Councillor kicked out of Reform: ‘It’s run like the Mafia’

A COUNTY councillor has claimed Reform UK is “not ready” for power at a national level amid a row over her expulsion from the party.

- JAMES ROBINSON

Berwick North councillor Nicole Brooke was kicked out of the party after challenging the leadership of the Northumberland branch.

The party claims Coun Brooke, who runs a HR and headhunting firm in London, ‘misused’ the signatures of her colleagues as she sought to facilitate a vote of no confidence in the party's local leadership. Coun Brooke denies this and has criticised the party for a lack of professionalism.

Speaking to The Journal, Coun Brooke said: “This is a s***show. We were promised it was going to be professionalised, but we have had no training, nothing from head office - we have just been left.

“Reform is just not ready. They have grown far too fast, there’s no infrastructure, no senior management.

“They are going to get in and they are going to mess it up for five years and then Labour or the Tories are going to get back in. There's nothing in there, there is no depth - it's run like the Mafia.