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

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CurlewKate · 08/05/2026 12:23

Just that really. I am a Labour voter, and I know what Labour policies I support. I think I know what Conservative and Lib Dem policies their supporters like. I don't know about Reform.

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EEexpat · 19/05/2026 18:30

@AuntieFah

Immigration being out of control was talked about long before the word Brexit appeared. Look up Enoch Powell’s rivers of blood speech in 1968.

Tony Blair is credited with starting the high levels during his time in government and Conservatives are credited with accelerating what was started by Labour.

If people choose to vote for Reform, that’s their democratic choice.

AuntieFah · 19/05/2026 17:14

RedTagAlan · 16/05/2026 13:22

You mean like politicians taking 5 mil as a gift ?

And Prime ministers taking free season tickets for the footie.

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Indeed; the corruption at the head - and heart - of 'parties' like Reform is clear and unequivocal. But the duplicitous grifters in charge are well aware that they only need to screech "small boats" and the majority of the working classes they are manipulating will break out their Chinese-manufactured Union Flags and be obediently misdirected.

AuntieFah · 19/05/2026 17:11

MabelRoyds · 08/05/2026 15:00

I’m amazed that so many people voted Reform. Immigration is obviously the top issue for lots of people. And this is a fairly recent thing too, surely. Ten years ago nobody was talking about immigration , were they?

There were mutterings, but they were very much low and background.

The far-right media, who feed on the very chaos they create, hadn't started to demonise immigrants at that point, and the shallow grifters who now head parties like Reform hadn't yet realised how easy it was to manipulate the working classes by simply blaming immigrants for societal degredation.

Of course, protesting against immigration when you are from a country whose history, culture, and people are the result of two thousand years of invasions and settlement from foreign nations, and which spent the last five centuries busy colonising the rest of the world, is beyond ironic.

EEexpat · 19/05/2026 08:25

@harrassedmum

I remember that Farage said the £90 billion of tax cuts would not be possible, but did not rule out all tax cuts.

I would increase the personal allowance first as it has been £12570 since April 2021. With inflation, that’s about £15500 in 2026.

It would help those on low wages the most and prevent the UK state pension exceeding the threshold.

@CurlewKate

If there is a shortage of a particular skill in a country, visas can be issued for expats to enter. I have done this in many countries around since late 80s.

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CurlewKate · 19/05/2026 06:41

ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm · 16/05/2026 13:49

I absolutely wouldn't. An unemployable goatherder from Afghanistan, not so much.

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Ironically, agricultural workers are hard to find in the UK at the moment….

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harrassedmum · 19/05/2026 00:54

EEexpat · 13/05/2026 22:18

@harrassedmum

£20,000 personal allowance
They’re not doing this anymore

Until they get into power, they can’t do anything.

Indeed they can’t but farage has backtracked on this anyway as it is unaffordable and was only ever aspirational apparently

quantumbutterfly · 16/05/2026 21:30

ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm · 16/05/2026 13:49

I absolutely wouldn't. An unemployable goatherder from Afghanistan, not so much.

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Are you gatekeeping goatkeeping?

ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm · 16/05/2026 13:49

BIossomtoes · 16/05/2026 08:25

You appeared to be under the impression there weren’t any. There are clearly enough for the BMA to take up their case. I expect you’d refuse to be treated by one.

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I absolutely wouldn't. An unemployable goatherder from Afghanistan, not so much.

suburburban · 16/05/2026 13:32

RedTagAlan · 16/05/2026 13:22

You mean like politicians taking 5 mil as a gift ?

And Prime ministers taking free season tickets for the footie.

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Yes absolutely but why add to it

RedTagAlan · 16/05/2026 13:22

suburburban · 16/05/2026 10:46

I’m not but i think some of the societies that the migrants come from view dishonesty and corruption as the norm and if they are not paying tax on their income or VAT on some of the products such as tobacco then it is not good

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You mean like politicians taking 5 mil as a gift ?

And Prime ministers taking free season tickets for the footie.

LBFseBrom · 16/05/2026 13:00

suburburban · 16/05/2026 10:46

I’m not but i think some of the societies that the migrants come from view dishonesty and corruption as the norm and if they are not paying tax on their income or VAT on some of the products such as tobacco then it is not good

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I can assure you plenty of British feel exactly the same as that and always have.

suburburban · 16/05/2026 10:46

EvieBB · 16/05/2026 08:20

Absolutely. You get good and bad in every race and of course we don't want criminals here but to demonise all just isn't right ....

