Former Conservative MP and mayor Ben Bradley announced his move to Reform UK, stating that trust in the Conservative Party was “lost” and “wouldn’t return.”
Bradley, a former Conservative, actually knows there’s no place for him within the Conservatives, but to hide this, he claims the Conservative Party is history and will never come back.
Trust in the Conservatives is gone, trust in the left is also gone. In the middle, there are only the Liberals and Reform UK. Those who see their political careers over in the Conservative and Labour parties are choosing to join Reform UK because it’s a new party where they can find a place for themselves, and it’s the strongest candidate for power. Bradley is actually aware that his own political career is over, and this awareness has driven him to Reform UK. If the Conservative Party had offered him a position, he would have rushed there, but he didn’t receive an offer and went where he was offered. Most likely, he himself requested a position from Reform UK and Nigel Farage.