Reform’s only Black branch chair quits over ‘harmful’ migration debate

<p>Exclusive: Neville Watson leaves amid concerns about weaponisation of religion and erosion of community relations</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/23/jess-phillips-grooming-gangs-inquiry-keir-starmer-labour-uk-politics-latest-news">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The only Black branch chair of Reform UK has left the rightwing populist party, saying the tone of Britain’s migration debate is “doing more harm than good”.</p><p>Neville Watson, from north London, told the Guardian he had not experienced any racism in Reform, where there were “a lot of good people”. However, the former leader of the party’s Enfield branch said he was alarmed by the growing influence of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/17/the-guardian-view-on-christianity-and-the-uk-far-right-churches-must-stand-up-to-the-false-prophets-of-division">Christian nationalism</a> – the hard-right movement that blends politics with fundamentalism.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/23/reform-only-black-branch-chair-quits-over-harmful-migration-debate">Continue reading...</a>