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Nigel Farage

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Maddie05 · 13/05/2025 00:58

Why do people vote for Reform and in particular Nigel Farage?

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missmollygreen · 30/08/2025 12:28

The real question isnt why people like NF, It should be why are there not more politicians who are relatable and passionate, across all parties

LeaAndDer · 30/08/2025 12:03

MiloMinderbinder925 · 13/05/2025 01:09

He says what people want to hear.

This is true.

BIossomtoes · 30/08/2025 12:00

Jerrypicker · 30/08/2025 08:40

Actually he is a very intelligent man with excellent communication skills and very competent in debates. He has a distinct personality and charisma. He never loses his temper no matter how much some idiot wants to wind him up and I can tell he has a sense of humour. He doesn’t dodge questions and always has a measured answer.

If you read MN you get the impression that he is not popular, but MN does not represent the real world. MN is mainly a bunch of bored leftist housewives. Go on YouTube though, watch his speeches and it is a different story. Read the comment section below his videos and draw your own conclusion.
Here’s an example for you:

I personally don’t have the stomach to do that. I see quite enough of him through his disproportionate dominance of the mainstream news.

Jerrypicker · 30/08/2025 08:40

OverlyFragrant · 30/08/2025 00:41

Fortunately I am blessed with enough braincells to understand that he is a man who says a lot of things with little intelligence.

Actually he is a very intelligent man with excellent communication skills and very competent in debates. He has a distinct personality and charisma. He never loses his temper no matter how much some idiot wants to wind him up and I can tell he has a sense of humour. He doesn’t dodge questions and always has a measured answer.

If you read MN you get the impression that he is not popular, but MN does not represent the real world. MN is mainly a bunch of bored leftist housewives. Go on YouTube though, watch his speeches and it is a different story. Read the comment section below his videos and draw your own conclusion.
Here’s an example for you:

TheFairyCaravan · 30/08/2025 08:32

araiwa · 30/08/2025 03:32

Etsy trump

Temu Trump imo

Bikergran · 30/08/2025 08:22

Southern25 · 29/08/2025 22:24

But Trump does what he says he says he is going to do. You say Farage is like Trump and just says what people want to hear.
But Trump says what people want to hear but follows it through.
So if Farage had a mandate and was democratically voted in , he could in theory carry out what he promises.

One could only hope that there would be stronger opposition here from the general public and the judiciary. I have family in the States and it's terrifying what's going on there.

Memorable · 30/08/2025 08:18

Snickersnack1 · 13/05/2025 02:27

Because he says what people want to hear.
He frames people’s problems simplistically and sells them easy solutions. He appeals to the lowest common denominators. The desire to feel superior. To blame others. To have more. To win. It’s just words, he can’t do what he says, he only cares about power. He works from the same playbook as Trump.

All that sounds like Starmer during the last election

Southern25 · 30/08/2025 08:03

I think we’re heading for a bankrupt country personally. House prices too high, public services never to be restored, massive welfare budget , less people working age and paying tax.

We are sinking and it’s down to the last 30 years of governments. High tax high spend, borrow , borrow , borrow..

LancashireButterPie · 30/08/2025 07:56

I can't stand him, I know people who voted for him and will do so again and they are all unqualified, uneducated pricks. The very type who will benefit the least from any of his policies.

billysboy · 30/08/2025 06:27

Reform would not be in the position they are without him

SugarPlumpFairyCakes · 30/08/2025 06:25

Scarystuffhelp · 13/05/2025 01:19

Tories were awful. Labour spent all their energy criticising them and didn't have many ideas of their own so when they got into power ended up doing the same things they criticised the Tories for - and then tanked the economy (not as bad as Lettuce Liz but still...). Green Party are loons who hate women. Think the Libs have given up at this point.

Reform get the popular vote because people want straight talking and none of the usual political waffle, and are concerned about immigration. It's mainly in protest at the fact the other parties are awful and Reform is shiny and new.

And no I'm not a Reform voter. But I can see why a lot of people are attracted to them.

Labour have tanked the economy?

araiwa · 30/08/2025 03:32

Etsy trump

Justchilling07 · 30/08/2025 02:52

OverlyFragrant · 30/08/2025 00:41

Fortunately I am blessed with enough braincells to understand that he is a man who says a lot of things with little intelligence.

Ok, if you’re that intelligent, why resort to criticising someone’s appearance, it’s about politics surely, not how someone looks.

pilates · 30/08/2025 02:42

Regardless of his views, he is a good speaker and people listen and relate to him.

Not saying I agree, but that’s why.

Brunettesmorefun · 30/08/2025 02:04

I think he does care. A lot of people will vote for him as a protest vote at the next election unless Labour ups it’s game.

