Reform Eyes Major Shakeup as Tories Slump Ahead of By-Elections

Reform UK laid down a challenge to its Tory competition in the Wellingborough by-election on Thursday, after the latest predictions favour the Conservative Party to lose far more than half of its 2019 vote share in two by-elections on the same day. In the upcoming Wellingborough by-election, the Labour Party, led by candidate Gen Kitchen, is positioned as a strong contender to capture a traditionally Conservative seat, spurred by factors such as the controversial departure of the previous Conservative MP Peter Bone and local dissatisfaction with the government’s handling of COVID-19 and Brexit. Reform’s candidate, former MEP and well-known businessman Ben Habib, told The Epoch Times: “To win in a first past the post system is never easy. Labour has been canvassing in Wellingborough for months and has thrown everything but the kitchen sink at their effort. But Reform UK has fought a super campaign for an insurgent party....