Political commentator Matthew Stadlen has warned that Reform UK is "rattling" both the Conservative Party and Labour as tensions escalate between Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. The row erupted on Boxing Day when Reform UK projected its membership figures onto Conservative Party headquarters in London,

Reform UK now has more members than the Conservative Party, its leader Nigel Farage has said. A digital tracker on Reform's website shows its membership numbers have overtaken the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservatives earlier this year.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Nigel Farage of “fakery” over claims that Reform UK membership has surpassed that of the Conservatives, making it the second largest political party in the UK.