Conservative councillor defects to Reform UK over Covid
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 Par...