An alternative to rotten Reform is coming soon

Telegraph

14-05-2025

Politics is a rough game – we all know that. Insults are thrown around, real friendships are uncommon, and proper loyalty is even rarer. I'm not naive, when I entered politics after a successful career in business I expected a hail of gunfire to come from opponents. I never expected it to arrive from my own party, my colleagues, my friends. How wrong I was.
That's exactly what happened when I heard that the Reform Chairman, Zia Yusuf, had made a complaint to the police in March, about an event in December, almost immediately after I made reasonable concerns public about the direction of the party following months of pushing for real change behind the scenes – the timeline of the complaint tells its own story.
This was not normal political infighting – this was a coordinated smear campaign to not only ruin my reputation, but ultimately to put me in prison. It is simply not the British way of doing things. Parties have disagreed for decades without resorting to cruel and vexatious police complaints to silence political opponents. Yet the Reform leadership felt it appropriate to deploy brutal lawfare in an attempt to crush one of their own, all because I dared to bruise Farage's ego.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that they are dropping their investigation into these allegations. A viperous misuse of police time, and a disgusting weaponisation of the justice system which the party supposedly stands against.
I consider myself to be a robust individual, but it has been a challenging two months. When you are placed under police investigation, and publicly named, for such vexatious allegations it would take a toll on anyone. I have done my best, with my team's help, to continue serving the good people of Great Yarmouth. In fact, I was informed of the good news as I stepped foot on a boat to tour the beautiful Norfolk coast in order to deliver significant investment for the constituency. A rollercoaster week, to say the least.
Farage has tried to distance himself from these complaints, unsuccessfully. The man is a coward and a viper. He cannot be trusted with the full apparatus of the British state at his fingertips.
Such brutal and wicked weaponisation of the justice system is a tactic of the left that we should all stand against. To the millions of decent Reform supporters – you must do what you believe is right. I, personally, could not remain in an organisation led by such men. They do not deserve your support, your time, your energy, your money, or your vote. The evil which is always close to the organs of power has shown itself in spades.
I instructed my solicitors Brett Wilson LLP to send letters of claim to Reform's leader and director Nigel Farage, Mr Anderson and Mr Yusuf asserting claims for defamation. Answers are due soon.
They wanted to smear me. Ruin me. Silence me. All because I questioned Farage and took a firm line on deporting illegal migrants. I urge you to do what you think is right. When the time soon comes, we will work together to advance a political movement that is credible, professional, decent, democratic and honest.