Following revelations by Inside Croydon and The London Economic, the country is increasingly being exposed to the sheer incompetence and ineptitude of Reform UK. (Not that the corporate media would want us to know).
The latest farcical blunder exposes how Nigel Farage’s Reform UK spent months celebrating the election of a dead woman from Yorkshire as their chosen candidate for Croydon mayor.
They promise a revolution in British politics, a slick, professional challenge to the establishment. But in Croydon, as in many parts of the country, Reform UK is less a political machine and more a shambolic drinking club, where the selection of a mayoral candidate who had been dead for six months was considered a minor administrative hiccup.
Sharon Carby, a 70-year-old from Bradford, died in September 2024. Yet, in a meeting in early 2025, a handful of local Reform members – some reportedly the worse for wear—enthusiastically endorsed her as their champion to run the troubled South London borough.
The revelation exposes a party that, beneath its national polling and media bluster, is organisationally bankrupt at the local level.
Since the local elections in May, over fifteen Reform UK councillors have been suspended or resigned.
The Croydon branch is also a febrile mess, riddled with infighting, racist sentiments, and a penchant for conspiracy theories so outlandish they would embarrass a pub bore. Meetings are held in Wetherspoons pubs or the living room of the local chairman, Nik Stewert. Membership across Croydon and Sutton is believed to be under 1,000.
One ex-member, who quit in disgust, revealed to The Croydon Insider, “I repeatedly overheard racist remarks from local members and voters.” This bigotry, they claimed, even extended to comments about Reform’s own senior figures, Ben Habib and Christina Jordan.
The selection of Mrs. Carby was the final straw for many. Despite having never met her, those present at the Selsdon ‘Spoons meeting were told by party HQ that she was an “absolutely brilliant” “working-class patriot” from Bradford. When a few sober voices pointed out that her being deceased might present a logistical problem on the campaign trail, they were shouted down and abused by other, more inebriated attendees.
“When I phoned HQ to complain about this farce, they claimed to have no knowledge of me at all,” said one source, a member of years’ standing. “It’s absolutely chaotic.”
The chaos appears to be a feature, not a bug. Reform’s then chairman, Zia Yusuf, was forced to send an auditor into the Croydon branch after the General Election, who issued serious recommendations over its shambolic finances and non-existent campaigning.
Mrs Carby’s social media, maintained since her death by her widower, David, offers a glimpse into the world she inhabited. It is a feed of garbled, racist bile and paranoid conspiracy theories, enthusiastically praising far-right agitator Tommy Robinson and Donald Trump while scapegoating minorities for the country’s ills. She was a fervent anti-“woke” activist who genuinely believed the World Economic Forum (WEF) was controlling Croydon’s elected Mayor.
This paranoia has infected the local party. Sources reveal that the Croydon and Sutton branches are organised jointly because members believe the “WEF uniparty is so powerful” – a bizarre notion that the local Tory and Labour leaders are puppets of a globalist cabal.
Now, months after every other major party has selected a living, breathing candidate, Reform UK is desperately advertising for a replacement. Their recruitment call seeks “exceptional people” with a “passion for improving the lives of the people of Croydon”.
A basic pulse, it seems, is now the only essential qualification, after the party’s so-called “Centre of Excellence” failed its most fundamental test: telling the living from the dead.
The Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green parties all announced their candidates for the 2026 mayoral election last year. Reform UK, by contrast, has only just begun its search – a telling delay for a party that claims to be ready for government.
Croydon Chairman Nik Stewert refused to answer, sniffily dismissing questions as part of the “woke leftist MSM”. Reform UK’s central office also failed to respond.
It seems the only thing Reform UK can organise in Croydon, and increasingly across the country, is a round of drinks, dog whistling, and a conspiracy theory. Thankfully, many are gradually waking up.
The place to be for reality is the Independent Media.
