Billionaire property developer Nick Candy is hoping Nigel Farage will get the support he needs to win the next national election in his latest high-profile defection to Reform Britain. He says he can raise more money than any other political party.
Brexit veteran Nigel Farage says his Reform UK shows it is Britain's only party with momentum after backing billionaire businessman Nick Candy of Candy Properties. , behind As Party Treasurer, he was responsible for one of the largest property development transactions in British history. Candy has previously donated large sums of money to the Conservative Party and has vowed to give £1 million to the party, including his own money, as well as donations from others.
Candy is married to British pop star Holly Vallance, and both are already well-known in British right-wing circles, having cut campaign checks to Farage earlier this year. The pair, who were introduced to Donald Trump by Nigel Farage in 2022, hosted a record-breaking fundraiser for Trump's overseas Republican campaign earlier this year.
Just hours after Kandy's defection to Reform was announced, Farage also announced another defection for former Conservative MP Aidan Burley.
In a speech on Tuesday, Reform Britain's new treasurer Candy cited the aspirations Britain once fostered, giving him the scope to build a business empire as the grandson of Cypriot immigrants in the early 1990s. he said GB News: “Our country is in decline. I have friends across the political spectrum. I have very good friends in the Labor Party. I have very good friends in the Conservative Party. They will continue to do so. My friend, I really think it's time for a change of direction, and that change is about reform and Nigel Farage.”
The former Tory was deeply dissatisfied with what he called the Conservative Party's broken promises, and had recently tacitly supported Starmer in an apparent attempt to destroy the Conservative Party, but the former Tory was deeply dissatisfied with what he called the Tories' broken promises, and had recently tacitly supported Starmer in an apparent attempt to destroy the Conservative Party. He made it clear that he was completely and truly wasting the opportunity he was given. For positive change. Candy said: “Labour is already in a very wrong mindset. We can't get out of this problem by taxing; we have to grow the economy.”
Financially, Mr Candy said the party could raise more money than any other party in the UK, potentially surpassing the £40 million in campaign funds that the big traditional parties have amassed to date. He said it would be a combination of big donors like himself and thousands of political parties. It was a small gift from the wider public, and until recently reforms had generally been subdued. He said: “I'm not a politician and I don't want to be a politician. But what I can do is I'm good at raising money for businesses… and making sure that Reform UK runs its operations and businesses correctly.'' To make sure we have the right funding for this… Already this morning I have raised millions of pounds worth of donations.”
“Nigel Farage will be the Prime Minister of this country,'' Candy said. tell more solar Newspaper: “I will raise more money for reform than any political party in Britain has ever raised. Nigel will be Prime Minister.” Mr Farage responded by calling Mr Candy a “formidable” businessman. , called on the Reformers to help fund May's English county council elections.
Although county councilors do not immediately have much power over reform, having such grassroots power is essential to widespread electoral success in the UK, and the lack of this constituency is essential for reform and for Farage. It has been cited as the main factor hindering the previous political party formation. past.
