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Rupert Matthews Joins Reform UK, Slams 'Wokeness' in Justice

8/4/2025

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Rupert Matthews has made a bold move, leaving the Conservatives to join Reform UK as their first police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland. In a fiery press conference alongside Nigel Farage, he condemned the "dark heart of wokeness" in the criminal justice system, taking aim at the perceived failures of the liberal elite.

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Rupert Matthews has made a bold move, leaving the Conservatives to join Reform UK as their first police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland. In a fiery press conference alongside Nigel Farage, he condemned the "dark heart of wokeness" in the criminal justice system, taking aim at the perceived failures of the liberal elite.