Rupert Matthews: Why I defected to Reform UK

Rupert Matthews: Why I defected to Reform UK

Rupert Matthews is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland. As usual, the voters were ahead of the politicians in their appreciation of the increasing volatility of party politics in the UK. In Europe, there has long been great mobility between political parties. I saw this first hand in the European Parliament when MEPs shifted easily between political groupings with surprising frequency. At the time, I put this down to…