Reform UK launches its own ‘newspaper’ with Farage on front page

Party aims to build a ‘significant national publishing operation’ as first edition of the Reformer is distributed

Reform UK has launched what it is calling a newspaper, featuring large pictures of Nigel Farage, which the party hopes will replace mainstream media for its supporters.

Though the party is hiring qualified journalists to write its newspapers, the only “reporter” credited with writing articles is Farage, the party leader.

Political parties often put out pamphlets made to look like newspapers in local areas during elections, but it is unusual for a party to put out a paper nationally, year-round. The party has said it wishes to build a “significant national publishing operation” as well as its TV channel hosted on YouTube.