[7] The Observer reported that Forman specialised in the privatisation of enterprises in former eastern European Soviet states and held real estate in Ukraine.

[17] While acknowledging "The irony" of gaining EU protection due to his eurosceptic views,[16] Forman said he was "very proud", while the prime minister, Theresa May, called the designation "fantastic".

[21] A number of Forman's tweets have gone viral such as claims that Jeremy Corbyn is a Nazi, that Islamophobia in the Conservative party is "made up by the left",[22] that the "British taxpayer has paid for a nice fleet" of Mercedes for MEPs in Brussels (while posting a picture of what was actually a Skoda)[23][24] as well as sharing a video of himself apparently unable to operate the voting machines at the EU parliament, which he claimed was evidence that there was "no democracy here".

[27] He has claimed that EU packaging and hygiene regulations have cost his business hundreds of thousands of pounds annually, which is the principal reason he is in favour of Brexit.

[32][33][34][35] The organisation was subject to controversy at its launch, after conservative commentator, Candace Owens, was criticised for her remarks stating, the "problem" with Hitler was that "he had dreams outside of Germany.

[39] Together with his wife, Rene Anisfeld, Forman is a patron of the charitable organisation One Family UK,[40] which aids victims of terror attacks in Israel.