Nigel Farage’s claim to have invited every Conservative member at Kent County Council (KCC) to join Reform UK has been met with the response: “News to me!” The Clacton MP posted a two minute video on X yesterday (October 24) showing him hitting the ‘send’ button on his laptop to 1,352 Tory councillors in England asking them to defect ahead of next May’s elections. But six Tories contacted today by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) all said they had received no such invitation. One councillor, who declined to be named, said a private WhatsApp group of more than 30 KCC members, were e…
