and I don’t think it’s possible with Kemi at the wheel — but I actually hope this somehow leads to a return of centre-right Tories.
They weren’t my cup of tea, but seeing that party rip itself to pieces because of all the ERG/Vote Leave chancers pushing themselves up the ranks has caused so much damage.
Wouldn’t mind seeing the likes of Julian Lewis, Nicholas Soames, or even Rory Stewart make a return. Or at least alternate candidates that share their views.
olih27 on
I feel like these defections will turn out to be a mistake for Reform.
The party is increasingly becoming a home for failed tories, who either were part of the problem as ministers in the previous government or were not good enough to become ministers to begin with.
If I were considering voting reform (I’m not) how is this appealing.
I really hope they truly jump the shark and allow Liz Truss in.
GunstarGreen on
Pretty hard to sell yourself as the anti-establishment when you bloat your ranks with the old conservative dregs.
fameistheproduct on
Really feels like Reform will end up like the Change UK party at the next election.
Impressive-Bird-6085 on
That comes as no surprise to me at all!
I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if Rosindell views joining Reform U.K. as an ideal opportunity to significant increase his majority in his Romford seat, or as the best opportunity to hold on to his seat that he may have lost to Reform U.K. if he remained a Conservative.
Expert_Conflict6374 on
Didn’t Farage only this morning say that Reform is not rescue charity for panicky Tory MPs?
LilacScentedStoat on
“We are not a backup plan for failed Tories and we are not changing our name to the Theseus Ship party… We are TemuTories and we’re remaining TemuTories… ” – Figel Narage.
LordLucian on
Torys put this country in the state it is in now and reform wants to fill their ranks with racists and tory defectors? Wonderful idea
PeterG92 on
They really need to change it so that ANYONE switching parties between General Elections has to hold a Bi-Election
Puzzled-Celery-172 on
Surely hard to make a case that you’re not like the Tories when most of the membership are Tory defectors?
Thin_Pin2863 on
Dumb dumb dumb
Another one bites the dust
Dumb dumb dumb
Another one bites the dust
And another goon’s gone, another goon’s gone, another one bites the dust!
martzgregpaul on
Hes absolutely vile so he will fit right in with the weirdos and grifters and careerists
BaggyBloke on
Seems like he’ll fit right in:
From Wikipedia:
In May 2022, Rosindell was arrested by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust, and misconduct in public office.[63] He had been under investigation since January 2020 for events occurring between 2002 and 2009, when he was a whip and shadow minister. He repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
From Politico:
“During the time he has been absent from parliament, he has continued to claim expenses for his work there and accepted foreign trips worth £8,548 (nearly $11,000) to Bahrain, India, Italy and Poland. He has also continued to receive donations from his supporters.*
Alternative_Guitar78 on
I can see the conservative electioneering slogans already, “clearing out the rubbish,” “a clean slate,” this is a gift to the tories who are desperate to distance themselves from their poor performance of recent years.
Garfie489 on
So to summarise
Andrew Rosindell, who under the last government refused to attend parliament for 21 months straight, has defected to Reform.
Rosindell is also known as one of the largest claimants under the expenses scandal, and recently ran his last campaign attacking the labour candidate (who lived in a neighbouring town) for not understanding local issues – despite he himself living significantly further away, and regularly not even being able to locate which county his constituency was in correctly.
Ideal Reform candidate it seems
Brian-Kellett on
Ah, Rossindale. Who ‘did not attend parliament’ for quite a while, for reasons that are just supposition and rumour and only coincidentally coincide with the Met police dropping sexual crime charges against a man the same age as him.
He’ll fit in well with Farage’s mob.
Vivid_Employment8635 on
Saw on another thread that he didn’t attend parliament for 21 straight months a few years ago.
What with him and Farage who had to be pressured into holding a single constituency surgery and barely turned up when he was an MEP, Reform should rename themselves the National Skivers’ Association.
valentine_ijz on
checked his wikipedia page and he seems to fit in perfectly❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹 Nasty man
bennybobberz on
I do hope Reform goes the way of that party that formed after Brexit.. CHUK? Something about change for the UK. In 5 years It’d be so nice if every single of them faded into nothing (oh how I can hope).
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Yep its absolutely a right wing version of a Trotskyist entryism plan. Once they get sufficient Tories into Reform five to ten years later Reform is in the Conservative Party and Nigel is wondering where it all went wrong.
Been on the cards for ages. He was very much on the fringe when i used to live there. Not a surprise to hear this. And im pretty sure he will retain that seat. Romford and that area is very strong reform country now.
Feel there will now be a run of MPs switching in the next week or so
Filling the party with Tory dregs will eventually make Reform as unpalatable at the voting booth as the Tories were in the last election.
Reform polling has already seen some slip, I expect it will continue.
Not particularly surprising considering he’s on the right side of the Tory party and his seat is probably pretty safe.
Edit: Romford is pretty right wing electorally and don’t see massive problems for him keeping the seat going forward.
Not the biggest scalp so far either. I wonder how many more we’ll see.
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It is literally the most insane ones now lol. Has joy morrisey defected yet?
It’s time for One Nation Tories to take over. Go hard and clear house. The rest are just going to defect anyway.
We need more choice than reform or Labour
Who knew Reform was actually short for Reformation of the Tory Party
So has rosindell interfered with kids or beat up his ex or has been done for Corruption
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell#Sexual_assault_allegation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell#Sexual_assault_allegation)
This guy. See also stance on LGBT rights.
The one the Police were looking into on rape allegations? And who had the whip removed by Ian Duncan Smith over his “distasteful” views on immigration that were too extreme *for the Tory Party*?
How surprising. Who could have seen that coming.
