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The Rise of Reform

Nick Tyrone

Veteran Westminster journo and self-proclaimed liberal Remainer Nick Tyrone is no natural ally of Reform UK. So why is Nigel Farage his bet to be Britain’s next prime minister?

The Rise of Reform tells the inside story of the biggest new political party in a century, from its beginnings in 2018 up to the elections of May 2026. Through a series of exclusive interviews with major Reform figures, as well as dozens of activists and local candidates across the UK, Tyrone explores the personalities, strategies and contradictions behind the party’s unprecedented growth. Can Reform smash Britain’s two-party system? Who makes up its electoral coalition? And what would a Farage-led government mean for the country’s future?

Informed, revelatory and grippingly told, The Rise of Reform is the definitive account of a political phenomenon.

Hardback

ISBN: 9781800755628

Published: September 24, 2026

Ebook

ISBN: 9781800755635

Published: September 24, 2026

Category:
Non-fiction

Reviews for The Rise of Reform

‘Reform is the strongest disruptor political party for 100 years. We need a well-informed and fair-minded book explaining where it came from and where it is going. Tyrone has written it’ – Anthony Seldon

‘A waspish writer and natural troublemaker’ – Jon Rentoul

Author

Nick Tyrone

Nick Tyrone is a journalist, author, researcher and Senior Policy Adviser at the Jobs Foundation. He has published several books, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as having written for most mainstream news outlets in the UK, most frequently and prominently in The Spectator. He was also the Executive Director of CentreForum, the liberal think tank most noted for publishing the Orange Book, as well as Director General of the Red Tape Initiative.