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Nigel Farage: After losing £10k on Trump bet now he faces challenge over new party name

"He is undermining almost two decades of work establishing our reputation for producing genuinely reformist and evidence-based policy research."

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-11-09 11:13
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It’s not been a great week for Nigel Farage. Now his plan to rebrand the Brexit Party as the anti-lockdown Reform UK has hit a snag after losing a £10k bet on Trump to win Presidential election.

The Reform think tank has written to the Electoral Commission to complain about the proposed name change, arguing it could lead to “voter confusion”.

The think tank, which argues for public service reform, has also written to Mr Farage asking him to reconsider.

The Brexit Party have applied to change their name to Reform UK

This is creating confusion. We've written to the @ElectoralCommUK and @Nigel_Farage setting out our concerns and asking them to think again.

Details here: https://t.co/ntiSotMQ7y@brexitparty_uk pic.twitter.com/vMPsR4RweD

— Reform (@reformthinktank) November 9, 2020

The Brexit Party has applied to the Electoral Commission to formally change its name, with Mr Farage arguing that as well as keeping an eye on Boris Johnson’s negotiations with the EU “further reform in many other areas” is needed.

Party chairman Richard Tice has said a new coronavirus strategy is needed “so that we learn to live with it, not hide in fear of it”.

In its letter to Mr Farage, Reform said: “We are determinedly independent and strictly non-party political.

“As a charity, this independence is absolutely core to our reputation and work, and therefore the longstanding goodwill in our name.”

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Undermining goodwill

It warned Mr Farage that “renaming the Brexit Party ‘Reform UK’ risks undermining that goodwill through the confusion and/or presumed association with a political party”.

The think tank’s director Charlotte Pickles said: “We are flattered that Mr Farage would want to copy our name, however in doing so he is undermining almost two decades of work establishing our reputation for producing genuinely reformist and evidence-based policy research.

“We are a small charity and our independent, non-party political status is absolutely central to our ability to raise funds to support our work.

“We are kindly asking Mr Farage and the Brexit Party to consider our very serious concerns and pick a different name.”

Related: Video – Piers Morgan slams Nigel Farage for denying Trump endorsed bleach as Covid treatment

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