Thomas Skinner has revealed the “honest” reason that he has chosen to join Reform UK in a sit-down interview with GB News host Patrick Christys.

Mr Skinner, who first rise to fame on The Apprentice in 2019, was seen posing with leader Nigel Farage in a post to social media with the caption: ‘Bosh!’

The star explained that he feels “small businesses have been squeezed” in the past few months and stated that they are “the backbone of the economy”.

Mr Skinner said he does not believe Sir Keir Starmer is a bad person, but accused the Labour leader of being “out of his depth” and making repeated U-turns that have eroded trust.

He explained: “There ain’t really much choice at the moment, if I’m honest. What I like about Reform, personally, is that I’m a small business owner.

“I’ve been working for a long time and I’ve got the same staff I’ve had since I began. And that’s because I look after my staff. Without your staff, you haven’t got a business.

“Now we’ve got one business that makes the same money and takes the same amount as it has done for the last six years, yet at the end of each month you’re getting squeezed more and more and more. And people forget that small businesses are the backbone of the UK economy.

“It’s people like myself and thousands of us who pay the taxes that fund things like the NHS and the roads.

“We keep this fantastic country going, and we haven’t had the support that we need. I like what Reform UK is going to do about backing small businesses.

“And I think Keir, bless him, is a little bit out of his depth. I don’t think he’s a bad guy I just think he doesn’t know what he’s doing.”

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