11 Chaotic Moments From Reform's Conference You May Have Missed

From protesters and car-crash interviews to fake resignations, the two-day get-together was nothing short of eventful.

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Reform UK wanted this year’s annual conference in Birmingham to be about “making Britain fall in love with Nigel Farage again”.

But that plan to woo voters and consolidate their base by presenting a strategy for their first 100 days in power fell apart before it had even begun.

Channel 4 News broadcast an undercover sting operation from investigative group Verbatim on Thursday evening, shortly before delegates arrived.

The footage accused Reform of taking funds from a US company to commission three supposedly independent polls at £32,500 earlier this year, research which was then shared with the media.

Reform’s head of policy James Orr and Farage’s close aide Dan Jukes organised the donation. They were unaware the donors were actually undercover reporters.

British electoral law says political donations can only be made by someone eligible to vote in the UK or a UK-registered company.

But Jukes appeared to propose a work-around so that an American businessman could donate £500,000 to the party through his British son.

Reform initially called the documentary a “hoax”, and said it was guilty of no wrongdoing.

It then launched an internal investigation and both Jukes and Orr stepped down from their roles.

Farage, who was seen in some of the footage engaging with the undercover journalists when they were presented as donors, told the BBC: “I frankly wasn’t even listening.”

The Metropolitan Police and the Electoral Commission are now assessing reports into the donations.

Unsurprisingly, the conference ended up being a far-cry from the plan to look more professional.

Here’s some of the strangest moments may have missed.

1. Farage’s Reaction After Losing 2 Aides

Jukes has worked with Farage for years and their relationship has been compared to father and son.

Orr was the policy brain of the party, and his attendance at a conference set to be a policy-blitz was crucial.

But Farage distanced himself significantly, calling them “contractors” who were only guilty of “loose pub talk”.

There was also significant confusion over whether they would ever be able to return, even though Reform’s internal investigation is yet to conclude.

Reform’s chair Lee Anderson told broadcasters they were........

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