Tory chair slammed over comparing Reform UK logo to Nazi badge

The Golden Party Badge (L) and Reform UK's new football shirt (R)[Missing Credit]

Hollinrake’s comparison has received condemnation from various politicians, including from his own party.

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman distanced herself from Hollinrake’s outburst, saying that “comparing Reform and their supporters to the Nazis is wrong, irresponsible, and highly counter-productive”. “Kevin does not speak for me,” she added.

Another ex-home secretary, James Cleverley, claimed that Hollinrake was trying to make a point and that it was “not necessarily the way I would have made it”.

But Tory leader Kemi Badenoch defended the post as a “joke”, continuing: “He was being funny. I see Reform being abusive to lots of politicians all the time. They like to dish it, but they can’t take it”.

Reform’s policy chief Zia Yusuf responded, saying: “This will be on leaflets and ad vans to the point of saturation, so every single one of their constituents knows the Tories think that if you support Reform, you’re a Nazi.”

Allan Mendoza, who defected from the Conservatives last week to become Reform’s chief advisor on global affairs, said: “Is Kevin Hollinrake out of his mind? Making a comparison between Reform and Nigel Farage to the Nazis is not only a disgraceful slur but also lazy and weak.”

Another Tory-to-Reform defector, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, asked Hollinrake: “I have known you for a decade, and you now think I am a Nazi?.”

Farage himself replied simply: “This is why they are on course to win 14 seats at the next election.”