‘Your Party Isn’t Serious’: Reform’s Richard Clashes With GB News Reporter Over Defence

Reform’s deputy leader was left squirming by a GB News journalist over the party’s record on defence.

Richard Tice clashed with Christopher Hope, the broadcaster’s political editor, after John Healey’s resignation as defence secretary.

Hope said the fact that Reform does not even have a designated defence spokesman showed the party “isn’t serious” about the issue.

At one point in the live interview, Tice even claimed that Nigel Farage, the party’s leader, was also its defence spokesman.

Hope told him: “You don’t take it seriously … you don’t have a defence spokesman. That says everything about your seriousness as a party.

“If you think you are a serious party on defence, who is your spokesman?”

A clearly-flustered Tice insisted that “what matters” is Reform’s pledge to boost defence spending.

“We’ve shown how you do it, that’s what matters,” he said. “That’s why we’re leading in the polls.”

But Hope asked him again: “Can you name your defence spokesman? It’s not an MP, is it? It’s someone else. Who is your defence spokesman?”

Tice said: “Listen, Nigel and I cover foreign and defence, and we know how you get the money. You scrap net zero, you provide at least an extra £10-£20 billion as required in order to keep British citizens safe.”

Hope hit back: “But your party isn’t serious without having a defence spokesman. You can’t come on GB News – it insults our viewers for you to say it’s important.”

Watch the full clash below.

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