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RobinInTheCrabApple · 15/03/2026 18:33

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MissingSockDetective · 15/03/2026 18:28

Nosea · 15/03/2026 18:23

Why do people think life in the EU is magically better? Is it? Lots of people there complain about their governments there. The tax burden tends to be higher there as well

It was, things got worse when we left. Still think it could be much worse though, and probably will if Farage and co manage to fool people for a second time. Hopefully enough will realize that before it' too late.

Nosea · 15/03/2026 18:23

Why do people think life in the EU is magically better? Is it? Lots of people there complain about their governments there. The tax burden tends to be higher there as well

Blueharmonica · 15/03/2026 18:22

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 18:15

Here you go. 18 seats short of a majority.

I hope you will ask my question in return.

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Wow, I genuinely thought you were making it up. That’s a con/reform coalition then.

I hope you will ask my question in return.
Of course, what is a woman?

Blueharmonica · 15/03/2026 18:16

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 18:12

What has he proposed?

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Free housing, monthly allowance and the right to vote…no wait that wouldn’t make any sense if you were trying to discourage it !

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 18:15

Blueharmonica · 15/03/2026 17:51

Can you post a link to polls showing Reform won’t have a majority please.

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Here you go. 18 seats short of a majority.

I hope you will ask my question in return.

If reform won the next election I couldn't bear living here but thanks to farage there's nowhere to go
Wellthisisdifficult · 15/03/2026 18:13

So OP, who else would you like to win, Labour who are destroying the economy, the countryside, British Tradition, and job prospects for the young? The Greens who call rape victims liars, who want open borders? Anti semetic and will gladly bend over for the Muslim vote? Maybe a coalition of the two to really fuck women over? Especially white women. On the plus side, the Greens leader says he can get you bigger boobs.

Blueharmonica · 15/03/2026 18:13

UniquePinkSwan · 15/03/2026 18:10

Honestly sound like the current Labour government right now

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😄

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 18:12

Blueharmonica · 15/03/2026 17:34

Yes.

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What has he proposed?

UniquePinkSwan · 15/03/2026 18:10

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/03/2026 23:43

Anyone voting Reform knows what they're getting. Incompetence, treason, misogyny, racism and a whopping rise in taxes.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y68r40yzgo

Honestly sound like the current Labour government right now

Leahrosemary · 15/03/2026 18:08

twentyeightfishinthepond · 15/03/2026 09:07

Including Southern Ireland?

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It’s just called Ireland, but yes.

(Ireland and Northern Ireland, both on the island of Ireland.
There’s no country called Southern Ireland.)

CoolFineDoneWicked · 15/03/2026 18:07

Clavinova · 15/03/2026 17:54

He can't be that thick if he has sufficient means to be eligible for a non-lucrative visa to retire to Spain.

(I've found an unedited version of the interview on YouTube);

'I can still get a non-lucrative visa and move over and retire there...'

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You're right, because I didn't remember a podcast from a year ago verbatim, the substantial point is invalidated.

And there are plenty of nitwits with money.

MissingSockDetective · 15/03/2026 18:01

Freakingfurious11 · 15/03/2026 17:56

I must be delusional about this wonderful government we have at the moment and how great the UK is.

Truly baffled if people cannot actually come out of their estates and see just how bad things are 🤦‍♀️ but let’s pretend that’s not the case and blame reform for what ifs.

What, pray tell, are these 'estates' you talk of?

Freakingfurious11 · 15/03/2026 17:56

I must be delusional about this wonderful government we have at the moment and how great the UK is.

Truly baffled if people cannot actually come out of their estates and see just how bad things are 🤦‍♀️ but let’s pretend that’s not the case and blame reform for what ifs.

Nosea · 15/03/2026 17:56

catinateacup · 14/03/2026 23:58

Daft as a brush

Freedom of movement didn't mean you could just get a job in another EU Country.

That’s exactly what it meant 🤦‍♀️

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How are you going to live there and deal with society without knowing the language?

Clavinova · 15/03/2026 17:54

CoolFineDoneWicked · 15/03/2026 17:37

Yeah, and then he went on to say that he realised Brexit was a mistake because of this barrier, and he wouldn’t have voted for it had he been told.

Of course, he was told. He just chose to believe the liars, and is doing so again, despite acknowledging that they are liars.

Thick as mince.

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He can't be that thick if he has sufficient means to be eligible for a non-lucrative visa to retire to Spain.

(I've found an unedited version of the interview on YouTube);

'I can still get a non-lucrative visa and move over and retire there...'