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I’m not but i think some of the societies that the migrants come from view dishonesty and corruption as the norm and if they are not paying tax on their income or VAT on some of the products such as tobacco then it is not good

Pepperlee · 16/05/2026 10:17

BIossomtoes · 16/05/2026 10:14

If you’re not a smoker you don’t care.

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And some of you don't even know it's going on. Unbelievable.

BIossomtoes · 16/05/2026 10:14

Pepperlee · 16/05/2026 10:13

Of course I know. The wonder is that you don't. You must live in a bubble if you're not aware of under the counter illegal fags and tobacco. Google it and educate yourself.

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If you’re not a smoker you don’t care.

Pepperlee · 16/05/2026 10:13

RedTagAlan · 16/05/2026 10:01

In other words, you don't know.

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Of course I know. The wonder is that you don't. You must live in a bubble if you're not aware of under the counter illegal fags and tobacco. Google it and educate yourself.

RedTagAlan · 16/05/2026 10:01

Pepperlee · 16/05/2026 09:37

I watch the news and read the local paper. That's how I know. If you don't know what illegal tobacco is then maybe you're not old enough to be in this conversation.

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In other words, you don't know.

Pepperlee · 16/05/2026 09:37

RedTagAlan · 16/05/2026 08:49

How do you know ? Do you buy illegal tobacco products ?

What is an illegal tobacco product ?

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I watch the news and read the local paper. That's how I know. If you don't know what illegal tobacco is then maybe you're not old enough to be in this conversation.

RedTagAlan · 16/05/2026 08:49

Pepperlee · 16/05/2026 08:35

Many of them sell illegal tobacco products. How do you not know this?
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How do you know ? Do you buy illegal tobacco products ?

What is an illegal tobacco product ?

Pepperlee · 16/05/2026 08:35

ChunkyMonkey36 · 15/05/2026 18:03

Here are just some of the ways a “mini mart” would support the economy:

  • VAT on eligible goods
  • business rates
  • corporation tax or income tax
  • employee National Insurance contributions

How many of those is someone who has never been employed, by choice, contributing?

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Many of them sell illegal tobacco products. How do you not know this?
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BIossomtoes · 16/05/2026 08:25

ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm · 16/05/2026 01:24

Are you genuinely under the impression that any more than a vanishingly small proportion of illegal immigrants are doctors ? Is that what you actually believe ?

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You appeared to be under the impression there weren’t any. There are clearly enough for the BMA to take up their case. I expect you’d refuse to be treated by one.

EvieBB · 16/05/2026 08:20

suburburban · 15/05/2026 17:53

Yes definitely but not the ones who run vape shops or dodgy mini marts and mafia type activities or people trafficking

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Absolutely. You get good and bad in every race and of course we don't want criminals here but to demonise all just isn't right ....

ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm · 16/05/2026 01:24

BIossomtoes · 15/05/2026 20:20

Who’s the fool now?

https://thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/life-at-work/asylum-seeker-doctors-free-to-work-in-nhs/

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Are you genuinely under the impression that any more than a vanishingly small proportion of illegal immigrants are doctors ? Is that what you actually believe ?

LBFseBrom · 16/05/2026 01:07

suburburban · 15/05/2026 16:33

I think we should be prioritising trained people who reside here first rather than inviting people from overseas surely

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There aren't enough, suburban.

ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm · 16/05/2026 00:56

ChunkyMonkey36 · 15/05/2026 20:31

@ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm

”their filth and thieving, and are now breeding like rabbits”

What thoroughly unpleasant phrasing.

And entirely accurate.

ThisDandyWriter · 15/05/2026 23:32

ChunkyMonkey36 · 15/05/2026 17:27

Only to confirm payment of rent, no damage to property etc. Not a background check as such.

It wouldn’t have confirmed if I was a “fugitive” or criminal.

My last property didn’t even get an employer reference, they just took my proof of salary.

I think landlords just want their rent paying and their houses not destroying.

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It’s one thing to rent out a flat in its entirety to someone and quite another to have a stranger living in your house with your family.

i rent out flats and I agree that as long rent paid, flat looked after I’m happy.

but would I have a stranger living in my house with my 3 daughters? Not a chance.