Both Mr Farage and Reform UK leader Richard Tice have sought to paint the party as an alternative for those on the Tory right who voted Leave in the 2016 referendum.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23840843.farage-accuses-tories-copying-reform-uks-rhetoric-but-not-action/?ref=rss

Cheerleading the moral panic was Mark Hoath, Reform UK candidate for Sutton Coldfield and GB News contributor.

Source: https://leftfootforward.org/2023/11/we-are-all-extremists-now-how-the-right-are-exploiting-israel-gaza-tragedy-to-redefine-extremism/

Conversely, would a Farage political comeback be more likely to involve the propping up of Reform UK, which is currently polling in double digits, as disgruntled Brexit-backing voters threaten to desert the Tories?

Source: https://leftfootforward.org/2023/12/could-nigel-farage-become-tory-leader/

In the audio, Mr Anderson said Reform UK "don't care about this country at all" and accused the people involved of being "mad".

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-lee-anderson-boasts-offered-31529945

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has brushed off suggestions that Reform UK is trying to lure some of his MPs.

Source: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/national/23949501.sunak-insists-focused-job-following-speculation-tory-defections/?ref=rss

Reform UK, previously the Brexit Party, was founded by Nigel Farage in 2018.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67312289?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

There are five candidates standing in the by-election, representing the Greens, the Conservatives, Reform UK, Labour and the Lib Dems.

Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/election-candidates-hoping-replace-councillor-27656422