By Thomas Foster
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Updated: Is Reform UK standing in a council by-election near you?

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Nigel Farage wants to turn far right Reform UK into a mass party
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK

The leaders of Reform UK are using by-elections to help build a mass, far right party.

Standing in by elections helps them identify organisers and activists and sink roots into neighbourhoods. They are a rehearsal for the local council elections in May—and parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland where Reform UK hopes to gain.

Nigel Farage is a racist, rich establishment insider. But he poses as an anti-establishment insurgent and deflects people’s anger through racist scapegoating of migrants and Muslims and blaming a “liberal elite”.

Reform UK’s multimillionaire leadership is trying to point the finger away from the bosses, bankers and the super rich—who they want to slash taxes for.

It’s straight out of Donald Trump’s far right playbook—and it’s no wonder Farage was in the United States celebrating his win in the presidential election. Reform UK is a party that whips up racism and Islamophobia and looks with admiration at fascists in Europe.

Our task is to expose Reform UK’s far right politics and racism, its anti-establishment fakery and its pro-boss agenda. Is there a Reform UK candidate standing in your local area? Get in touch with Stand Up To Racism to campaign against them.

Tuesday 11 February

Pembrokeshire local by-election, Haverfordwest: Prendergast division

Thursday 13 February

Warwick local by-election, Warwick All Saints & Woodloes ward

Barnet local by-election, Burnt Oak ward

Stevenage local by-election, Manor ward

East Dunbartonshire local by-election, Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar ward

New Forest local by-election, Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East ward

Lichfield City local by-election, Stowe ward

Tuesday 18 February

Brent local by-election, Alperton ward

Thursday 20 February

Hammersmith and Fulham local by-election, Lillie ward

Hammersmith and Fulham local by-election, Hammersmith Broadway ward

East Ayrshire local by-election, Kilmarnock North ward

Colchester local by-election, Tiptree ward

Thursday 27 February

East Suffolk local by-election, Rushmere St Andrew ward

Breckland local by-election, Bedingfeld ward

Westminster local by-election, Vincent Square ward

East Suffolk local by-election, Woodbridge ward

Thursday 6 March

Barnet local by-election, Finchley Church End ward

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