Former London council leader Dan Thomas has been announced by Nigel Farage as the leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Mr Thomas, who is Welsh born, was the Conservative leader of Barnet Council from 2019 to 2022. He joined Reform UK last June and quit as a councillor for Finchley Church End in December of last year.
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In a speech at a Reform UK event in Newport this morning, Mr Thomas attacked the city he used to work in. He criticised “weak and woke policing” in London, and what “uncontrolled immigration” had done to the city.
City News reached out to Barnet council for comment.
Welsh Labour has said the unveiling of two former Conservative politicians at the Reform UK conference in Newport showed the party was “led by Tories”.
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StandfirstDan Thomas, the ex-Barnet councillor, attacked the capital in his speech at the Newport Reform rally
Former London council leader Dan Thomas has been announced by Nigel Farage as the leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Mr Thomas, who is Welsh born, was the Conservative leader of Barnet Council from 2019 to 2022. He joined Reform UK last June and quit as a councillor for Finchley Church End in December of last year.
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In a speech at a Reform UK event in Newport this morning, Mr Thomas attacked the city he used to work in. He criticised “weak and woke policing” in London, and what “uncontrolled immigration” had done to the city.
City News reached out to Barnet council for comment.
Welsh Labour has said the unveiling of two former Conservative politicians at the Reform UK conference in Newport showed the party was “led by Tories”.