Membership of UK’s anti-immigration Reform party overtakes Conservatives

Membership of Britain’s upstart anti-immigration Reform UK party has overtaken that of the centre-right Conservative Party for the first time, the party said on Thursday.

Party leader and Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage hailed the figure as a “historic moment”.

Immigration was a major issue at the ballot box at the UK’s July general election which saw the Conservatives ousted after 14 years in power.

The digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally ticking...