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MarvellousMonsters · 24/10/2025 19:44

BIossomtoes · 24/10/2025 19:19

Isn’t it? Bodes well for next May 🤞

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It’s a tiny glimmer of hope.

BIossomtoes · 24/10/2025 19:19

MarvellousMonsters · 24/10/2025 16:38

Nice to see Wales handing them their arse

Isn’t it? Bodes well for next May 🤞

Whammyyammy · 24/10/2025 16:43

TheGrimSmile · 18/10/2025 20:26

The whole party is a joke. None of them know what they are doing. I can't believe people have fallen for Farage's bullshit after the shit show that is Brexit. God help the country is these incompetent muppets get in.

It's not just Farages BS sadly. Labours piss poor ability to run the country is Reforms best advert. Coupled with Rayner dodging tax, Reeves ruining the economy... Labour will be out in 3 years.
Tories are rubbish, so folk have very little choice.

MarvellousMonsters · 24/10/2025 16:38

Nice to see Wales handing them their arse

BIossomtoes · 24/10/2025 09:28

1457bloom · 24/10/2025 09:23

Getting rid of net zero, £30 billion saved.

£30 billion saved, planet damaged even more. Typical knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing.

1457bloom · 24/10/2025 09:23

Getting rid of net zero, £30 billion saved.

GripGetter · 23/10/2025 19:06

Calcaata · 18/10/2025 20:34

”Chortle my face off”

Think that’s one of the most MN things I’ve heard.

Same!

SerendipityJane · 23/10/2025 17:21

ThePenguinIsDrunk · 23/10/2025 17:02

Newsflash not everyone in kent voted leave, just like very many didn't vote for reform.

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That's probably as useful as saying that not all Germans supported Hitler as the RAF was dropping bombs.

Or indeed not all Britons supported the wars in Iraw and Afghanistan.

Unfortunately the price of a democracy is having to suck up the will of the people.

Unless you are suggesting it's OK for someone who didn't vote Labour to ignore any laws this government makes ?

Of 970,000 people in the county who voted 59% voted to leave and 41% to remain.

ThePenguinIsDrunk · 23/10/2025 17:02

SerendipityJane · 23/10/2025 12:04

Kent thought there were not disavantages to Brexit for them. Which is why they voted for it. Same as every single leaver voter. It was "Well I'll be OK, so fuck you".

We had Brexit, It's done. It's dusted. If you aren't happy with it, then why did you vote for it ? (Not addressed to any individual poster).

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Newsflash not everyone in kent voted leave, just like very many didn't vote for reform.

SerendipityJane · 23/10/2025 12:04

socialdilemmawhattodo · 23/10/2025 09:16

No. That was to keep the county moving. Any issues ar the ports block anywhere east of Maidstone. Operation Brock, supposedly temporary brought in to deal more congestion, impacts speeds on the motorway. Kent has all the disadvantages from Brexit. And no I am not a reform voter.

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Kent thought there were not disavantages to Brexit for them. Which is why they voted for it. Same as every single leaver voter. It was "Well I'll be OK, so fuck you".

We had Brexit, It's done. It's dusted. If you aren't happy with it, then why did you vote for it ? (Not addressed to any individual poster).

socialdilemmawhattodo · 23/10/2025 09:16

SerendipityJane · 19/10/2025 16:01

To be fair Kent voters welcomed the massive .lorry parks needed for Brexit. In fact they donated some of their own land - village greens and cricket clubs to make sure it happened.

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No. That was to keep the county moving. Any issues ar the ports block anywhere east of Maidstone. Operation Brock, supposedly temporary brought in to deal more congestion, impacts speeds on the motorway. Kent has all the disadvantages from Brexit. And no I am not a reform voter.

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Salemsplot · 22/10/2025 12:04

Katherine9 · 21/10/2025 20:20

Unfortunately, OP's language and tone suggest they aren't well placed to be judging anyone.

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Please do expand…..