Blueharmonica · 15/03/2026 17:51

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 17:24

The latest poll of polls shows Reform would fall short of a majority. I think support has peaked. Some supporters seem to be going to Lowe's party.

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Can you post a link to polls showing Reform won’t have a majority please.

Clavinova · 15/03/2026 17:42

twentyeightfishinthepond · 15/03/2026 09:07

Including Southern Ireland?

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Yes - we have a Common Travel Area with Ireland;

Irish and UK citizens have the right to live, travel, work and study within the Common Travel Area.

Irish and UK citizens can live in either country and enjoy associated rights and privileges, including:

  • Access to social benefits
  • Access to healthcare
  • Access to social housing supports
  • The right to vote in certain elections
CoolFineDoneWicked · 15/03/2026 17:37

Clavinova · 15/03/2026 17:33

“I'm all for people coming to this country legally. Get a visa. If I want to go to Spain, which I will be doing because that's where I want to retire to, I've got to get a visa. I've got to have 28,000 euros in the bank for myself.

You stated up thread that Brexit was 'preventing him personally from realising his dream to live in Spain one day' but your quote says he still intends to retire to Spain - with a visa.

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Yeah, and then he went on to say that he realised Brexit was a mistake because of this barrier, and he wouldn’t have voted for it had he been told.

Of course, he was told. He just chose to believe the liars, and is doing so again, despite acknowledging that they are liars.

Thick as mince.

Blueharmonica · 15/03/2026 17:34

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 17:26

Has Farage set out how he will stop the boats?

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Yes.

Clavinova · 15/03/2026 17:33

CoolFineDoneWicked · 14/03/2026 23:23

This was the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/the-news-agents/id1640878689?l=en-GB&i=1000711170191

The report from the Reform club starts at 18 minutes in.

Transcript of the relevant section:

“I'm all for people coming to this country legally. Get a visa. If I want to go to Spain, which I will be doing because that's where I want to retire to, I've got to get a visa. I've got to have 28,000 euros in the bank for myself.

Pre Brexit, you would have just been able to move there.

Well, yeah. And believe it or not, they didn't tell the truth about that. If they explained everything about Brexit, like, oh, you won't be able to travel as many times as you want to Spain, freedom of movement, I would have probably voted not to leave it.

You would?

Yeah.

Well, that was Farage's big idea.

Well, everyone changes their mind.

But you're the owner of Britain's first Reform club. And you actually say, as a result, if you'd known now what you'd known about Brexit, you'd have voted remain?

I probably would have done, yeah. Well, I didn't know. It's too late now, isn't it?”

“I'm all for people coming to this country legally. Get a visa. If I want to go to Spain, which I will be doing because that's where I want to retire to, I've got to get a visa. I've got to have 28,000 euros in the bank for myself.

You stated up thread that Brexit was 'preventing him personally from realising his dream to live in Spain one day' but your quote says he still intends to retire to Spain - with a visa.

CoolFineDoneWicked · 15/03/2026 17:32

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 17:26

Has Farage set out how he will stop the boats?

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He’s going to redirect them to the sunlit uplands.

Kent2024 · 15/03/2026 17:28

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 17:26

Has Farage set out how he will stop the boats?

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Yes, multiple times. I’m not going to search for you and post links. You will have to read for yourself.

PandoraSocks · 15/03/2026 17:26

Kent2024 · 15/03/2026 17:24

I’m not a fan of Farage or his odd affection for Putin or Trump. However, I think the debate has moved on in terms of acceptable views and on immigration, specifically on illegal immigration I think the majority of the population agree with the policies that reform say they would introduce. 14 years of tories and immigration was totally out of control. Labour then elected on a promise to stop the boats and they haven’t, another failed promise. Reform are an option for people who are concerned that every year tens of thousands of undocumented, mainly young men who have totally different views on women’s rights, gay people etc are coming to the uk permanently and costing the tax payer multiple billions of pounds.

Has Farage set out how he will stop the boats?

Kent2024 · 15/03/2026 17:24

I’m not a fan of Farage or his odd affection for Putin or Trump. However, I think the debate has moved on in terms of acceptable views and on immigration, specifically on illegal immigration I think the majority of the population agree with the policies that reform say they would introduce. 14 years of tories and immigration was totally out of control. Labour then elected on a promise to stop the boats and they haven’t, another failed promise. Reform are an option for people who are concerned that every year tens of thousands of undocumented, mainly young men who have totally different views on women’s rights, gay people etc are coming to the uk permanently and costing the tax payer multiple billions of pounds.