Reform have complained after they allegedly found a journalist from the Guardian eavesdropping on a private meeting at the Local Government Association conference from behind a curtain. Were his shoes sticking out from the bottom…
The party says Guardian senior political correspondent Peter Walker was told that a Reform personnel meeting on local government efficiency was private and he would have to leave the room. Sources present say he then hid behind a curtain within earshot of the meeting…
He was allegedly found there. In a complaint to the Local Government Association, the party wrote:
“I am writing on behalf of the Reform UK Group to insist that the Guardian journalist found recording our closed political group session has his media pass revoked and is not permitted to attend the remainder of conference.
The meeting was overtly communicated as a private and confidential closed political group session, including in the conference programme, at the outset of the session, and through clear Reform UK branding at the session space.
Despite this, the journalist positioned himself behind the curtain at the back of the session and was found recording and taking notes during the private discussion.”
Reform says the LGA’s director of communications has provided them with verbal assurances that Walker’s media pass will be revoked. Separately Richard Tice has accused the National Crime Agency of leaking bank records of senior Reform personnel including him and Farage to the Guardian…
The party has had an active LGA conference – as Suella Braverman suggested removing activism on Gaza and Trans issues from schools, she was heckled by numerous attendees who then staged a walkout while she continued speaking. Reform’s opponents are flinging the kitchen sink…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”