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

We can but hope.

And how do you expect your local council to have any impact on immigration?

For me it was entirely immigration. My view is that mass illegal/legal immigration from developing countries has damaged our country. This is my priority as a voter and I voted reform despite some of their other policies being personally disadvantageous to me compared to the offerings of alternatives.

OP.

Despite being curious to see what a country run by Muslims AND trans people would look like, I'd rather it wasn't our country.

I have zero confidence that people will become disillusioned with Reform councils from now until then. They’re too blinded by the ‘stop the boats’ rhetoric and will blame immigrants for anything that will (and it will) go wrong.

They did lie through their teeth. However, lots of people who voted Leave wanted to stop or reduce immigration. Many were deeply confused about this and thought somehow leaving the EU would mean an end to immigration from the Indian subcontinent. The really thick racists thought people from ethnic minorities would be deported. One of the reasons it ended so badly was because the establishment had refused to listen to their concerns. They thought if people weren't openly talking about their concerns that meant the concerns had gone. It didn't. It just meant these people were an easy target for all sorts of manipulation, conspiracy theories and outright lies on social media.

If Tony Blair's government had taken a more sensible approach to immigration from the EU, as most other EU countries, did - if mainstream politicians had listened to people's concerns and tried to address them - who knows where we would be now. Still in the EU, probably.

I voted for them (in Wales) as they intend to get rid of the bureaucratic red tape that is government quongos created enmasse by Gordon Brown, that prevent every democratically elected party effectively seeing through on their manifestos.
Next election, if reform succeed in this change i will then reassess who i vote for and select the party whose manifesto looks the best overall.

I also voted for them as the alternative - Plaid, have ruled the roost in the council where i am and have been useless, corrupt and overseen appalling abuses, which they brushed under the carpet for decades.

I have no issue whatsoever with planned immigration of highly educated and driven professionals (doctors, health professionals, engineers etc) who generally integrate well. The more the merrier.

I can't see any way anybody can force a General Election early. Labour has a massive majority and that's not going to change unless half the current MPs resign or die in the near future, leading to hundreds of by-elections. Three years is a long enough time for the Greens and Reform to demonstrate whether they can run local councils in a competent way. I hope people do vote with that in mind when we get to 2029.

The word is ‘radicalised’.

Not this again

Where are these magic places that some of these posters live?

Before anyone gets into it, I'm speaking as a woman who isn't white.

another reason I'm stunned by @MabelRoyds comment is that when I was a child, I was very scared that the BNP would get in and that I would be sent to a country I've never seen and know nothing about.

that was a very long time ago obvs!

No, the key reason was people like Johnson and Farage lying through their teeth. Remember the bus that promised an extra £350 million a week for the NHS? How they promised to cut immigration but what they actually meant was ending the mutually beneficial ties to the EU, while massively increasing non-EU immigration? They played the thick in this country like a fiddle and we’re still paying for it.

Erm…the OP asked for Reform supporter’s opinions, not yours.

Do you get all your information from FB?

Mine too! We did have a rather significant referendum in 2016 and a key reason for the result was immigration from the European Union.

It’s scary - it’s like people have been hypnotised. Brexit all over again but this time we are heading for a real disaster if Reform win in 3 years.

my mind is absolutely boggled by this post.

My aunt is like this. Fills me with rage because she (and her daughter, who is the same), look down on me for being at home in my 20s, despite having not worked since age 25, when she got pregnant and got a council house.

My aunt is like this. Fills me with rage because she (and her daughter, who is the same), look down on me for being at home in my 20s, despite having not worked since age 25, when she got pregnant and got a council house.

They have an ever developing range of physical and mental conditions that they've worsened with decades of self neglect. They are very good at manipulating the system.

It used to annoy me but you can only stay annoyed so long and they will never change.

Well the thing is, the tories did a lot of damage to this country and Labour have started to turn it around.

I’m so worried now. Our county council has gone to Reform. They control SEND budgets. Just when my child needs support and I was hoping for council support where the BHS won’t deliver it. I know that’s slightly off topic but I’ll bet their views on SEND issues is a big draw for many.

A bit like Labour voters who blame the Tories for everything?

Yes very true

Farage has already U turned on that.

I wonder how many people were duped by the promise to “cut your council tax”, which Farage has now admitted means they won’t charge the maximum.