Nigel Farage has called on Kemi Badenoch to say sorry after the Conservative party leader accused him of inflating Reform membership numbers. ‘I am asking Kemi Badenoch to apologise immediately for this intemperate outburst,’ the Reform leader said. Badenoch has accused Farage of ‘fakery’ over the claim that Reform’s total membership overtook the Conservatives this week.
‘The Reform UK membership continues to rise rapidly,’ Farage said, ‘and we are delighted with the momentum. The accusations of fraud and dishonesty made against me yesterday were disgraceful, and we have opened up our systems to the Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, Sky News and the FT in the interests of full transparency.’
In a briefing to journalists, the Reform leader would not rule out legal action if Badenoch refuses to say sorry for the series of tweets she sent on Boxing Day. Farage said he would consider what step to take in the coming days:
‘I’m going to take some action in the next couple of days and I’m going to decide exactly what it is.
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