Reform U.K. has categorically ruled out striking a General Election pact with the Conservative Party, with leader Richard Tice saying he believes voters want to “punish the Tories for breaking Britain” and that the Conservatives were “terrified” by the threat posed by his party. The Telegraph has more.
He said there would be “no special deals” to stand aside in certain constituencies to give incumbent Tory MPs a better chance of keeping their seats.
Mr. Tice told reporters at a press conference in central London this morning: “I can be absolutely categoric that we are not doing any deals with the Tories. We will stand everywhere in England, Scotland, Wales, absolutely.”
There have been suggestions that Reform U.K. candidates could take crucial votes away from the Tories, potentially clearing the way for Labour to seize numerous seats.
Richard Holden, the Chairman of the Conservative Party, warned in response to Mr. Tice’s remarks that “a vote for Reform will only strengthen Labour’s hand”.
At a press conference in central London this morning, Mr. Tice added that Nigel Farage – his predecessor as leader when the party was still known as the Brexit Party – is “still assessing” whether to make a return to the political frontline.
Mr. Tice said Mr. Farage is the “master of political timing” and the more help he could offer the party “the better”.
He is obviously giving a lot of thought as to the extent of the role that he wants to play in helping Reform U.K. frankly save Britain. And he is still assessing that and as and when we have all collectively come to a decision obviously we look forward to letting everybody know.
I am not a poker player but I know that a good poker player doesn’t show their hand too early. Nigel is the master of political timing. But I am very clear, the job at hand is so big, to save Britain, the more help that Nigel is able to give in the election campaign, frankly the better, because the crisis facing the country… is really, really serious.
However, Professor Sir John Curtice has predicted Reform U.K. will not win a single seat at the next General Election.
The polling guru said that, much like Nigel Farage’s former vehicle UKIP at the 2015 election, Reform would not gain any MPs under the first-past-the-post electoral system – even if it picked up millions of votes.
“I’m not anticipating that Reform would pick up anything anywhere,” he said.
Sir John went on to suggest the growing popularity of Reform, which is currently polling at around 10%, could harm Labour as well as the Tories at the ballot box.
“I suspect that Reform is not just a challenge to the Tories, it’s also potentially a challenge to Labour in that if Reform becomes a repository of protest for unhappy Conservative voters, some of those may be people who, but for Reform’s apparent increased profile, might have otherwise switched to Labour.”
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“However, Professor Sir John Curtice has predicted Reform U.K. will not win a single seat at the next General Election.”
UKIP never won a seat at a General Election either but they frightened Lord Slippery into holding a referendum on leaving the EU.
Destroy the Tories first. Realignment on the right after that.
He knows what the people want but, he dare not offend the pay wall that feeds him!
He accepted the job that toned him down by device! Chairman!
Think of Rishi saying this in your minds eye!(he’ll be smiling all the time of course)
Rishi- ” look, Lee, your a guaranteed red wall seat for us, but tone down the working man Bullshit, ….I’ll tell you what, I’ll make you Chairman!..How’s that sound?”
Wah- wah…yes boss!
I like Lee! But I cannot vote for him! Not while ‘these’ handlers are in government!
Imagine all reformers,…breathing life into Britain ” 
He needs to join reform!
Lee, Richard, Nigel, Andrew! The start of a new, real, party! It happened with the wigs, and later with labour!
more of the same….sorry 
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What is the alternative?
We never needed good leaders more!
Sir John has not factored in the new cancel culture, where to admit your true voting intentions would see you lose your job.
I will gauge Reform UK’s prospects by how quickly they close down GB News & Talk TV and try and cancel the political rallies like they did to TBP.
I’ll vote Reform.
Anybody daft enough to vote for the Unaparty is voting for more of the same wokism, greenism and Carbonocracy.
I so wish I could join you. But when Andrew Bridge left the Tories, Richard Tice attacked him, and told him his is not welcome in Reform UK. He then, through a Twitter backlash, realised he had alienated a good portion of his voters, and instead of handling it properly, tried to say he is sceptical about the vaccines and there should be proper investigation, all without apologising for his appalling attack on Bridgen. The whole thing showed a severe lack of character and, unfortunately, demonstrated he is just like the rest of our pathetically weak virtue signalling fools. The wording he used at the time and the level of vitriol made it absolutely clear to me, by logical extension, he must think the same of me as I agree with everything Bridgen was saying. So consequently I can’t vote for Tice.
