Reform’s almost empty press conference was already a festival of schadenfreude, and then Farage made the worst excuses since Pizza Express

GB News calling out the sparse attendance

Seems the closeness with GB News may be slowly ebbing away. https://t.co/8PBqPoPKM0

— dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 (@dave43law) October 26, 2026

Throwing your team under the bus from the podium.

Classy, as ever. https://t.co/vsDseDC4Gt

— Alicia Kearns MP (@aliciakearns) October 26, 2026

i saw more people on the bus this morning https://t.co/YLAWH8qn45

— Just Dave now (@justdavenow89) October 26, 2026

One harsh winter and that’s the last of Farage’s base gone pic.twitter.com/DfPzxwIicV

— LeftSideOfHistory (@leftsidehist) October 26, 2026

"Laugh at my jokes, for God's sake. I'm dying on my arse up here…" pic.twitter.com/ODG0Gid1JT

— Oliver (@OWS1892) October 26, 2026

Can anyone else hear that echo… echo… echo? 😂

Even the tumbleweed couldn’t be bothered to turn up. https://t.co/u1j0YwLf6x

— David Reed MP (@DavidReedMP) October 26, 2026

Reform UK’s new production of Les Chaises is remarkably faithful to the original: an empty hall, a narcissistic fantasist who rates himself too highly and a grand message to ‘save the nation’ that turns out to be gibberish. https://t.co/gOfHjdIryZ

— Luke Robert Black (@lukerobertblack) October 26, 2026

Couldn’t be arsed to at least cast his eye over the planning. Too busy counting his millions https://t.co/QxA2j9fPXa

— David (@Zero_4) October 26, 2026

Looks more like a Trump rally attendance than the crowds Reform used to get.

Novelty has worn off and reality set in https://t.co/Ld5eD5AbCp

— dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 (@dave43law) October 26, 2026

Next time Farage could book a phone box, cupboard or just a smaller room. https://t.co/OtmkUIYbXd

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) October 26, 2026

The bots can’t show up in person https://t.co/LvJK7vMQOi

— Hannah Galley Payne (@HRGalley) October 26, 2026

£72 MILLION in donations.

A vast media operation.

And still they can’t fill the room.

Farage blamed “staff incompetence”.

Sometimes the camera tells you more than the speech. 👀 https://t.co/PSQ0DuotWy

— Liz Webster (@LizWebsterSBF) October 26, 2026

Next week, Wembley😂 https://t.co/wFvbCMm0GX

— Mark Hammond (@MarkHam80780803) October 26, 2026

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨

Nigel Farage attends rally in front of tens of thousands of people according to Reform sources. pic.twitter.com/zqd7Nwr9nd

— Politics For You (@PoliticoForYou) October 26, 2026