Reform UK’s Kent County councillors have declared an “illegal migration emergency” in the county despite warnings that to do so might breach electoral law. Opposition councillors staged a mass walkout in protest at what they condemned as a cynical electoral stunt timed to influence an upcoming by-election. Migrant frontier A motion at Thursday’s council meeting, […]
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Reform council’s ‘illegal migration emergency’ motion pulled in row over election rules
A Reform UK motion to declare an “Illegal Migration Emergency in Kent” has been pulled from tomorrow’s Kent County Council full council agenda after a senior officer ruled it risked breaching electoral rules, though the council’s Reform leadership is reported to be challenging that decision. KCC’s democratic services manager Joel Cook advised members that the […]
The promise that never was: Nigel Farage and the art of barefaced denial
It’s a script Nigel Farage knows well. Candidates or causes closely linked to him, perhaps even bearing his name and his photograph, make large, attention-grabbing promises. Votes are won on the strength of them. Then, once the votes are counted the promises are declared – with an air of wounded innocence – to have never […]
Far-right chaos merchant may cost Reform in Margate
A former British National Party organiser in Kent may be about to throw a spanner in the works of Reform UK’s hopes of recovering a crucial county council seat in a by-election When we last reported on the tangled tale of Graeme Sergeant, the former BNP organiser behind the “Restore UK Kent)” Facebook group, he […]
‘Nasty and violent’ Reform councillor jailed
A member of Kent County Council who was elected last year as a Reform UK candidate was jailed on Friday (20 February 2026) after he pleaded guilty to subjecting his wife to nearly a decade of controlling and coercive behaviour. Daniel Taylor was elected to represent Cliftonville division (in Thanet) in May 2025 but within weeks […]
Reform backs extremists causing chaos at Swale council meetings
When far-right activists once again halted a Swale council meeting last week, the most striking development did not come from the public gallery but from Reform councillors who later appeared determined to excuse, and even endorse, the disruption. And Reform’s rhetoric is earning them the backing of the extremists who have now twice caused meetings […]