I would suggest the same applies also (in the logic of what he said), to most that comment on here. Sorry (anti mRNA vaccine people), he doesn’t like us and he made it clear we aren’t welcome.
I actually find it quite distressing, because I feel there are no options at all. Lawrence Fox? He unfortunately is his own worst enemy.
There’s no way of preventing the continuing destruction of our country through the electoral system.
However, the electoral system does allow us to end some careers.
Voting for the challenger and against the incumbent does that.
Voting for the worthless wretch Tice doesn’t.
He pretended he was against the mandates before a video turned up of him supporting them. He needs to listen a bit more and preach a bit less.
I’m with you
Andrew Bridgen stands alone I’m afraid !! We are at that Robert The Bruce moment in Braveheart ! We could be doomed 
You are absolutely right. I am fed up of seeing people here who appear to believe that voting Reform is the way forward. Of course it isn’t! Reform is controlled opposition and they stand for nothing I believe in (as well as not having a chance in hell of winning). Therefore I shall cross through the names on my ballot paper and write ‘none of the above’.
I had joined the Reform Party as at first it showed promise. That behaviour towards Andrew Bridgen, prompted me to cancel my subscription and membership.
If they are so blockheaded and pro-Establishment to behave like that, they are no better than what they seek to replace.
After that, their statements about intervening in the economy and ‘our’ wonderful NHS (throw more money at it) confirmed my opinion.
They are socialist-lite at centre, with a thin conservative veneer.
I won’t be voting at all.
Please don’t! See my reply to HowardElliot above.
I was with a group of mates in the pub recently. Of the 6 of us only 4 had heard of Tice.
As a lifetime Conservative voter I will be voting Reform if I have a candidate in my constituency. I am under no illusion that it will almost certainly allow Labour in but I’m hoping it will allow a shake up of the voting system. The party I thought I was aligned to might just have a long hard look in the mirror and revert back to the core values I subscribe to. We have been let down badly to put it mildly.
It won’t do any good. What you need to do is cross through all the names on your ballot paper and write ‘none of the above’!
For the first time ever I will refrain from voting. It does no good and only encourages them!
Reform UK’s policy of Zero Net Migration, as it stands, will only stop the population increasing from immigration and will do nothing to stop the destruction of the British Culture and way of life. It needs to be qualified that for one person to come in, one non indigenous Briton needs to leave, otherwise it actually makes the situation worse, because the ratio of non indigenous to indigenous will have increased. They need to be pressed on this point.
Watch the Calvin & Tommy Robinson chat which covers GB News ! Thought provoking !!
Our salvation will not arrive via the ballot box.
I fear you are right. Oh dear, not far right I hope, because that would be terrible!
But the tories need to be punished. They need to be put on a course and rehabilitated. Only when we are convinced they are tories again should they be released.
Labour need also to be punished for aiding and abetting the Tories every step of the way.
I think Tice is a bit of a globalist. He vets the candidates in case any have been involved in or publicly expounded on issues such as immigration and Islamic takeover. It feels a bit like a centrist party when it comes to their approach to the existential threat to the indigenous people of these islands who can trace their ancestry back thousands of years. Perhaps they have no choice otherwise they’d be labelled wacist by the establushment traitors.
Our land is being forcefully invaded because of deliberate political decisions made by traitorous, neo communist minded, enemies of our people. Imagine if India or African countries were being forced to sustain the same proportion of immigrants from European countries and that large chunks of their governments were run by European immigrants or those decended from Europeans. The outrage in the European left leaning establishment would be earth shattering.
I am afraid that I think Reform is controlled opposition. They don’t stand a chance of winning so what are they doing? Think about it! It’s not hard to work it out!
Punish the Tories by voting in Labour. “Take that face”, he said, cutting off his nose.
Reform reminds me of the Social Democrat Party of the 80s, mostly break-away moderate Labour creatures. a centre right/left (depending on whether a ‘r’ in the month); its policy was mixed/social market economy. It eventually merged with the Liberal Party to become the Social Democrat Liberal Party which morphed into the Liberal Democrat Party of such renown today.
In other words, no reform at all. No reform of the welfare state and NHS – abolish it, and Head Boy Tice was all for the mRNA killer jab for medical and nursing staff.
I have heard nothing from Reform that would make me vote for them. Their shtick is, ‘We are not the Tories’.
I want the Tories to be given a real bloody nose! Yes I loathe Starmer and his party but I cannot blame the mess the country is in on them, more’s the pity!