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To think this is the beginning of the end for Reform

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PandoraSox · 07/03/2025 19:06

Eight months in and the Reform UK Parliamentary party is disintegrating. Lowe has now had the whip removed.

To think this is the beginning of the end for Reform
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Badbadbunny · 07/04/2025 12:06

BIossomtoes · 07/04/2025 11:26

Tim Farron was the LD leader at one point. 🤷‍♀️

Yes, he was hounded out by the media for his Christian values!!

BIossomtoes · 07/04/2025 11:26

Tim Farron was the LD leader at one point. 🤷‍♀️

Badbadbunny · 07/04/2025 10:48

KnickerlessParsons · 05/04/2025 09:37

Name one politician who is a model citizen.

Lots of back benchers seem decent. Such as Lib Dem Tim Farron who's an exceptional constituency MP for Kendal. I think it's the ones who want cabinet jobs who aren't in it for the right reasons - far too many scandals among the more ambitious politicians.

Badbadbunny · 07/04/2025 10:43

BansheeOfTheSouth · 07/03/2025 19:46

Have you seen the Tory infighting? They haven't gone anywhere

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And Labour too! There's infighting in all the parties.

ItisIbeserk · 05/04/2025 09:49

KnickerlessParsons · 05/04/2025 09:37

Name one politician who is a model citizen.

I’ve worked with dozens. Many of whom are not well known. But plenty of people in politics have morals and ethics and are really decent people, across the parties. I think the fact that we see politicians as a class as disreputable is damaging us. I can totally see why it’s happened. But it distresses me.

There definitely are alternatives to these deeply unpleasant people though.

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PandoraSox · 05/04/2025 09:46

KnickerlessParsons · 05/04/2025 09:37

Name one politician who is a model citizen.

No one is perfect, but defending Savile and implying his victims are lying is very offensive. Reform has a convicted abuser as one of its MPs but this specimen was too toxic even for them.

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KnickerlessParsons · 05/04/2025 09:37

Name one politician who is a model citizen.

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PandoraSox · 05/04/2025 09:25

"Mr Hartley will still appear on the ballot paper as a Reform UK candidate, as his suspension was announced after candidate lists were published"

Oops.

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PandoraSox · 05/04/2025 09:23

DuncinToffee · 04/04/2025 17:13

Vetting is still going well

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2xey4m2ygo

Keeping in theme with the slogan Reform will fix it

Oh dear.

I wonder if they will quietly drop the "fix it" slogan?

Local elections next month will be interesting.

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ItisIbeserk · 17/03/2025 20:12

Clavinova · 17/03/2025 19:54

I would imagine that you can say the same about Reform supporters as was said about Brexit supporters:
Not everyone who supports Reform is a racist but every racist supports Reform.
Probably.

Nonsense. Although it would be a coup if 'institutionally racist' elite universities such as Oxford and Cambridge supported Brexit and Reform.

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Unlikely when Reform’s policies all collapse under the slightest critical analysis.

Bigwelshlamb · 17/03/2025 20:07

They're a bunch of shitbags lead by a bootlicking opportunist. We can hope.

Clavinova · 17/03/2025 19:54

Giggorata · 17/03/2025 17:59

Reform is Nigel Farage's vanity project and Elon Musk is correct in stating he doesn't have what it takes. He has form for getting rid of people who might become rivals to his control.
I don't know what is likely to happen with the Reform party, if it even is a party. - it seems to have reverted to a limited company.
I would imagine that you can say the same about Reform supporters as was said about Brexit supporters:
Not everyone who supports Reform is a racist but every racist supports Reform.
Probably.

I would imagine that you can say the same about Reform supporters as was said about Brexit supporters:
Not everyone who supports Reform is a racist but every racist supports Reform.
Probably.

Nonsense. Although it would be a coup if 'institutionally racist' elite universities such as Oxford and Cambridge supported Brexit and Reform.

