I spoke to someone who had been canvassing for the Green party in rural Wiltshire. She had met lots of angry older men, who were fed up that they couldn't get through to their GP surgery, couldn't speak to anyone at their bank etc.
I think Reform is being very clever at making Immigration the reason that people can't get GP appointments etc rather than considering if it had anything to do with ten plus years of Tory austerity.
I do wish Labour would start to seize the agenda and that news outlets wouldn't give Farage so much airtime and column inches.
It's very difficult to win a war of ideas when the other side blatantly lies. I don't know who is telling people that asylum seekers get luxury accommodation with gourmet meals, are given iPhones and hundreds of quid a week but some bastard is.
Not all Brits are being specifically targeted as undesirables.
And the Reform-voters are probably not depressed about the party's championing of their causes. Quite the opposite.
They are, however, convinced that Starmer is trying to destroy the country by letting it be overrun by brown and trans people. Stupid lies can be just as depressing for those who believe them as the truth.
Overrun.... by trans people.
I am unable to comprehend the stupidity in that statement. There aren't enough trans people to overrun anything. Unless, of course, this is the fascist bigot definition of overrun that means "exist in public".
I have professionally qualified relatives currently advocating for a Reform Government. I know for sure their middle-class backsides would fall out if they met any of the flag waving crowds we see outside refugee accommodation on TV.
I have professionally qualified relatives currently advocating for a Reform Government. I know for sure their middle-class backsides would fall out if they met any of the flag waving crowds we see outside refugee accommodation on TV.
There is always a middle and upper class coterie looking to benefit from fascism being whipped up in the lower classes.
I have professionally qualified relatives currently advocating for a Reform Government. I know for sure their middle-class backsides would fall out if they met any of the flag waving crowds we see outside refugee accommodation on TV.
There is always a middle and upper class coterie looking to benefit from fascism being whipped up in the lower classes.
Hmmm. Maybe I won't name the first person who came to mind to save the legal bill, but his dad was chummy with Adolf and funded the private venture aircraft that became the Bristol Blenheim.
I have professionally qualified relatives currently advocating for a Reform Government. I know for sure their middle-class backsides would fall out if they met any of the flag waving crowds we see outside refugee accommodation on TV.
Do you think they make a connection between the Reform Party and the mobs outside the refugee shelters, but just prefer to ignore it? Or do they really not see the linkage?
One Refirm council has forced libraries to put any kids books on gender that doesn’t fit what they want in adult sections when someone calls out Reform they claim free speech. It appears only to be for what they want to say. Fascists they are
Do you have a source for this? Not because I'm doubting you, I'm just interested to look at the facts of the case as it sounds legally questionable.
"My fellow Reform members and I believe that our young people should be protected from exposure to potentially harmful ideologies and beliefs", Paul Webb, Reform UK's communities portfolio holder.
So, Mr Webb, what are you doing to protect young people from exposure to definitely harmful ideologies and beliefs, such as the fiction that immigrants are "illegal" or a greater danger to people? or that it's OK to shout abuse at vulnerable people crammed into former hotels with no amenities? or, that being gay is wrong? or, that giving money to the rich helps the poor? or, any of the other ideologies and beliefs that Reform UK leaders and supporters routinely spout?
"My fellow Reform members and I believe that our young people should be protected from exposure to potentially harmful ideologies and beliefs", Paul Webb, Reform UK's communities portfolio holder.
So, Mr Webb, what are you doing to protect young people from exposure to definitely harmful ideologies and beliefs, such as the fiction that immigrants are "illegal" or a greater danger to people? or that it's OK to shout abuse at vulnerable people crammed into former hotels with no amenities? or, that being gay is wrong? or, that giving money to the rich helps the poor? or, any of the other ideologies and beliefs that Reform UK leaders and supporters routinely spout?
Well, in his mind, there's probably no contradiction, since he likely considers all those ideas in the second paragraph to be true and hence not harmful.
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I do wish Labour would start to seize the agenda and that news outlets wouldn't give Farage so much airtime and column inches.
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Overrun.... by trans people.
I am unable to comprehend the stupidity in that statement. There aren't enough trans people to overrun anything. Unless, of course, this is the fascist bigot definition of overrun that means "exist in public".
It is. Same sort of logic that sees a panel of 5 men and 1 woman as "balanced".
There is always a middle and upper class coterie looking to benefit from fascism being whipped up in the lower classes.
Hmmm. Maybe I won't name the first person who came to mind to save the legal bill, but his dad was chummy with Adolf and funded the private venture aircraft that became the Bristol Blenheim.
Do you think they make a connection between the Reform Party and the mobs outside the refugee shelters, but just prefer to ignore it? Or do they really not see the linkage?
Been busy. Here is a link to the BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6257p2vry3o
So, Mr Webb, what are you doing to protect young people from exposure to definitely harmful ideologies and beliefs, such as the fiction that immigrants are "illegal" or a greater danger to people? or that it's OK to shout abuse at vulnerable people crammed into former hotels with no amenities? or, that being gay is wrong? or, that giving money to the rich helps the poor? or, any of the other ideologies and beliefs that Reform UK leaders and supporters routinely spout?
Well, in his mind, there's probably no contradiction, since he likely considers all those ideas in the second paragraph to be true and hence not harmful.