Ten months ago, I was the only Reform UK councillor in London. I was a lone voice on Westminster City Council.
When I defected to Reform UK, I was told I was mad. I was called crazy, racist and divisive. The political class in this city - Labour, Conservative, Green, Liberal Democrat - closed ranks. They all said “Reform-type” politics didn’t belong in London. Whatever that means.
They said Londoners would never vote Reform UK. They told me I was throwing away my career. But I knew they were wrong.
I knew the cosy consensus that has stitched up London for decades - the same parties, the same failures, the same managed decline - was finally cracking. I knew Londoners were ready for something new. And I knew the only party with the courage to say what working people across this city actually think was Reform UK.
On Thursday, Londoners proved it. Reform UK gained councillors across London. Take Barking and Dagenham, which has been a Labour stronghold since 1964. For 16 years, not a single opposition councillor was elected there. The Conservatives haven’t laid a glove on Labour there in over six decades.
Last week, Reform UK won nine seats in Barking and Dagenham and ended the one-party council. With people like Ben Suter, leader of the Reform UK group, we are winning in places that the Conservatives can never touch.
In Sutton, we replaced the Conservatives as the official opposition. They lost all their councillors there. In Hounslow, we secured a foothold in a borough the political class wrote off as untouchable for any party outside Labour.
In Havering, we didn’t just win seats. We won the council outright, with 39 elected councillors. The Conservatives were wiped out. Havering Council is the first London borough in Reform UK’s hands, led by the formidable Keith Prince.
And across London, in ward after ward, Reform UK candidates came a strong second, losing by only a handful of votes. We have put Labour and the Conservatives on notice, sending a clear warning that no seat in this city is safe from us now.
Ten months ago, we had no councillors. Most of the doors we knocked on, we knocked on cold. Every leaflet, meeting, and conversation was led by volunteers who refused to accept that London belonged to the old parties forever. We had nothing but the truth.
The truth that Londoners are taxed too much and listened to too little. That crime has been allowed to flourish under a Mayor more interested in lecturing the public than protecting them. That mass immigration has been imposed on London’s communities without consent. That the two parties that have governed this city for over a century have stopped representing the people who live in it. That truth resonated - voter by voter, door by door, borough by borough.
The Conservatives and Labour have been in London for over a hundred years. Now we have come from nowhere to be their main opposition. They had a century head start. On Thursday, we caught up to them. In some places, we overtook them.
Imagine what we can do with another year, or another five years. Or another decade. In 2028, Londoners will choose their next Mayor. Sadiq Khan’s record speaks for itself - knife crime, a housing crisis, ULEZ. London no longer feels like the safe, proud, prosperous capital it once was. The Conservatives have nothing to offer. They are reduced to a handful of wealthy enclaves and a leadership that the country has stopped listening to.
Reform UK offers something different: home ownership, safer streets, controlled immigration, an end to the war on motorists, common sense, British values. We will deliver a London that works for Londoners - every Londoner, of every background, in every borough.
To the volunteers, candidates, donors, and voters who made Thursday happen - thank you. This is your victory. To the political class who said it couldn’t be done - you were warned. To Londoners watching from every corner of this city - your moment is coming in 2028.
Ten months ago, I was alone. Today, we are a movement. And we are just getting started. London, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
When I defected to Reform UK, I was told I was mad. I was called crazy, racist and divisive. The political class in this city - Labour, Conservative, Green, Liberal Democrat - closed ranks. They all said “Reform-type” politics didn’t belong in London. Whatever that means.
They said Londoners would never vote Reform UK. They told me I was throwing away my career. But I knew they were wrong.
I knew the cosy consensus that has stitched up London for decades - the same parties, the same failures, the same managed decline - was finally cracking. I knew Londoners were ready for something new. And I knew the only party with the courage to say what working people across this city actually think was Reform UK.
On Thursday, Londoners proved it. Reform UK gained councillors across London. Take Barking and Dagenham, which has been a Labour stronghold since 1964. For 16 years, not a single opposition councillor was elected there. The Conservatives haven’t laid a glove on Labour there in over six decades.
Last week, Reform UK won nine seats in Barking and Dagenham and ended the one-party council. With people like Ben Suter, leader of the Reform UK group, we are winning in places that the Conservatives can never touch.
In Sutton, we replaced the Conservatives as the official opposition. They lost all their councillors there. In Hounslow, we secured a foothold in a borough the political class wrote off as untouchable for any party outside Labour.
In Havering, we didn’t just win seats. We won the council outright, with 39 elected councillors. The Conservatives were wiped out. Havering Council is the first London borough in Reform UK’s hands, led by the formidable Keith Prince.
And across London, in ward after ward, Reform UK candidates came a strong second, losing by only a handful of votes. We have put Labour and the Conservatives on notice, sending a clear warning that no seat in this city is safe from us now.
Ten months ago, we had no councillors. Most of the doors we knocked on, we knocked on cold. Every leaflet, meeting, and conversation was led by volunteers who refused to accept that London belonged to the old parties forever. We had nothing but the truth.
The truth that Londoners are taxed too much and listened to too little. That crime has been allowed to flourish under a Mayor more interested in lecturing the public than protecting them. That mass immigration has been imposed on London’s communities without consent. That the two parties that have governed this city for over a century have stopped representing the people who live in it. That truth resonated - voter by voter, door by door, borough by borough.
The Conservatives and Labour have been in London for over a hundred years. Now we have come from nowhere to be their main opposition. They had a century head start. On Thursday, we caught up to them. In some places, we overtook them.
Imagine what we can do with another year, or another five years. Or another decade. In 2028, Londoners will choose their next Mayor. Sadiq Khan’s record speaks for itself - knife crime, a housing crisis, ULEZ. London no longer feels like the safe, proud, prosperous capital it once was. The Conservatives have nothing to offer. They are reduced to a handful of wealthy enclaves and a leadership that the country has stopped listening to.
Reform UK offers something different: home ownership, safer streets, controlled immigration, an end to the war on motorists, common sense, British values. We will deliver a London that works for Londoners - every Londoner, of every background, in every borough.
To the volunteers, candidates, donors, and voters who made Thursday happen - thank you. This is your victory. To the political class who said it couldn’t be done - you were warned. To Londoners watching from every corner of this city - your moment is coming in 2028.
Ten months ago, I was alone. Today, we are a movement. And we are just getting started. London, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
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