Richard Tice, leader of Reform UK, made such a song and dance about the huge announcement he planned to make on the 3^rd January 2024. 

Telling all and sundry to make certain they did not miss his proclamation, organising national press to be at the ready with their recording machines and notebooks, declaring on Social Media that he had big breaking news to share with everybody. He had everyone champing at the bit. It was truly a damp squib!

He announced that Ben Habib was going to stand as a Parliamentary Candidate for Reform UK in a by-election that hasn’t even been called. Is he off his rocker? Or desperate for any sort of publicity? 

Nigel Farage who is currently Reform UK’s honorary president and according to Richard Tice ‘a master of political timing’ is still ‘assessing’ what role he will play in the general election. Nigel was conspicuous by his absence at this eagerly anticipated event.

While listening to a rather agitated Richard Tice you could not help but notice his constant reference to the ‘working class’, who, these days uses such language? What does working class even mean to the average citizen? 

Is it an insult? Is it a compliment? Does he think he is speaking in the vernacular to reach a larger audience? The man is out of touch with society in general.

It was the case that the social group known as the working class consisted mostly of people who were employed in unskilled or semi-skilled manual or industrial work. Not today, Richard, you obviously haven’t noticed, things have changed.

Get with the programme Richard Tice. By constantly referring to the working class you are coming across as a privileged, self-important snob. 

You will have lost many votes by using this outdated tongue.

Patricia Mountain

UK Independence Party Director