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Neighbour has put political banner on his fence

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IonaJ · 08/07/2025 20:52

Our neighbour’s house has a fence which faces a fairly busy road. He has taken it upon himself to tie a political banner (think ‘vote X’) to that fence.

Before anyone says it, yes I know it’s his property. But said party are divisive and I worry there may be some unwarranted attention as a result.

Do you think we would be unreasonable to politely suggest it is taken down, or to compromise, only put there during election periods?

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CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone · 08/07/2025 23:34

TomatoSandwiches · 08/07/2025 21:27

Ask yourself, would your neighbour would take it down if you asked nicely?
They're obviously brazenly proud of their bigoted pov and more than willing to publicly embarrass themselves. I doubt you can reason with people like that.

Apparently they're not the only person with a bigoted POV

And seems you're happy to embarrass yourself by implying that people should not be able to indicate their support for an approved parliamentary party just because you have a different view.

I despair of politics where those who feel they are most liberal have some worrying authoritarian tendencies.

Manxexile · 08/07/2025 23:33

IonaJ · 08/07/2025 21:38

Eh? I don’t look down at them at all. There’s a lady I speak to on the school run every morning who I get along with really well and she lives in social housing. So I’m more than happy to mix with them.

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So you are more than happy to mix with "them".

"them"

Really ...

PandoraSocks · 08/07/2025 23:31

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 23:17

Your analysis runs counter to every poll and polling trend for the last 6 months. Bookies have it as 7/5 for reform and 8/5 for Labour having the most seats in the next General election, you should put a bet on,

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Can you tell me please how my analysis of Wales is wrong?

Is there a link to a poll for London next year that shows Reform will win big?

Is it not true that Reform has lost a third of its MPs?

EasternStandard · 08/07/2025 23:30

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 22:45

OP is a little worried about the flag attracting people from the nearby social housing, they like to stand near it and be racist on warm evenings.

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Haha this is has Emily Thornberry nostalgia. Maybe some white vans will get together.

DiscoBob · 08/07/2025 23:30

Hopelesscase32 · 08/07/2025 22:49

Look at the way you've worded this.....'mix with them' and you say you dont look down on people in social housing.

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Haha. I was gonna say that. Mix with them?!

How do you know if you're mixing with them or not. Do they bear a tattoo with the local council's logo on their forehead, while walking round in shackles?

I cannot get over how fucking snobby some people are.

TheNuthatch · 08/07/2025 23:29

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 22:45

OP is a little worried about the flag attracting people from the nearby social housing, they like to stand near it and be racist on warm evenings.

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Brilliant 😂😂

EasternStandard · 08/07/2025 23:27

TheNuthatch · 08/07/2025 23:22

Ah, so the polls are all wrong and you're right. Thanks for clearing that up.

Where/when did I say I wanted a Reform government btw??

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GE voting intention is more relevant than the points below anyway.

IdaGlossop · 08/07/2025 23:27

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 23:22

I guess it always is in any predictions.

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True - but voting behaviour in actual elections when predictions are done this far ahead of a general election doesn't tend to follow the predictions. In this case, many people like the sound of Reform now but whether they'll transfer their vote to Reform in 2029, even if a Reform candidate is standing in their constituency, is a different matter.

DiscoBob · 08/07/2025 23:27

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 22:45

OP is a little worried about the flag attracting people from the nearby social housing, they like to stand near it and be racist on warm evenings.

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Haha. It's encouraging gangs of rampant racists to worship beneath it wearing KKK costumes?
That sounds like maybe she should contact the council. 🤣

CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone · 08/07/2025 23:25

IonaJ · 08/07/2025 21:15

Probably the latter as the main concern if I’m honest. I would like to think we live somewhere affluent enough to not attract those who’d cause damage etc, and whilst we do have some social housing nearby in one of the new build areas, I think they are more likely to be in favour of the sign!

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There's a really nasty subtext to your post.

Which is "we're rich and virtuous, and believe that the concerns of poorer people which seem to be ignored by most other parties, can just be hidden from view"

It's self-righteous in a way that I normally only see on the pages of the Graun

WhereIsMyJumper · 08/07/2025 23:25

TheNuthatch · 08/07/2025 23:22

Ah, so the polls are all wrong and you're right. Thanks for clearing that up.

Where/when did I say I wanted a Reform government btw??

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Common on here. If you dare say to people to stop scoffing at Reform and Reform voters and to stop calling them thick and racist they assume you are a Reform supporter.

Whereas it’s entirely possible that you’re terrified of the thought of a Reform govt and think the best way to stop that from happening is to actually understand why they’ve become so popular and to take it very seriously.

Jennps · 08/07/2025 23:24

IdaGlossop · 08/07/2025 23:15

'If' is the most important word in that sentence.

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You were born after 2016, right?

