21-05-2025
Reform UK club in Blackpool hosted hard-right events for decade
The owners of a new Reform Party pub in Blackpool hosted hard-right events in the venue for up to a decade, it can be revealed.
Senior party members hailed the Talbot as a sign of the groundswell of support in Tory heartlands, pointing to the venue's near 82-year history as a Conservative club.
However, the current owners, who took over the pub in 2009, have a history of renting out space to music events that campaigners claim include hard-right acts. Its owners also planned to host a 'white victims of multiculturalism' event in 2018, which promised political speeches by neo-Nazi campaigners and a Holocaust denier, but cancelled it due to a backlash.
Reform won more than 600 council seats at the local elections, leading the
