Reform UK fractured over response to Dover and Portsmouth protests

Reform UK experienced internal divisions on September 11, 2026, over how to respond to masked demonstrations at Dover and Portsmouth. Party leader Nigel Farage condemned the masked protesters as 'horrible,' while other party members defended them as 'brave, passionate patriots.'

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Reform UK beset by internal row over response to Dover and Portsmouth protests

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Nigel Farage said demonstrators in balaclavas were ‘horrible’, but others in the party defend them as ‘brave, passionate patriots’ Nigel Farage’s condemnation of the masked men whose blockade of Dover stole headlines on the final day of his party’s annual conference was swift, describing their actions as “horrible”. Yet less than a week on from the public debut of the black-clad members of Patriot