NEWS STORY : 2nd Reform Parliamentary Candidate Defects to Conservative Party

STORY

Georgie David, the Reform Parliamentary candidate for West Ham and Beckton, has defected to the Conservative Party over the failure of the party to control racism and hate speech. She said that she was “frustrated and dismayed” by Nigel Farage’s leadership, with the defection being the second in three days after Liam Booth-Isherwood also quit Reform.

David said in a statement:

“I am hereby announcing my decision to leave the Reform Party and stand down as their candidate for West Ham and Beckton, with immediate effect. I am in no doubt that the party and its senior leadership are not racist. However, as the vast majority of candidates are indeed racist, misogynistic, and bigoted, I do not wish to be directly associated with people who hold such views that are so vastly opposing to my own and what I stand for.

I also have been significantly frustrated and dismayed by the failure of the Reform Party’s leadership to tackle this issue in any meaningful way, and their attempts to instead try to brush it under the carpet or cry foul play. As such, I have now suspended my campaign with Reform, and I am endorsing the Conservative Party – I would encourage all of my fellow patriots to do the same.”