Giggorata · 17/03/2025 17:59

Reform is Nigel Farage's vanity project and Elon Musk is correct in stating he doesn't have what it takes. He has form for getting rid of people who might become rivals to his control.
I don't know what is likely to happen with the Reform party, if it even is a party. - it seems to have reverted to a limited company.
I would imagine that you can say the same about Reform supporters as was said about Brexit supporters:
Not everyone who supports Reform is a racist but every racist supports Reform.
Probably.

DuncinToffee · 17/03/2025 17:46

Will they return his donation to the party?

The hedge fund manager Crispin Odey will be banned from the City and hit with a £1.8m fine by the UK’s financial watchdog for deliberately attempting to “frustrate” a disciplinary process into sexual harassment allegations.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/17/crispin-odey-banned-from-city-fine-fca

DuncinToffee · 17/03/2025 17:42

Far better to keep it in the party

https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/reform-uk-councillor-candidate-pleads-guilty-fraud

Dan Turner, who had been the Reform candidate for Louth North in Lincolnshire County Council, appeared in Boston Magistrates Court on Monday, where he pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud.

The first count was fraud by false representation and the second was fraud by abuse of position.

Clavinova · 17/03/2025 17:38

DuncinToffee · 16/03/2025 11:52

And another nice person

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c241n65qz9do

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes to make statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia.

So much opportunity for corruption within the European Parliament - thank goodness we left;

17 March 2024

BRUSSELS — The European Union's centre of power is reeling from a fresh corruption scandal involving Chinese technology giant Huawei and the European Parliament.

The case has echoes of the 2022 Qatargate corruption scandal, which saw several members of the legislature arrested and investigated. It breathes new life into longstanding concerns over shady lobbying practices in Brussels — this time with a controversial Chinese tech firm at the center of the affair.

https://www.politico.eu/article/huawei-bribery-scandal-eu-chinese-tech-lobby-money-lobbying/

JHound · 17/03/2025 16:20

Nah - the bigots will still run to them as long as they keep up with their narrative.

Valeriekat · 17/03/2025 16:19

Why do you care so much?

DuncinToffee · 16/03/2025 11:52

And another nice person

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c241n65qz9do

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes to make statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia.

DuncinToffee · 16/03/2025 11:50

Lovely people

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/16/reform-uk-candidate-who-praised-hitler-and-assad-put-in-charge-of-vetting

A Reform UK general election candidate who said Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people and described Bashar al-Assad as “gentle by nature” is now in charge of the party’s vetting process.

Jack Aaron’s comments about the Nazi leader and Syrian dictator came to light last year when he stood for Reform in the Welwyn Hatfield constituency. He also claimed Vladimir Putin’s use of force in Ukraine was “legitimate”.

Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vetting

Jack Aaron, whose past comments on controversial leaders led to widespread criticism, is now overseeing candidate selection

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/16/reform-uk-candidate-who-praised-hitler-and-assad-put-in-charge-of-vetting

Clavinova · 15/03/2025 20:51

'Left-leaning Mumsnet' and Reform!

Farage says that the men/women split in July was 58/42 per cent. “A bigger male propensity. Not huge, but significant. What’s interesting is, of those that have become Reformers since the election, it’s pretty much 50/50.” (A recent poll on left-leaning Mumsnet found a quarter of users said they’ll vote Reform.) Farage says that’s because “men tend to buy in to new ideas more quickly than women, who are more cautious. That’s why men make more mistakes.” He cites former Tory MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns, now Reform candidate for mayor of Greater Lincolnshire. “She’s a prominent woman — and probably going to win.”

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-interview-next-prime-minister-reform-n2qjk03dt

Nigel Farage: ‘Will I be the next PM? There’s a good chance’

With his party now polling above Labour and the Conservatives, there’s little off the table when Janice Turner goes head to head with the Reform UK leader

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-interview-next-prime-minister-reform-n2qjk03dt

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