Political commentator Matthew Stadlen has warned that Reform UK is "rattling" both the Conservative Party and Labour as tensions escalate between Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. The row erupted on Boxing Day when Reform UK projected its membership figures onto Conservative Party headquarters in London,

MP for Clacton does not rule out taking legal action against Tory leader over claims of ‘fakery’ in membership row

Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK, claimed this morning that it had surpassed 131,680 members. According to “Britain’s fastest growing political party”, that means it has more members than the Conservatives.