Post by Red Rackham on Sept 18, 2024 14:17:33 GMT
Nigel Farage could be FORCED OUT of Reform as new plan for how members can oust leader confirmed
Nigel Farage could be forced out if more than half of Reform UK members lose confidence in his leadership, according to the party's new rulebook to be presented to the party's conference this weekend.
The party's new constitution, which has been drawn up by the party's chairman Zia Yusuf and seen by GB News, sets out for the first time how members can remove their leader. It delivers on a pledge made by Farage in an interview with GB News on the eve of the general election in July that he would seek to democratise his party.
Under the changes - to be voted on at this weekend's Reform UK conference - a vote of confidence will be considered by the party's board if either half of its MPs or its members write to the chairman demanding one.
The 17-page constitution - a copy of which has been seen by GB News - says a vote on the leader can be triggered "by 50 per cent of all Members in Good Standing writing to the Chairman requesting a motion of confidence".
A vote can also be called "by 50 Members of the Parliamentary Party or 50 per cent of the Members of the Parliamentary Party (whichever is greater), writing to the Chairman and requesting a motion of no confidence".
However, this only applies if there are more than 100 MPs in Parliament. Currently, there are only five Reform UK MPs.
If enough members or MPs demand a vote of no confidence, Reform's board - comprising elected members, councillors, MPs as well as the leader and chairman - will vote within 14 days on the leader's future.
www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-changes-reform-uk-constitution-vote-no-confidence
There is risk attached to this. Reform UK are a long way from having 100 MP's, but it gives Farage's detractors the opportunity to join the party then demand a vote of no confidence in order to get rid of him, and lets face it, the establishment hate Farage.
Nigel Farage could be forced out if more than half of Reform UK members lose confidence in his leadership, according to the party's new rulebook to be presented to the party's conference this weekend.
The party's new constitution, which has been drawn up by the party's chairman Zia Yusuf and seen by GB News, sets out for the first time how members can remove their leader. It delivers on a pledge made by Farage in an interview with GB News on the eve of the general election in July that he would seek to democratise his party.
Under the changes - to be voted on at this weekend's Reform UK conference - a vote of confidence will be considered by the party's board if either half of its MPs or its members write to the chairman demanding one.
The 17-page constitution - a copy of which has been seen by GB News - says a vote on the leader can be triggered "by 50 per cent of all Members in Good Standing writing to the Chairman requesting a motion of confidence".
A vote can also be called "by 50 Members of the Parliamentary Party or 50 per cent of the Members of the Parliamentary Party (whichever is greater), writing to the Chairman and requesting a motion of no confidence".
However, this only applies if there are more than 100 MPs in Parliament. Currently, there are only five Reform UK MPs.
If enough members or MPs demand a vote of no confidence, Reform's board - comprising elected members, councillors, MPs as well as the leader and chairman - will vote within 14 days on the leader's future.
www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-changes-reform-uk-constitution-vote-no-confidence
There is risk attached to this. Reform UK are a long way from having 100 MP's, but it gives Farage's detractors the opportunity to join the party then demand a vote of no confidence in order to get rid of him, and lets face it, the establishment hate Farage.
