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Voting for Reform.the north/south

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Jollyjupiter · 24/04/2026 00:16

As a proud Northerner i can say 80 per cent of my peer group will vote for Reform in May. Do you think it will be a North v South split?

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TinySaltLick · 24/04/2026 01:07

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In the unlikely scenario reform did ever manage to win a general election, ironically the surprise would fall primarily at the feet of the supporters themselves when they discover the majority sit within a demographic hardest hit by the very policies they have been hoodwinked into voting for

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JustGiveMeReason · 24/04/2026 00:46

No, I don't think there will be a North / South divide.

But people tend to 'hang out' with 'people like them'.

I am pretty sure NONE of my peers are going to vote for a party / Limited Company that wants to:
remove workers rights,
destroy the NHS,
reduce support for people with disabilities,

reduce or completely stop support for humanitarian causes.

That support tax breaks for billionaires and condone British Billionaires being migrants whilst condemning migrants from any other Country.

That stokes up hatred and bigotry amongst people that previously got along fine previously.
That wants to prevent women having autonomy over their own bodies
That wants to withdraw from the EHRC
That wants to completely dismantle any initiatives to promote diversity
That 'doesn't believe' in the disabilities children in school have and that want to remove the already inadequate support that is currently available for children with SEND
That wants to reduce public spending
Whose Leaders has a track record for blatant lying
etc
etc

Then, looking at the Councils where many Reform Councillors were elected last year - 70 have left (resigned or sacked) since being elected last May before you get on to reports of those who have not turned up / attempted to do the job. So many have been exposed as being completely unsuitable, and either not vetted properly or what was uncovered in the vetting completely ignored.

12 have put up Council Tax, despite campaigning on a promise of "cutting waste" and reducing Council Tax.

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JustGiveMeReason · 24/04/2026 00:46

No, I don't think there will be a North / South divide.

But people tend to 'hang out' with 'people like them'.

I am pretty sure NONE of my peers are going to vote for a party / Limited Company that wants to:
remove workers rights,
destroy the NHS,
reduce support for people with disabilities,

reduce or completely stop support for humanitarian causes.

That support tax breaks for billionaires and condone British Billionaires being migrants whilst condemning migrants from any other Country.

That stokes up hatred and bigotry amongst people that previously got along fine previously.
That wants to prevent women having autonomy over their own bodies
That wants to withdraw from the EHRC
That wants to completely dismantle any initiatives to promote diversity
That 'doesn't believe' in the disabilities children in school have and that want to remove the already inadequate support that is currently available for children with SEND
That wants to reduce public spending
Whose Leaders has a track record for blatant lying
etc
etc

Then, looking at the Councils where many Reform Councillors were elected last year - 70 have left (resigned or sacked) since being elected last May before you get on to reports of those who have not turned up / attempted to do the job. So many have been exposed as being completely unsuitable, and either not vetted properly or what was uncovered in the vetting completely ignored.

12 have put up Council Tax, despite campaigning on a promise of "cutting waste" and reducing Council Tax.

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