A councillor who defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives has now left the party and described the move as the “biggest mistake of my life.”
Over the last 12 months or so, a number of now-ex Tories have decided they want to sport a different shade of blue and have jumped ship to Reform.
This has included people from all levels of the party, from former cabinet members such as Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman, all the way down to councillors at local government.
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The reasons for many of these defections are up for debate, and from the outside it’s difficult not to think many of these defectors have simply looked at the polls over the last 18 months and decided the best way they can stay in a political job come election day is to be wearing a turquoise Reform rosette.
But perhaps some should have put a bit more thought into switching their political allegiances, because the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
‘The biggest mistake of my life’ – one councillor’s Reform regret
It seems like someone should have given this advice to Robbie Lammas, a Medway councillor who decided to quit the Conservatives in October last year and join Reform.
However, after just eight months, he has decided Nigel Farage’s gang isn’t for him.
Lammas has left Reform, saying he has become disillusioned with the party and that it no longer represents what he had expected.
Speaking to BBC Kent, the councillor said defecting from the Tories had been the “biggest mistake of my life.”
“I’m going to leave Reform, I’ve had enough, it’s not what I signed up to, and I feel I’ve been misled,” he said.
He criticised the party’s ability to govern, saying they were “good at spin, but struggle with good governance.”
Lammas admitted he was “embarrassed” buy his political switch and that other Reform members have told him they regret their decision to defect to the party.
Lammas will continue on Medway council as an independent councillor.