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Reform are getting a shitload of voters

737 replies

HeBeaverandSheBeaver · 04/07/2024 23:27

I have not voted
Reform and live in a safe tory seat But I voted
Lib dem tactical vote

I said ages Ago on here the reform would do really well and was shouted down.

Same as brexit, no one will admit voting for reform but
They still do it in droves it seems.

I'm Willing to bet they
Might win an election in four years at this rate!!

Scary
Times

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Aussieland · 05/07/2024 03:59

Myneighboursnorlax · 05/07/2024 02:48

Reform are effectively the renamed Brexit Party, so any % gains are compared to their results last time.

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And they made such sensible decisions and had such great policies last time I can totally see why anyone would vote for them... I mean Brexit was the best

lljkk · 05/07/2024 03:58

I wonder if REFORM voters know that they voted for higher food prices.

Of course REFORM can promise the moon & stars or anything, they will just snipe from sidelines and can't deliver anything they promise so doesn't matter what they promise.

Combattingthemoaners · 05/07/2024 03:57

It is what happens in times of political, social and economic crisis. People vote for more extreme voices. Get a period of stability and they will hopefully be confined to the political dustbin!

Flavabobble · 05/07/2024 03:56

Reform are getting a few shit-brained voters.
Fixed it for you.

lljkk · 05/07/2024 03:55

saythebellsofstclements · 05/07/2024 00:15

I know but now they're saying they will ban EU boats from our waters and also force supermarkets to pay fair prices to British farmers

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Where are British farms getting workers from? Does Farargism want lots of summer work visas from young Europeans again?

Where do Brtish fisherpeople expect to sell their fish? Most British people don't want to eat much seafood, and not the kinds of fish that UK historically sold into Europe. So who is going to eat the seafood, who/where is the market?

I guess fewer boats from European companies would be great for the sea life stocks. Great for sealife populations to recover. I like that part.

Starseeking · 05/07/2024 03:48

Of course they have, nobody should be surprised by the results for Reform other than those who haven't been listening to the disenfranchised of this country.

Nigel Farage has done a very effective job of selling his ideas through sound bites, AND pulling in a younger crowd. Apparently he has a very big following on TikTok.

The only shock for me is that they've only got 13 MP's; I'd have expected more. It's a critical mass of more than enough to make trouble in Parliament. It's perhaps the wake-up call both Labour and the Tories need to seriously engage with all parts of the country.

*No, I didn't vote for Reform; never even voted Conservative!

Neurodiversitydoctor · 05/07/2024 03:47

Third Reform MP Great Yarmouth

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:42

Eastenders / City types in Essex.
Dockers in North Kent
Meeja types to the West

Pretty much.

Creatives to the West Country.

Surrey insists on being its own category, though. Grin

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:40

Neurodiversitydoctor · 05/07/2024 03:33

Well that was chilling ...build a mass movement...coming for labour voters.

I'm trying to rewind.

I think he's genuinely delusional.

His Russian connections are worrying too.

Oh here we are....I think he's going for the whole "Dad's Army", grass roots vibe. But yeah "Mass National Movement". That is creepy.

Neurodiversitydoctor · 05/07/2024 03:37

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:34

And Tory second there. It's a law unto itself.

A lot of ex-Londoners there. It's interesting as an exiled Londoner, myself, how we sort of stratified ourselves and headed in different directions. Can't think how to lose to say that.

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Eastenders / City types in Essex.
Dockers in North Kent
Meeja types to the West

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:34

sashh · 05/07/2024 03:30

Looks like farage is in

And Tory second there. It's a law unto itself.

A lot of ex-Londoners there. It's interesting as an exiled Londoner, myself, how we sort of stratified ourselves and headed in different directions. Can't think how to lose to say that.

shittestusernameever · 05/07/2024 03:33

Good.

Neurodiversitydoctor · 05/07/2024 03:33

Well that was chilling ...build a mass movement...coming for labour voters.

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:32

sashh · 05/07/2024 03:28

Some of the returning officers have been wearing fabulous outfits with very impressive hats. I'm wondering if they are also the mayor or something.

Must be. Some very glamorous mayors out there.

sashh · 05/07/2024 03:30

Looks like farage is in

sashh · 05/07/2024 03:28

Some of the returning officers have been wearing fabulous outfits with very impressive hats. I'm wondering if they are also the mayor or something.

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:22

So sad*

SmileGin

lovelysunshine22 · 05/07/2024 03:22

SquirrelMadness · 05/07/2024 01:43

People saying "ignore the reform voters at your peril" - what are we supposed to do about them exactly?

The only person I know who was planning to vote reform is in his 70s and massively racist. There's nothing I could say to persuade him to vote otherwise and I really don't know how to talk to him about anything political.

I'm interested to see the age demographic of reform voters. I wonder if they are mostly people over 60s. I hope the younger generation are more tolerant.

Well i work with mostly younger people in their 20's and at work today they were all saying they voted reform as did the big boss who i would have pegged as a typical conservative voter tbh!

Grantshappsgoodbye · 05/07/2024 03:21

TheShellBeach · 05/07/2024 03:12

Ha! First major Tory out.
Goodbye Shapps.

Alex Chalk beat him by a few minutes.

Grantshappsgoodbye · 05/07/2024 03:20

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:09

Well that's GrantShapps gone. Didn't I see a Shapps username?

So sad

TheShellBeach · 05/07/2024 03:12

Ha! First major Tory out.
Goodbye Shapps.

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:09

Well that's GrantShapps gone. Didn't I see a Shapps username?

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:08

Why is the returning office for Welwyn announcing the result in Edwardian dress? That's some hat.

LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 03:06

sashh · 05/07/2024 03:05

@LiterallyOnFire I thought that but there are up and down arrows.

@Myneighboursnorlax That makes sense.

I thought (assumed?) they were doing it compared to zero but I've literally lost my specs so it's all primary blotches until I find them. Grin

sashh · 05/07/2024 03:05

@LiterallyOnFire I thought that but there are up and down arrows.

@Myneighboursnorlax That makes sense.