Bloke obsessed with flags and accused of sexual assault joins party of flag shaggers!
Wouldn’t it have been quicker for Farage to just become leader of the Conservative Party?
Somebody who joined the Tory party at the age of 14 is obviously going to be an insufferable wanker.
Shocker.
Have a brief flick through Rosindell’s past, a true scumbag all the way through. Was one of the MPs fiddling his expenses, admired Pinochet and Tommy Robinson, homophobic, xenophobic, and once arrested for sexual assault.
The more the merrier I say. It’ll make it even harder for Farage to deny the claims that Reform are just the Tory Party or a retirement home for ex and current Tories. Give them a few more months and a few more Tory MPs and those Tories will do what Tories always do; publicly fight amongst themselves and after a public leadership blunder (maybe Farage’s relationship with Trump, will start to hemorrhage their support, or something else will), one or two may launch some sort of leadership campaign against him. Who am I kidding, they’re Tories; of course they will! Farage thinks he’s smarter than he actually is by allowing these Tories into the party, growing the number of MPs in Parliament but in reality it’ll bite him in the arse. The larger the party, the more divisions, cracks and fissures will soon start to form. Oh the dominoes are already starting to fall….
A torie quit to join ReformUK
*pretends to be shocked*
Conservatives were bad enough in their pure form, imagine what a shit show they’ll be spliced into Reform.
This is great for labour, keep splitting the right
“Rats abandon sinking ship to seek refuge in a dung-heap”
Another nail in Reform’s coffin, because it means they look like they are full of Tories and so aren’t actually different, which their voters 100% care about.
Ship of Theseus for the classically minded. Trigger’s Broom for the modern crowd.
I’m sure defecting to the pro trump camp will be very effective right now
I’d be really down with all the loonies joining reform.
And then Rory Stewart + Alastair Campbell dream team coming in and running the Tories.
That would be an amazing twist for season 2027 of Britain: The Shit Show.
Does this mean he’ll have to move his office from Margaret Thatcher House?
I know this is a daft thing to say — and I don’t think it’s possible with Kemi at the wheel — but I actually hope this somehow leads to a return of centre-right Tories.
They weren’t my cup of tea, but seeing that party rip itself to pieces because of all the ERG/Vote Leave chancers pushing themselves up the ranks has caused so much damage.
Wouldn’t mind seeing the likes of Julian Lewis, Nicholas Soames, or even Rory Stewart make a return. Or at least alternate candidates that share their views.
I feel like these defections will turn out to be a mistake for Reform.
The party is increasingly becoming a home for failed tories, who either were part of the problem as ministers in the previous government or were not good enough to become ministers to begin with.
If I were considering voting reform (I’m not) how is this appealing.
I really hope they truly jump the shark and allow Liz Truss in.
Pretty hard to sell yourself as the anti-establishment when you bloat your ranks with the old conservative dregs.
Really feels like Reform will end up like the Change UK party at the next election.
That comes as no surprise to me at all!
I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if Rosindell views joining Reform U.K. as an ideal opportunity to significant increase his majority in his Romford seat, or as the best opportunity to hold on to his seat that he may have lost to Reform U.K. if he remained a Conservative.
Didn’t Farage only this morning say that Reform is not rescue charity for panicky Tory MPs?
“We are not a backup plan for failed Tories and we are not changing our name to the Theseus Ship party… We are TemuTories and we’re remaining TemuTories… ” – Figel Narage.
Torys put this country in the state it is in now and reform wants to fill their ranks with racists and tory defectors? Wonderful idea
They really need to change it so that ANYONE switching parties between General Elections has to hold a Bi-Election
Surely hard to make a case that you’re not like the Tories when most of the membership are Tory defectors?
Dumb dumb dumb
Another one bites the dust
Dumb dumb dumb
Another one bites the dust
And another goon’s gone, another goon’s gone, another one bites the dust!
Hes absolutely vile so he will fit right in with the weirdos and grifters and careerists
Seems like he’ll fit right in:
From Wikipedia:
In May 2022, Rosindell was arrested by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust, and misconduct in public office.[63] He had been under investigation since January 2020 for events occurring between 2002 and 2009, when he was a whip and shadow minister. He repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
From Politico:
“During the time he has been absent from parliament, he has continued to claim expenses for his work there and accepted foreign trips worth £8,548 (nearly $11,000) to Bahrain, India, Italy and Poland. He has also continued to receive donations from his supporters.*
I can see the conservative electioneering slogans already, “clearing out the rubbish,” “a clean slate,” this is a gift to the tories who are desperate to distance themselves from their poor performance of recent years.
So to summarise
Andrew Rosindell, who under the last government refused to attend parliament for 21 months straight, has defected to Reform.
Rosindell is also known as one of the largest claimants under the expenses scandal, and recently ran his last campaign attacking the labour candidate (who lived in a neighbouring town) for not understanding local issues – despite he himself living significantly further away, and regularly not even being able to locate which county his constituency was in correctly.
Ideal Reform candidate it seems
Ah, Rossindale. Who ‘did not attend parliament’ for quite a while, for reasons that are just supposition and rumour and only coincidentally coincide with the Met police dropping sexual crime charges against a man the same age as him.
He’ll fit in well with Farage’s mob.
Saw on another thread that he didn’t attend parliament for 21 straight months a few years ago.
What with him and Farage who had to be pressured into holding a single constituency surgery and barely turned up when he was an MEP, Reform should rename themselves the National Skivers’ Association.
checked his wikipedia page and he seems to fit in perfectly❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹 Nasty man
I do hope Reform goes the way of that party that formed after Brexit.. CHUK? Something about change for the UK. In 5 years It’d be so nice if every single of them faded into nothing (oh how I can hope).