Richard Tice is planning for a May general election. He still expects Rishi Sunak to wait until October, but he isn’t taking any chances: if the Prime Minister “surprises everyone and calls for a May one and we’re not ready, I look a prat!”
Two years ago the multi-millionaire property tycoon and leader of Reform UK, formerly known as the Brexit Party, told the New Statesman of his determination to field candidates in more than 600 seats at the next general election, saying “we’re not standing down for the Con-socialists again”. It’s an intention he’s repeated multiple times since – but the message, however clearly stated, didn’t seem to get through.
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