Reform UK is worried that its members and candidates are going to get drunk and tweet, and they've got ample reason to worry

Nigel Farage of Reform UK

Many people think Reform UK members are a nuisance, and we now know the party itself is among them:

Reform says its own members are its ‘biggest threat’ in leaked videos https://t.co/cPJOS2xbjv

— Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) August 13, 2026

“Don’t drink and tweet”

As exposed by Byline Times, the leaked videos were part of a training package designed to provide “Excellence Training”. The video contained advice like the following:

The fact is, the biggest threat to Reform is people in it and itself. It’s not the Tories, it’s not Labour, the establishment is going to throw everything at us. The biggest chance of things going wrong is stuff like infighting, stuff like people just saying and doing stupid stuff. That’s our biggest risk.

In the far-right party’s own opinion, its “biggest risk” is the “stupid stuff” its members will doubtlessly get up to. Which is understandable, honestly.

The leak also contained the following advice:

Treat every social media post like a press release, if this was sat on the desk of an anti Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?

Don’t drink and tweet. If there is any doubt, just don’t post it.

To be fair, “don’t drink and tweet” is good advice for everyone; we’re just not sure these Reform people are listening.

As we’ve covered extensively, Reform UK has had significant problems with the posting habits of its candidates. The following are just some of the social media related stories we’ve put out this year:

The leaked videos were produced last year. The point of them was to ensure candidates and members didn’t cause problems for themselves through reckless tweeting. The worrying thing for the far-right party is that the articles listed above all happened this year; i.e. Party members don’t seem to be getting the message.

Reform — “negative consequences”

In another part of the video, party members receive the following advice:

No risk is worth taking if it could have negative consequences, don’t try to gain 1% if it might cost everyone else nationwide 0.1%. The next time you go to events/conferences, you might not be as welcomed by your fellow members.

In other words, members shouldn’t try to impress their mates by posting racist shite that goes down poorly in the national press. And once again, we don’t think Reform members have taken this advice on board.

Another odd thing from the training video was this:

If you see a sign and it says no junk mail, the advice from parties is still worth delivering it. So deliver that leaflet by all means.

Does Reform think its leaflets don’t count as junk mail, or does it just not mind disrespecting people’s wishes? To confirm, its leaflets are definitely junk mail, anyway, because Reform is a junk party.

Reform candidate selection

In a slide on selecting candidates, the advice reads:

They have to be vetted, but this is just their online profile.

This is honestly surprising, because it suggests Reform is vetting candidates’ social media. The evidence we’ve seen suggests otherwise, because many of those caught out were exposed for publicly available posts.

The same section also offers the following pearl of wisdom:

If people can’t be bothered to campaign, please avoid selecting them, this is the most important piece of guidance.

This suggests that at some point they were asking ‘can you be bothered campaigning?‘, and the answer ‘no‘ wasn’t a deal breaker.

Laughable

Advising potential candidates not to “drink and tweet” suggests Reform UK has a very low opinion of its members. To be fair, though, the party is absolutely right to, because many of these clowns are clearly still drinking and tweeting.

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