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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson and agency

Reform councillor defects to Tories after party’s policies left him ‘uncomfortable’

Reform UK rosettes are seen before the start of the party’s conference
Reform UK won a large number of council seats in England this summer. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives, saying he became uncomfortable in Nigel Farage’s party.

James Buchan, who sits in the borough of Dartford in Kent, said he had struggled with the idea of facing his relatives while a member of a party whose anti-immigration policies spread fear.

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