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Nigel Farage reacts to Reform membership numbers overtaking the Tories
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GB News Reporter

By GB News Reporter


Published: 27/12/2024

- 05:51

Updated: 10/01/2025

- 09:00

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Membership of Reform UK has surpassed that of the Conservatives, Nigel Farage’s party has said.

A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservative Party during its leadership election earlier this year.


Nigel Farage reacts to Reform membership numbers overtaking the ToriesGB News

Mr Farage said it was a “historic moment” as he posted on X: “The youngest political party in British politics has just overtaken the oldest political party in the world”.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has hit back at Farage, in response to a video posted on X of a light projection on CCHQ displaying the Reform membership tally.

Badenoch claims he is manipulating his own supporters at Christmas with a fake tally, coded to tick up automatically.

Nigel Farage hit back saying: “Kemi says I don’t understand the digital age. I have 5.4 million followers and she has 320k. We understand you are bitter, upset and angry that we are now the second biggest party in British politics, and that the Conservative brand is dying under your leadership.

"However, this not an excuse to accuse us of committing fraud. We will gladly invite one of the Big 4 firms in to audit our membership numbers as long as you do the same.

"We have heard from many whistleblowers that will swear under affidavits that ballots were sent out to long expired or resigned ex-members. It’s an open secret at CCHQ that your membership numbers are fake.”

In an exclusive poll for GB News membership readers, an overwhelming majority (91 per cent) of voters thought the Conservative brand is dying in the UK - while just 9 per cent thought it wasn't.