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TooBigForMyBoots · 21/10/2025 21:38

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 20:36

It's a threat.

Reform supporters were all over our local Facebook group today saying women had better get ready for men having an equal say over abortion and divorce rights.

They are white male supremacists. They want their power back.

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Fucking hell!Shock

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 20:36

Salemsplot · 20/10/2025 16:00

And what does that mean - we’d better get ready for it - how?

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It's a threat.

Reform supporters were all over our local Facebook group today saying women had better get ready for men having an equal say over abortion and divorce rights.

They are white male supremacists. They want their power back.

Katherine9 · 21/10/2025 20:20

Salemsplot · 18/10/2025 20:12

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/18/suck-it-up-leaked-video-exposes-bitter-infighting-at-reform-uks-flagship-kent-council

But in seriousness, imagine these kind of people running your council, let alone your country…

Unfortunately, OP's language and tone suggest they aren't well placed to be judging anyone.

Crikeyalmighty · 20/10/2025 19:03

SerendipityJane · 20/10/2025 17:15

if people think they are suddenly going to be radically better off under Farage think they are going to be incredibly disappointed

To be fair, these will include some people who thought they'd be better of out of the EU. So critical thinking isn't necessarily overflowing with them.

Oh indeed - to be frank most of them don’t care, just as long as it’s bloke who waves the flag as much as they do and likes blaming foreigners for all our ills , then they are fine with that - and it’s all ends of the spectrum, those who find the Sun a challenging read and those who believe every word the mail , express and telegraph print

SinnerBoy · 20/10/2025 17:48

The die hards don't care, anyway. Look at the comments on the Mail stories on this.

*Fake news
*So what? Liebore are worse.
*Communist propaganda
*It's 2 tier Kier's fault

Absolutely no understanding of what has actually been going on.

SerendipityJane · 20/10/2025 17:15

if people think they are suddenly going to be radically better off under Farage think they are going to be incredibly disappointed

To be fair, these will include some people who thought they'd be better of out of the EU. So critical thinking isn't necessarily overflowing with them.

Spokebefore · 20/10/2025 17:09

Tiresome!!! I really do despair.

Doingtheboxerbeat · 20/10/2025 16:51

1457bloom · 20/10/2025 16:41

I am not a Reform voter but you cannot ignore the utter despair with this country which neither of the main parties seem able to change. People are prepared to vote for something new and radical because they see the current system as broken. What they seem to want is a strong, charismatic leader who is not going to base their decisions upon opinion polls or do u turns because they don’t want to upset the backbenchers.

You say you are not a Reform voter but you seem to understand and sympathise with how they think, instead of calling out bs about backbenchers, when we could literally lose our NHS.

1457bloom · 20/10/2025 16:41

I am not a Reform voter but you cannot ignore the utter despair with this country which neither of the main parties seem able to change. People are prepared to vote for something new and radical because they see the current system as broken. What they seem to want is a strong, charismatic leader who is not going to base their decisions upon opinion polls or do u turns because they don’t want to upset the backbenchers.

Crikeyalmighty · 20/10/2025 16:20

@1457bloom if people think they are suddenly going to be radically better off under Farage think they are going to be incredibly disappointed - in fact I think a lot of those voting for these changes might not be the priorities they think they are - just making noises about immigrants being the source of all ills isn’t going to cut the mustard when it’s still just as shit on their patch

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Salemsplot · 20/10/2025 16:00

1457bloom · 20/10/2025 15:28

Things are dire at the moment and people want change. It’s easy to make snide remarks about Reform but they are likely to win the next election so you better get ready.

And what does that mean - we’d better get ready for it - how?

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TooBigForMyBoots · 20/10/2025 15:56

1457bloom · 20/10/2025 15:28

Things are dire at the moment and people want change. It’s easy to make snide remarks about Reform but they are likely to win the next election so you better get ready.

You think they'll survive that long? They're dropping like flies.🙈

SquirrelosaurusSoShiny · 20/10/2025 15:39

Indeed.

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