Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporting Service
Published:
3:00 PM April 23, 2021
Cllr Robin Turbefield has switched from the Conservatives to Reform UK.
- Credit: Cllr Robin Turbefield
A Redbridge Conservative councillor has left the party due to his frustration with the government’s handling of coronavirus.
Cllr Robin Turbefield (Bridge) says he is “not a Covid-denier or anti-vaxxer” but feels the government “approached the situation in the wrong way” by locking the country down.
After more than a decade as a Conservative councillor, he has now joined the former Brexit Party, renamed Reform UK earlier this year.
While he says he is eager to push the party’s agenda in his remaining time as councillor, he does not plan to stand for re-election next year.
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