Ben Habib
British businessman and former politician
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| April 2025 | Became the director of the Integrity Party, replacing Richard John Shaw. |
| March 2025 | Habib publicly criticized the suspension of Reform MP Rupert Lowe, calling it 'an injustice'. He accused Nigel Farage and Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf of fabricating complaints against Lowe after Elon Musk suggested Lowe should become the party's leader. Habib called for the resignations of both Farage and Yusuf. |
| 2024 | Candidate for Reform UK in the Wellingborough and Rushden constituency during the general election, coming third with 21.5% of the vote. |
| December 2024 | In an interview with Andrew Gold, Habib acknowledged his previous statements about immigrants as a mistake. |
| November 28 2024 | Quit Reform UK, citing concerns over party structure and fundamental differences with Nigel Farage on Brexit and migration policies. |
| July 2024 | Removed from Co-Deputy Leader position of Reform UK and replaced by Richard Tice following the 2024 general election. |
| April 2024 | During an interview with Julia Hartley-Brewer, advocated for leaving immigrants to drown when attempting to cross the Channel by boat. |
| February 2024 | Ran as a candidate in the Wellingborough by-election, finishing third out of eleven candidates with 13% of the vote. |
| March 2023 | Appointed as co-deputy leader of Reform UK alongside David Bull, and became the party's Brexit and Union spokesman. |
| March 21 2023 | Lord Caine confirmed that the UK Government had spent £196,567 on legal fees defending court challenges to the Northern Ireland Protocol. |
| February 8 2023 | The Supreme Court dismissed the challenge against the Northern Ireland Protocol, agreeing with the previous court rulings. |
| November 30 2022 | Habib and his co-plaintiffs appealed the case to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. |
| March 14 2022 | The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal affirmed the previous court's decision, noting the inconsistency of Habib first voting for the Withdrawal Agreement and then challenging it. |
| June 2021 | The High Court of Northern Ireland dismissed the legal challenge against the Northern Ireland Protocol, ruling that the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 had constitutional effect. |
| February 2021 | Ben Habib, along with Jim Allister and Baroness Hoey, initiated a judicial review challenging the Northern Ireland Protocol, later joined by Arlene Foster, David Trimble, and Steve Aiken. |
| February 22 2020 | Published an article on Brexit-Watch.org describing the Northern Ireland Protocol as a unique advantage for Northern Ireland business and recommending Unionists make it work. |
| January 2020 | Habib's tenure as MEP ends with the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. |
| January 2020 | Habib voted in favour of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, which included the Northern Ireland Protocol, during its ratification by the EU Parliament. |
| 2019 | Elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election. |
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