Resist Reform takes over bus stops and challenges millionaire Tice

Campaigners from Resist Reform have put up fake adverts at bus stops in the London borough of Havering. Posters carried the words “HE WORKS FOR BILLIONAIRES” and “THIS MAN VOTED TO KEEP YOU ON A ZERO HOUR CONTRACT”.

They’re highlighting the disconnect between Reform UK’s anti-elite discourse and its funding sources. Resist Reform chose this area because the party won 39 seats in the recent local elections in Havering. Prior to this, the Conservative party had the majority. It’s the only borough in London that now has a Reform administration.

For context, Nigel Farage received a personal gift of £5m from British-Thai crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Harborne has donated £22m to Reform UK over the past seven years, making up two thirds of all Reform’s funding. This makes Reform UK overly dependent on a single donor.

Sam Simons, a Resist Reform spokesperson, said:

We all want to live in a fair society where we have what we need to live a good life. We know Britain is broken. People are really struggling and they are looking for answers.

Unfortunately, Reform are offering seductive false solutions. They claim to fight the system, but Farage and his cronies are the system. Christopher Harborne is using Reform UK to further his own billionaire agenda.

Resist Reform is a campaign exposing the billionaire funding and elite interests behind Reform UK and organising opposition to its political agenda. It recently beamed a series of messages onto Reform’s London HQ, Millbank Tower.

Resist Reform takes the challenge direct to Tice

Campaigners from Resist Reform also challenged Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader and business, trade and energy spokesperson. as he delivered a keynote interview at the Utility Week Forum at Birmingham NEC.

It’s the flagship conference for the UK’s energy and water sectors and Tice was speaking on Reform’s approach to energy and water policy.

The action highlighted the disconnect between Reform UK’s anti-establishment rhetoric and its financial reality: over £22m from billionaire Harborne. Tice himself has a personal net worth of approximately £30m and co-founded Leave.EU and Leave Means Leave.

Simons added:

People are really struggling and looking for answers. Reform offer seductive ones – but Farage and his cronies aren’t fighting the system, they are the system.

When two thirds of your funding comes from a crypto billionaire, you have to ask: whose interests will Reform actually serve in government? Not yours. Not the NHS’s. His.

Featured image via Resist Reform