in october 2020, farage and tice said they had went to the electoral commission, which handles elections, to re-name the brexit party to 'reform uk', and said that the party would campaign against more lockdowns (because of the covid-19 pandemic) and that would seek to reform parts of uk governance, including the bbc and house of lords. in a report, nigel farage said he and the party supported the great barrington declaration, which tries to remove restrictions and let the lower risk people be infected and become immune and unable to infect the elderly and vulnerable or cause them to die.