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Ben Habib on why he quit the Reform Party
Evening Standard
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11/29/2024
Ben Habib on why he quit the Reform Party
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I discovered over the last few days that actually HQ at Reform has forbidden the new branches they've
00:08
set up from having me speak to them. I don't know why, because at every meeting that I've been to
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I have done nothing other than bang the drum of our message and bang the drum of the party,
00:19
but it seems these criticisms that I have, ideological as well as constitutional criticisms
00:25
I have of the party, are an affront to them. So they have shut me down from speaking to the very
00:34
people whom I galvanised into a movement alongside Richard and others, whom I galvanised into a
00:39
movement, and I find that frankly unacceptable. And I would say I'm resigning as a member of
00:46
Reform. I can't resign as a member of Reform because I'm not a member. No one's a member.
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The only members are Richard and Nigel. But I think that their prohibition on my speaking,
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their prohibition on my free speech, their reluctance to democratise, their ideological
01:04
differences with me, now leaves me no option but to say I'm not affiliated with Reform, I'm afraid.
01:10
I am ideologically separate from Reform. They're not treading the path that I think needs to be
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trodden, and I fear for their fascination with recruiting Tories, and I fear for their
01:25
reluctance to democratise and really trust the movement that we created. And so very sadly,
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I am no longer a part of the movement. Sorry, I'm a part of the movement. I'm no longer part of
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Reform UK, whatever that means, because as I say, you can't actually be a member.
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Thank you for listening, and I'm sorry to deliver what I suspect might be bad news to some of you.
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