What I would like to ask Reform supporters what are the specific Reform policies they support?

If you really do live in Croydon you'll know what I mean by empty buildings. Hadn't been there for a while and was really saddened by the difference when I visited last year.

If they’re economic migrants, they’re contributing to our taxation.

So maybe we need them.

When I’ve rented, it has never been subject to a criminal record check.

Or indeed a credit check if they had proof of income, or I’d guess a guarantor if needed.

Why would that be different if I was a migrant?

I prefer to retain green spaces for food production, recreation and wildlife as it’s important for the environment

a lot the migrants are economic so don’t need to be in the U.K.

Because you have no idea what sort of person they are, are they good citizens or fugitive wanted in their own country. They could have committed a crime and you have no way of checking it.
I would want to check someone background before l rent them a room in my house.

I don’t really know what to say to that awful comment.

Umm re the bigger point folk are now grasping at - any reason to pretend you’re not racist I guess - so umm all people on the planet Earth have to live somewhere on this planet - why are we so special in our wildlife? Where else do you want humans to be then? How many are not needed in the U.K. to really enhance our countryside and wildlife status?

This could lead to an abhorrent idea I suppose so I will leave it there and pray hard I don’t actually see worse.

I've never heard of those names before. But I've googled and it's interesting.

It's a brilliant idea and indeed there are specialist charities trying to promote this, but unfortunately very few people are either willing to support it or have the available space:

https://youtube.com/shorts/1CXMwu530Gg?si=ziN5cSPAFcee3ntj

https://www.roomforrefugees.com/

Didn't you know humanity is the only species that matters, we don't need plants and animals (except we really do). Might also note that intensive population helped COVID spread among other delightful benefits.

All over the UK are empty shops & shopping centres and tower blocks . Use that land.

But make sure we factor in the infrastructure...schools, doctors, hospitals, vets, transport links, utilities, waste disposal & sewerage., employment opportunities to pay for it all.

Note a few issues with tower blocks....access to and from upper floors, mental health issues if you're stuck in a small inside space ( thanks COVID), fire risk (nobody needs reminding of that). Not to mention the psychologic effect of all those looming buildings blocking out the sun and funneling the wind.
Note a few issues with intensive developments, beautiful on paper but a nightmare to live in when discontent rises . Broad water farm?
Note that the bigger schools become, the harder it is to build relationships with pupils and families and the less you can manage behavioural problems whatever their cause (within the current constraints) so they become more about crowd management than education.
But sure, overpopulation/unmanaged population increase is not an issue. We'll squeeze everyone in somewhere.

Yes totally agree

they don’t need to be in the UK in the first place, many of them aren’t adding any value

It’s estimated that the UK has 17 million households with at least one spare bedroom. The rent a room scheme enables owners to earn £7500 per year (£20 per day) tax free if they rent out a room in their home.

In 2025, the average nightly cost to house asylum seekers was £119. So, if those who think asylum seekers and illegals should be allowed to enter the UK rented out their spare rooms the burden on the UK tax payer would drop by almost £100 per day per asylum/illegal person and the homeowner would be £20 per day better off.

I wonder why people are not doing that?

It shouldn’t be an either / or.

Britain is one of the most nature depleted countries on the planet, which is utterly shameful. The numbers of houses we need are to cope with the huge numbers of migrants who have come and are still coming to live here. Why should wildlife be pushed even further to the margins and even wiped out altogether to accommodate this?

@EvieBB

Have a night off you’re actually obsessed 🤣🤣.

Vile

Ten years ago was the Brexit referendum, which I think was largely swung by Angela Merkel opening Germany’s borders to welcome a million Syrians, and quite a lot of people thinking “sh*t, we don’t want them here.”

If you remember, David Cameron had explicitly lobbied Merkel and the EU for an immigration/free movement “brake” for Britain because immigration was such a major public concern. This wasn’t granted and is also often thought to be a reason why the vote went the way it did.

Gweilo, gora ..depends where you're from.

Or Chalky which was popular way back..

No it won't be great. Your attitude is part of the problem.
I have no admiration for Starmer but watching the infighting for influence as soon as the party got a sniff of power reminds me of every unsuccessful government I've seen in the last decades.
The quiet back benchers who actually work for their constituents but you wouldn't hear about till some nutter stabs them are the people I really appreciate. Maybe we should get Alan Sugar to select front benchers via a weekly task based reality TV show, might not even notice the difference.

Hijab not niqab. Very different vibe.

No, me neither in that respect.

But won’t it be a great case of “told you so”? See Brexit for further evidence!

The only way some people will be convinced it’s a car crash of an idea is by doing it.

If those turkeys want to vote for Christmas, you can’t stop them, they’ll learn when Christmas lunch is served.

Or gammons, as opposed to people of no colour. ( Ponc if you will )

Funnily enough I get no joy from watching the country that shelters me and my family fall apart, even if I disagree ideologically with those in government.

If the choice is between providing housing for young families and protecting the environment then I'm sorry I would pour the concrete every time.