In the latest episode of the Daily Expresso, Advance UK leader Ben Habib discusses his bitter feud with Nigel Farage, what the Reform UK leader is really like behind the scenes, and the future of the British right. Speaking with host JJ Anisiobi, Habib explains why he left Reform after resigning as Deputy Leader on November 28, 2024, following a major fallout with party leader Nigel Farage and Chairman Zia Yusuf.

In June 2025, he launched a new political party, Advance UK, which was officially registered with the Electoral Commission on December 4, 2025. About leaving Reform, he said: “Reform had great promise. It launched as a grassroots movement championing the voices of British patriots wishing to make the case for a sovereign United Kingdom, putting our borders back up, making policy for national interest and so on and so forth. It was formed out of the Brexit party. “

He added: “But then things changed dramatically when Nigel Farage came back. The persona of Farage is entirely consistent with the picture that I just painted of Reform in its early days.

“The reality of Farage is quite different. I don’t want to go too much into detail. I think viewers probably know my views on Farage by now, but Farage is a phenomenal campaigner, a great political tactician, but he doesn’t have what I would call a political philosophy.

“His persona of being pro-British, wearing Union Flag socks and all of that, is really a false persona. He will pivot this way or that way, depending on where he feels he needs to go, in order to maximise his own personal promotion and the political positioning that he wishes to take.”

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He claimed Reform is becoming “Tory 2.0,” adopting policies from the Conservatives and some liberal positions, while being philosophically inconsistent and politically immature.

He added: “They cloak themselves in the Union flag and yet it isn’t of that agenda. And so it needs to be revealed. As leader of Advanced UK, a party I’ve set up, it’s part of my job is to reveal the true facts and the true position of Reform and then to offer up a proper solution for the country.”