2024 has been an excellent year for conservatives and populists. The Western world is almost in sync and walked to the right side of the political spectrum.
And, of course, the historic victory by Donald J. Trump has added to this phenomenon and electrified the conservative camp everywhere.
Even in the UK, a place where the left got one of its most prized victories in Europe, the shift has of late started to make itself felt in a great way, even with polls showing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK ahead of the sitting Labour party.
Defections from the Tories to Reform are coming in hard and fast, and now, luxury real-estate developer and former Conservative donor Nick Candy announced that he will join Nigel Farage’s Reform.
Candy will be the party treasurer and decided to help the right-wing populists increase their fundraising.
Bloomberg reported:
“Candy, best known for working with his brother Christian on London’s ritzy One Hyde Park development, said he would give up membership in the Tory party to become Reform’s treasurer in the new year. Candy said in a statement that he intends ‘to raise enough funds’ for Reform ‘to win the next general election’.
He blamed the Conservatives for what he called a ‘breach of trust with the wealth creators in our country’ in explaining his decision to switch parties.”
In 2020, with Boris Johnson as PM, Candy personally donated $126,000 to the Tory party.
“Reform has the potential to be an electoral threat in upcoming elections, after winning five seats and gaining 14% of the vote in July’s vote. While Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s center-left Labour Party defeated the Conservatives in a landslide, Reform ate into the Conservative vote and performed well in many of Labour’s traditional strongholds by deploying a campaign focused against immigration.”
Interesting https://t.co/wGd3UQLb0H
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2024
“I will raise more money for Reform than any political party in the UK has ever raised – Nigel Farage is going to be PM.” Nick Candy
Farage is a different politician, and he has his own column in The Telegraph, where he wrote:
“Ever since the stunning result achieved by Reform UK in July’s general election, it’s been clear that ours is the only mainstream political party in Britain which has any momentum. Nick Candy’s decision to resign from the Conservatives in order to become Reform UK’s treasurer is just the latest proof that we are on the march in a way that Labour and the Tories can only dream of.”
Farage lauded self-made billionaire Candy as ‘one of Britain’s great success stories of recent decades’.
I warmly welcome this latest defection to Reform UK. Nick Candy’s efforts as our new party treasurer will help us to win elections.https://t.co/CLPne7FSKw
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) December 10, 2024
“After giving the matter a considerable amount of thought, he has concluded that he can no longer support the party of Churchill and Thatcher. For all the talk of the Tories having learned lessons from their disastrous showing in July, Nick is crystal clear: there have been too many broken promises on too many issues. He has decided that enough is enough.
Nick also believes there has been a complete breakdown of trust when it comes to the way this country’s wealth creators are treated. As far as he is concerned, Reform UK represents the future of British politics. To that end, he will take up his new post in the new year. His first job will be to raise enough funds to help Reform UK fight the English County Council elections in May. Ultimately, he will turn his attention to ensuring that Reform UK wins the next general election.”
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