Reform councillor quits Farage’s party saying new welfare policy will have fatal consequences
Reform’s John Bell has resigned as parish councillor for Mabe in Cornwall and quit Farage’s far-right party. Explaining his decision, Bell stated that he “cannot in good conscience” support the recently announced ‘Making Welfare Work’ policy. Joining resounding criticism of the harmful policy, Bell says that Reform’s changes to welfare and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will “cost lives of people, especially those who have suicidal ideation”. This resignation comes in the wake of Jason Arday’s apparent suicide – a death likely caused by the immense, undue pressure and demeaning rhetoric the mainstream media directed at him. That same media has spent…