OneSharpFinch · 30/08/2025 01:59

Because he's not Labour, who have doubled the national deficit in a year, tried to screw over disabled people, pensioners, children and come October taxes will go up, inflation is up and job losses are hugely up so yes he isn't Labour, i can't believe that people still think that Labour are doing a good job.

Maddy70 · 30/08/2025 01:53

I have no idea why people think he's the saviour but , he does speak in words of one syllable so he speaks to the less educated and critical thinking

tobee · 30/08/2025 01:35

Farage Just's peddles the idea that your problems are because of someone else. Not your fault. Don't take personal responsibility. The current stuff with migrants is just an easy "other" to blame.

tobee · 30/08/2025 01:32

I don't even think he wants to be an MP let alone a PM. He just wants to be a disrupter.

Who's funding him? Those are the people who want to either sow chaos or pull the strings to make us more like America. Private healthcare and pharmaceutical companies for a kick off.

I don't think Trump wanted to do the work of a president he just wanted to be voted in by everyone first term for his ego. Now he's hellbent on revenge for what he's telling everyone was the stolen election in 2020. And his other motivation is avoiding prison.
Farage's motivation is the grift.

Both of them are lazy but have something about them that people seem to feel is the answer "he hates the people I hate!" And they both likely have people behind them steering them. People vote for them both because they are "famous" to a large extent. The media here and in the USA are obsessed with Farage and Trump respectively. And have given them large amounts of coverage in the past.

Meanwhile Putin laughs his arse off at he can run rings.

TooBigForMyBoots · 30/08/2025 00:53

The Tories self destructed. Voters had a choice of moving to the right or the left. Some moved to Reform.

Also, he has 18 hours per day of party political broadcasting on GB News. GB News is not a news channel. It's a Reform mouthpiece.

JohnBullshit · 30/08/2025 00:45

He's positioned himself as the common sense, straight talking man of the people, and he says what people want to hear. The fact that he only has, as a pp has already pointed out, simplistic solutions to complex problems doesn't really matter, any more than his actual views being against the interests of his core supporters matters when there's an enemy to rise up against. 'Illegal' immigrants today, other minorities the next. Maybe even some of the patriotic chumps scribbling inept red crosses onto road markings, if their faces no longer fit. Women, certainly, are not a priority.
They won't believe that, of course. They're standing up for their country. They're not useful idiots, no siree.
Fucksake, Labour, Tories, Lib Dems, Greens, Nats, PC, everybody, do better. No point trying to out-Farage this cunt. People have fallen for it. You might think time is on your side, but he can say the same thing.

OverlyFragrant · 30/08/2025 00:41

Justchilling07 · 30/08/2025 00:02

Maybe try and look beyond, someone’s appearance.
If he had a mouth full of veneers, would that make you less judgmental!

Fortunately I am blessed with enough braincells to understand that he is a man who says a lot of things with little intelligence.

ItsHellOrHighwater · 30/08/2025 00:35

Nigel Farage said ‘Andrew Tate is an important voice for men.’

Any women voting for him are turkeys voting for Xmas.

wonderstuff · 30/08/2025 00:27

Pinepeak2434 · 29/08/2025 22:54

Well, for a start I agree with Reform’s pledges on net zero because they finally cut through the political groupthink and focus on what matters most: cost, fairness, and energy security. The current net zero strategy is costing us billions in subsidies and driving up bills for ordinary families, all while making almost no difference to global emissions. Britain produces just 1% of world CO₂. Meanwhile, countries like China and India are still building coal power stations at scale. Why should British households and businesses be hammered with higher costs for a target that won’t change the outcome?

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Except green energy is cheaper, but for some reason (I imagine some very powerful lobbying) we have energy prices linked to the cost of gas, regardless of where that energy is produced. If we went for regional pricing we’d all have lower bills.

wonderstuff · 30/08/2025 00:22

He offers simple solutions to complex problems, he’s going to reduce taxes and improve services and get rid of all that pesky foreign legislation that stops us drowning people in the channel as well! Although of course he can’t do all of that and if you look at who is backing him, financing him, turns out he’s not really a ‘man of the people’ at all.

He’s not really here to get rid of all those foreigners (because Brexit was going to do that except migration has gone up significantly since we left the EU), he’s here to distract us from the inequality that’s actually making us poorer, to protect the people selling us oil, seeking to buy up our assets, wanting us to be an isolated, low tax nation with weak labour and environmental protections. That’s the real mission. The EU is a pain because a strong trading bloc can push for stronger environmental protection, stronger labour laws, they can tax the digital economy and make financial transactions transparent, and what billionaire wants that?

Much better to blame migrants for falling living standards, ditch net zero targets, get away from that big powerful trading bloc.