Reform UK plots new wave of student societies

They say that the children are our future. So what better way for a party to demonstrate its potential than by winning support among the nation’s yoof? Britain’s universities are often depicted as hotbeds of leftism, incubators for the kind of avocado-eating, chai latte-drinking wokerati that sends Jonathan Gullis into a tizzy. But now Mr S hears that a new wave of Reform UK student societies could change all that – with branches expected to launch in the forthcoming academic year.

Currently, there are three universities branches across the country with Reform societies at Durham, East Anglia and York. These were all established when the party had less than 70,000 members. But now, with numbers above 233,000 – including a healthy contingent of those under-25 – senior Reform figures are expecting to see more branches popping up in September. These will not by initiated by party headquarters but the top brass is happy for them to be set up.