Don't vote reform

I’m voting reform in the hope that the centre left and centre right parties will start listening to the valid concerns of the electorate and get out of their Westminster bubble.

There was no way that putting up arbitrary barriers between us and our biggest trading partners, increasing bureaucracy and expense, would not have had a massive negative impact on the UK economy. The idea that we could negotiate some amazing deal was always a fairy tale.

Farage wouldn't be renationalising anything. He'd privatise the NHS, make the rich richer and we'd all be more fucked that we already are. You know, just like his beloved Brexit made us poorer. We'd get more of the same - look at his ridiculous, unfunded 'contract' that makes Truss look financially competent.

You do understand that they’re only saying they’ll stop illegal immigration? Farage has accepted that we need legal immigration. So that’s less than 30,000 people per year. That’s less than 100 people for every council in the UK, or about 4 for every GP practice in the uk. It will make fuck all difference to you getting a doctor’s appointment.

I do wonder if we’re going the way of the French presidentials, tho. 18% when the not so delightful Jean-Marie was in charge of the National Front, crept up to 33% last Sunday. I think the very young (for a potential PM) Jordan Bardella has helped massively, people wanting endless selfies with him. They have become scarily popular. Farage needs to employ a young good looking second in charge!

Looking at very recent polls, Labour is 19% ahead, I don’t think the Conservatives stand a chance (or Reform, thank god!)

Good point, they aren't a democratic party.

Well one Reform member suggested shooting everyone in Bradford.

Oh sorry, he called it 'Bradfordstan'

Really it's a headscratcher why some people seem to think they're a bunch of racists!

But Farage/Reform aren't proposing anything that would address any of those things, in fact the things they're proposing are completely unworkable and would achieve quite the opposite.

Take their stance on Net Zero for example, implementing the ideas put forth in their manifesto would:

• Cost us c14% of GDP over the next couple of decades.
• Increase our exposure to international energy markets (and their price volatility).
• Increase our dependency on foreign energy.
• Increase our dependency on an energy source that even the producers admit has no long-term viability.
• Make us unable to access pretty much all investment capital.

That's only for a married couple who can pass their tax free £500k to their spouse or civil partner. Single persons tax free allowance is £500k.

Indeed. Or those who use silly emojis and poor attempts to patronise people they disagree with in place of debate.

If you leave over a million, then your estate is in a minority and it's reasonable to pay it.

Yeah but OP, just imagine you're a massive racist, would else are you going to vote for? Racists have as much right to vote as anyone else.

Fadge would have charged us £5 per post

🤣 untwist your knickers dear! Good grief! Not bright enough to understand could also be said of those that refuse to accept others can decide to vote differently to them and that’s ok.

Surely if you leave over a million you'll end up having to pay it?

Wouldn't have voted for them anyway.

Not at all they can’t - it’s not a political party it’s a limited company and he’s in charge. This is why he could step in over Tice with no process.

Farage didn't broker the deal we got nothing from. If they'd have negotiated it properly we might not have the shit show we've currently got.

If we are voting against bigotry I’ll be pleased to see Labour and their anti semitic candidates kept out of power on Thursday.

Theoretically, because of our dwindling birth rate.

Without immigration, our population would have been shrinking for decades now. Instead, we have a small amount of population growth year on year.

Quite how we would fund our pensions system with a shrinking and aging population though, nobody knows. I assume Reform intend to kill the state pension and move to a private model.

Brexit shrinking the UK economy cost us on average £2000 each. Nice one Farage. Thanks.
www.london.gov.uk/new-report-reveals-uk-economy-almost-ps140billion-smaller-because-brexit

You forgot to enable voting.

Nigel wouldn’t have done that.

Which doctor will you see? The NHS is propped up by immigrants, once you get rid of them, who are you hoping will be left?

I'm hoping that all the far right racists, homophobes and mysogynists, all those too lazy to read what they're voting for or not bright enough to understand it, all those who lack the wit to see they are being fooled into voting away what little they do have, I'm hoping they do all vote Reform. Because anything that splits the Tory vote will be more power to Labour's elbow.

Leaving aside the racism, Farage’s pet project, Brexit, hasn’t exactly been a success.
He was a cheerleader for Liz Truss’s budget that crashed the UK economy. Also a cheerleader for Putin. Like why the fuck would anyone think ‘oh there’s a guy who’s got the best interests of the country at heart.’?