Reform UK says campaign bus that went viral for 'expired' MOT is actually 'exempt'

Officials person confirmed a Reform UK run autobus which sparked attraction connected societal media for seemingly operating without a valid MOT is really "exempt."

The enactment has confirmed the Dennis bus, a bluish Diesel-powered vehicle, is exempt nether a “special class for accumulation buses and play buses”.

Concerns were raised that Reform UK could look a £1,000 good aft societal media users spotted the autobus canvassing for the party, bearing the slogans “Let’s Make Britain Great” and “Join the Reform UK party”.

It comes aft Nigel Farage MP, announced plans for the “biggest ever run rally successful modern British governmental history” connected Sunday.

The Clacton MP is aiming to footwear disconnected his run for the May section elections with a motorboat rally astatine Arena Birmingham, formerly known arsenic the National Indoor Arena.

The announcement generated excitement among Reform UK supporters, who person organized section events, including successful Essex, to rally enactment for the party.

Social media users pointed retired that the run bus, with the fig sheet R903 TCH, had an expired MOT, according to the gov.uk website.

But the enactment has confirmed the autobus is MOT-exempt.

A spokesperson for Reform UK said: “The erstwhile proprietor operated this autobus MOT exempt it comes nether a peculiar class Exhibition buses and play buses are exempt from MOT.

“We submitted each the documents to the station bureau a fewer weeks agone with the applicable forms and they taxed it seeing closed security and logbook each supra board.”

According to the Gov.uk website, the conveyance was registered successful 1988 and past passed its MOT backmost successful 2014.

The maximum good for driving without a valid MOT certificate is £1,000. However, if your car is deemed "dangerous" by an MOT test, you could beryllium fined up to £2,500.

The conveyance is taxed, with the adjacent outgo owed connected January 1, 2026. According to GOV.UK, the astir caller V5C logbook was issued connected January 29, 2025.