‘Students for Reform’ launch met with widespread ridicule

On 10 November, Reform deputy leader Richard Tice posted about the launch of ‘Students for Reform’. The announcement resulted in ridicule, however, because the Farage Youth look exactly like you’d expect:

For once, I’m lost for words https://t.co/y2uzUcJM5u

— Max (@maxcownie_) November 10, 2025

Reform’s student politics

There’s a reason why right-wing politicians deride ‘student politics’ and it’s because students don’t support them. While Farage’s lot sell themselves as an alternative to Labour and the Tories, young people aren’t buying it:

As of YouGov’s most recent polling, the Tories and Reform are both on 7%, while the Greens have rocketed to 35%:

The Tories have hardly wooed British youth but there few young followers certainly stand out:

Meet the extremely normal acting and looking young normal tories pic.twitter.com/BcL3WUqe5W

— Neil Renic (@NC_Renic) October 10, 2025

Goodness me is that the bloke from the Pringles can? https://t.co/oyEls1cGsZ pic.twitter.com/gNUGTpaOzo

— thelefttake (@thelefttake) November 11, 2025

The young Tories sport a distinctive style — one which the young Reformers seem to share:

im crying they got dr eggman as one of the only student reps for reform https://t.co/O93UlQGfvL pic.twitter.com/MuPwWS9Z8h

— antiesportsawareness.org (@Schwagl0rd) November 11, 2025

It’s a spectrum of tory defects to grifters. Every reform demographic perfectly represented by 6 people https://t.co/Zdc3uwRn46

— 🛸 (@CKftbl29) November 11, 2025

This isn’t our first look at them, of course:

🗣️ ‘Reform is the future’

Young people at the Reform Party Conference explain why Gen Z are ditching the left pic.twitter.com/AR3Xsljkbu

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 5, 2025

“Me? Darren Grimes? In charge of the young reform members conference? With my reputation? Bingo!” pic.twitter.com/3jQlKyoCm2

— PCExpressLUFCX (@PCELUFCXX) September 7, 2025

The person above is referring to the accusations against Reform councillor Darren Grimes from his time as a GB News presenter. As Byline Times reported in October 2023:

Last September, Grimes was removed from his presenting role for around a month but reinstated after Dan Wootton advocated for him via video call in a misconduct hearing attended by the network’s COO Mark Shipper and Mick Booker, among others.

“The attention the lad was getting was full on,” a second source told Byline Times. “A complaint was made, with evidence. Some of the messages were grim. People who saw them were shocked.

“But the senior editorial players just couldn’t, or wouldn’t, see the problem with it. They didn’t want to accept there was a problem with their on-screen talent. It was minimised until journalists started threatening to quit their jobs, and then it eventually went to HR.”

Grimes disappeared from screens for a month but returned after Dan Wootton, who is GB News’ highest-paid presenter earning £600,000-a-year, spoke up for him.

A third confidential source told this newspaper: “There was a meeting during which Dan strongly argued for Darren to be allowed to continue. Darren had even announced on social media that his show was ending. So, there was real surprise when he returned to air.”

Byline Times understands that the complainant was given a job away from Grimes.

Tories 2.0

Of course, it’s no surprise that the Reform youth look like Tories given the party’s makeup:

Gee, Reform, turns out that filling your Party with ex-Tories who were cause of failure in every sector, locally and nationally, isn’t the big fix you thought it was … https://t.co/0nEkJGmQGB pic.twitter.com/anOzxfB23k

— John O’Connell (@jdpoc) October 6, 2025

Zia Yusuf was a Conservative member up until a week before he became Reform Chairman.

He’s also helped bring all the MPs and Councillors involved in his list over to Reform.

The Uniparty. pic.twitter.com/QtGSgytWYg

— Jim Cognito (@JimCognito2016) October 19, 2025

Joe Standen, the Reform UK candidate.

Less than a year ago.

Tories 2.0 pic.twitter.com/w9lGjNBfjf

— Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) October 24, 2025

Reform UK are Tories 2.0

Here’s a list of former Conservative MPs that are now members of Reform UK:

Maria Caulfield
Danny Kruger
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Nadine Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Adam Holloway
Anne Marie Morris
Marco Longhi
Ross… pic.twitter.com/gmtUBMGjL5

— Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) September 16, 2025

Reform Exposed also note that “hundreds of councillors” have defected from the Conservatives to Reform.

Youth club

If you’re a student thinking about joining Reform, we don’t know what to tell you, to be honest. When we were your age, we were going to warehouse raves and not voting Tory; it’s sad to see the young aren’t keeping up these proud British traditions.

On a more serious note, though, if these students want to broaden Reform’s appeal among their peers, they really need to stop dressing like their grandparents.

Featured image via X/Richard Tice