Reform UK Councillor Defects To Tories After Feeling 'Uncomfortable' Over Anti-Migration Policies

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/69073f162300007021be2113.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Britain's Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a news conference in London, England, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025." data-caption="Britain's Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a news conference in London, England, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Britain's Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a news conference in London, England, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>A <a href="news/reform-uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reform</a> UK councillor has defected to the <a href="news/conservatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Conservatives</a> because he had become “uncomfortable” with the party’s policies.</p><p>James Buchan, elected to sit in the borough of Dartford in Kent only in July, announced that he struggled with the idea of facing his family while still being part of <a href="news/nigel-farage" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nigel Farage’s</a> party.</p><p>He said: “I stood for election with the sole aim of working for my community and getting things done for local families. Having had the opportunity to see Reform from the inside, I’ve concluded that the party doesn’t really have the experience or ambition to do that.”</p><p>Buchan suggested Reform’s anti-immigration plans spread fear and that “relying on rhetoric and slogans isn’t going to help real families in communities” like his own.</p><p>He added: “The more I saw of Reform UK, the more uncomfortable I felt to be part of it.”</p><p>He said he wanted to be able to “look my family in the ey