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 23:22

IdaGlossop · 08/07/2025 23:15

'If' is the most important word in that sentence.

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I guess it always is in any predictions.

TheNuthatch · 08/07/2025 23:22

PandoraSocks · 08/07/2025 23:07

I know you want a Reform government, but I think you will be disappointed.

  1. Reform are only two points ahead of Plaid in Wales and have nowhere near the numbers to have a majority under the PR system, even if they went into coalition with the Tories.
  2. Reform will get its arse spanked in London next year.

3 Reform has lost a third of its Westminster MPs within the space of a year.

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Ah, so the polls are all wrong and you're right. Thanks for clearing that up.

Where/when did I say I wanted a Reform government btw??

IdaGlossop · 08/07/2025 23:21

IonaJ · 08/07/2025 23:03

I wasn’t intending for this to turn into a thread bashing various political parties, more so if I was being unreasonable to approach our neighbour. I think im going to need to see if it’s still up in a week or hope one of our more ‘direct’ neighbours has a word in the meantime!

Waiting for a neighbour to do your dirty work now. If your neighbours have zny sense, they'll keep their mouths shut. Your neighbour has every right to display a Reform poster on his property. You have every right not to like it.

If a neighbour of mine complained about me putting up a party political poster on my own property, I'd happily live in the dark for a year as the price to pay for covering every inch of window with the same poster.

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 23:17

PandoraSocks · 08/07/2025 23:07

I know you want a Reform government, but I think you will be disappointed.

  1. Reform are only two points ahead of Plaid in Wales and have nowhere near the numbers to have a majority under the PR system, even if they went into coalition with the Tories.
  2. Reform will get its arse spanked in London next year.

3 Reform has lost a third of its Westminster MPs within the space of a year.

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Your analysis runs counter to every poll and polling trend for the last 6 months. Bookies have it as 7/5 for reform and 8/5 for Labour having the most seats in the next General election, you should put a bet on,

IdaGlossop · 08/07/2025 23:15

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 23:00

290 MPs if the election happened now apparently.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/new-mega-poll-puts-reform-uk-on-course-for-290-seats-in-the-house-of-commons/ar-AA1I3dok

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'If' is the most important word in that sentence.

WhereIsMyJumper · 08/07/2025 23:14

Cornishclio · 08/07/2025 22:54

I think it is the equivalent of wearing a MAGA hat in the USA. It speaks of who you are rather than just supporting a political party so I would dispute his politics are just a small part of his personality as a PP says. He wants to be identified as a Reform voter with all the connotations which go along with that.

On that note I would like to be told one good policy of Farages which is not stop the boats or get rid of immigration which is all friends of mine could tell me the other day. When I pointed out that Farage and his cronies voted against the employment rights bill, deny climate change and seem to want to privatise the NHS through the back door they knew nothing about that.

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Have you read their manifesto?

Scout2016 · 08/07/2025 23:12

IonaJ · 08/07/2025 23:03

I wasn’t intending for this to turn into a thread bashing various political parties, more so if I was being unreasonable to approach our neighbour. I think im going to need to see if it’s still up in a week or hope one of our more ‘direct’ neighbours has a word in the meantime!

Why? The majority of people have said you're being unreasonable to ask it come down.

You've done one of those AIBU threads where nearly everyone says YES but you decide you aren't. Why did you ask? It's 89% YABU at the moment.

PandoraSocks · 08/07/2025 23:08

AiryFairyLights · 08/07/2025 23:03

Me too 🤣🤣🤣

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🤣

PandoraSocks · 08/07/2025 23:07

TheNuthatch · 08/07/2025 22:56

Tis true I'm afraid

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I know you want a Reform government, but I think you will be disappointed.

  1. Reform are only two points ahead of Plaid in Wales and have nowhere near the numbers to have a majority under the PR system, even if they went into coalition with the Tories.
  2. Reform will get its arse spanked in London next year.

3 Reform has lost a third of its Westminster MPs within the space of a year.

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 23:06

CurlewCelia · 08/07/2025 23:01

I don’t get my news from GB News.

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I appreciate the heads up, that link isn’t from GB news though.

AiryFairyLights · 08/07/2025 23:03

IdaGlossop · 08/07/2025 22:57

Your post is so good I read it four times 🤩

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Me too 🤣🤣🤣

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IonaJ · 08/07/2025 23:03

I wasn’t intending for this to turn into a thread bashing various political parties, more so if I was being unreasonable to approach our neighbour. I think im going to need to see if it’s still up in a week or hope one of our more ‘direct’ neighbours has a word in the meantime!

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CurlewCelia · 08/07/2025 23:01

CheekyFish · 08/07/2025 23:00

290 MPs if the election happened now apparently.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/new-mega-poll-puts-reform-uk-on-course-for-290-seats-in-the-house-of-commons/ar-AA1I3dok

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I don’t get my news from GB News.