To hope all the reform voters take a hard look in the mirror?

there are those who suspect that Labour’s policy of VAT on private schools’ fees is motivated by spite.
I’d say it’s the premier example of political spite actually.

Remain are nothing to worry about for the moment, but if our powerful and spiteful government squeezes too many too hard then they will turn to these weird new political parties and that’s a potential problem for the future

Rather than bashing those who voted differently to you, it's important to look at why they made such an extreme choice.

It's a bit like Hitler/Nazi's- people assume he was a military dictator who took power by force. No, he was voted in to power in a fully democratic election, he was of course a despicable man, but people felt so disenfranchised, so desperate that they saw no other option than to vote him in. He maintained power by giving people handouts and cars (Volkswagen was originally his car company) and tvs and radios.

Reform came out of nowhere, only a few months old and managed to get nearly as many votes as the lib dems, which is really concerning. Only about 35% of voters actually voted for Labour, so the rest were either not convinced by them or so distanced politics that they didn't bother to vote. 50% of those who voted Labour didn't actually want them, they just didn't want the Tories back again. So that brings it down to only about 17% of the country strongly believe in labour. The rest either believe in someone else, just didn't want the Tories back or couldn't be bothered to vote. In this climate it wouldn't be hard for Reform to increase their vote share at the next election unless Labour make some pretty huge improvements to public services whilst not over-taxing the squeezed middle. KS has a monumental job ahead of him and I only hope he is up to the task.

This! Only white are ratio racist?!

What the hell? People can vote for whoever they want. Stop trying to silence the ones with different views. May be just analyse properly why people are voting for them.

Thank good for first past the post. 4 million people voted for them.

@Tukmgru

What is a bigot? Here are the first 4 definitions I came up with on Google.

Cambridge Dictionary:

"a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who does not like other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life"

Merriam-Webster:

"a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices
especially one who regards or treats the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance"

Dictionary.com:

"a person who is intolerant or hateful toward people whose race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc., is different from the person's own"

Collins:

"a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, esp on religion, politics, or race"

I would suggest OP that while you have your lovely polished mirror out you take a look at yourself. Because you sound very much like a bigot from where I am sat. It always amuses me how many towards the left of the political spectrum self-congratulate on their amazing kind and tolerant beliefs whilst shouting racist, bigot, stupid at anyone who dares to hold a slightly different position (or calls their political opponents "scum" - looking at you Deputy Prime Minister...)

For what it's worth I very much dislike NFs presentation - he spends way too much time enjoying winding up people who disagree with him (and not in a particularly erudite fashion either) and not enough time actually developing his arguments, which while amusing for a minute or two soon becomes pretty tedious. If he put his mind to it he would be far more politically effective with a different style of discourse.

This!

Totally agree with you. Theres also a difference between immigrants and unvetted, young male asylum seekers couped up 2 to a room in a hotel for months / years. Which is what we have on our doorstep. Horrendous for them but also a negative impact on our already deprived town in terms of drain on mental health resources, fighting with each other, walking around in gangs at night and incidents (well documented and police involved) of harassing young girls.

I did not vote reform but dont be surprised as to why the people living with this shite on their doorsteps do.

Of course people can vote for who they wish. And rightly, nobody can stop them doing so. That doesn't stop it being a really horrible way to vote

Completely agree and I did not vote reform either

And this is all the fault of the Tories for not managing integration. It is not the fault of the immigrants.

I'm not a reform voter but perhaps you should take a look in the mirror yourself and stop sneering at other people. We live in a democracy and people can choose to vote how they wish. Many people are utterly disillusioned by recent governance of this country.

You are no better than anyone else, full of hate.

This kind of misogyny is now common place in areas of Birmingham - it was one of the reasons we left.

They do but it's mostly confined to specific areas.

Numerous teenagers have been stabbed and killed in my town this year already, I think I'd accept the trade off.

There is a chance that Sweden will swing right in the next 5 - 10 years however anyway.

I don’t think your last statement is true in the slightest.

However, there as a lot of tactical voting in this election.

Ah yet another keyboard warrior telling people what to think

Nige for Prime Minister 😆😆

I think one of the genuinely scary things about Reform/Nigel is that those that support him, more often than not, are quite passionate about what the party stands for (well what they think it stands for), and really believe in it. It gives them a sense of hope and a feeling of being heard. Whereas if you're a Conservative or Labour voter, it's usually a case of picking the one you least dislike

This, exactly.

We just voted in so many Labour MPs there isnt room on the government side to fit them all in, along with over 70 LDs. There are 4 Reform MPs. Farage is a monster but we are not sleepwalking into fascism.

My DH voted Labour “ because we need a change” has absolutely zero knowledge of any of their policies. I suspect, like you say many people voted for many of the parties for this reason

Did you see the Jess Philips debacle. Is Reform your biggest concern and the only politics that makes you want to flee the country?
*Disclaimer, I didn't and would never vote Reform however after witnessing that nonsense, where I once would've judged someone who did I'm more inclined to be open minded as to why some people might.

I was pretty shocked to see how many people voted Reform but I wouldn't shame them for voting differently to me. We live in a democracy and everyone is free to vote whoever they want. If you don't agree with how someone has voted, perhaps try and understand why instead of hating them.

You’d vote for misogyny and racism just to get rid of Keir Starmer?

Threads like this only serve to prove that this country is full of bitter, uneducated idiots who can’t accept that people have different perspectives and live different lives.

FWIW, I didn’t vote reform. But people who did have seen something in their policies that align with them.
Perhaps they are living in an area where illegal immigrants are being housed and they are seeing the problems caused by this (I am in one such area), perhaps they like Reforms policies about education and the NHS.

OP, the world does not revolve around YOU, YOUR life and YOUR experiences.

The amount of hatred I am reading from people who can only see things through their own eyes is extremely concerning.

I'll voted Reform and am doing a doctorate.

This says more about you than it does them.