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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason and Peter Walker

Splits in Reform UK as senior figures defend Tommy Robinson supporters

Line of police with backs to camera facing crowd of mainly men waving flags
Thousands of demonstrators rally in central London over the weekend in support of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Photograph: Christopher Walls/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Reform UK is facing a schism over its approach to Tommy Robinson’s supporters, after two high-profile party figures said it was wrong to disavow those who went to a weekend rally backing the far-right leader.

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform, said earlier this week the party “want nothing to do with” Robinson and “all of that lot”. Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, also said after the summer riots that he had never had anything to do with “the Tommy Robinsons and those who genuinely do stir up hatred”.

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