Mumsnetters voting Reform

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Mumsnet mothers have always leaned Labour. Now Reform is ahead

https://www.thetimes.com/article/dbd39087-465c-4587-9eaa-292606ffb775?shareToken=a99daa444e8bc0f9444cca2bf01f3851

I'm slightly startled by this. I'm a centrist, slightly more right leaning perhaps but frankly I'm open to any government who will get a firm grip on the public finances and go about growing the economy in a sustainable way. My impression of this site is that it's definitely more left leaning and and Reform enthusiasts tend to get shouted down. Personally, I think we should be talking about them a lot more as it's highly likely they will form part of the next government.

My impression is that they are promising the earth but don't have people with the necessary skill set to make that happen. I really worry that they will get voted in and find out that they can't fix all the problems within 18 months, leading to yet more disillusionment amongst voters.

? Why has a link to a guardian newspaper article been removed? Strange.

What was in it? I forget

I do - that’s why I said they ‘expanded’ rather than ‘introduced’ the policy.

It’s an article in the Guardian about how Reform are doing, in Lancashire CC.

Hmm at that and the other ones.

People trying to shut down debate. Which brings us full circle to the op.

Why would alink to a Guardian article about Reform be deleted? There must have been something else in the post?

Get on to MN - someone is causing mischief.

Your posts were innocuous.

100%.

They were. One was an emoji iirc

Or someone block reporting with others to cause trouble and shut down conversation. Hopefully PP
can clarify with MNHQ.

Don’t tell him, let him go 🤣!!

@peacefulpeach Are you able to re-post the article?

Block reporting? That is a bit paranoid! Anyway, MNHQ only delete posts that break talk guidelines, not at the whim of other users. More's the pity 😂

Yes, entirely plausible.

I hope that MN acts swiftly if this proves the case.

I can’t say I’ve seen emojis go before.

I think this was the article?

www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/13/reform-uk-lancashire-council-seven-months-in-power

And the other posts?

Are you suggesting she knows why they were removed?

...and you know its not new, it was not introduced by Reeves, .... Tax TH freezes were not due end for another 3 years.

You know it was as a result of Tory Tax policy and has been an issue for several years prior to July 24.

So pls stop pretending this is a problem she introduced....

Millions people do not earn 100k, as you also know.

I note Badenoch has said she will not reverse this, only that it would be an aim....

Hello, just to clarify there were a few posts from this thread that were deleted in error, our apologies, they have been reinstated now.
MNHQ

I think that was the implication!

Not at all - MN has clarified they were removed in error.

Happy days.

Quite but they would have been reported be removed. So not so paranoid after all.

If by some nightmare, Reform gained power in Wales, would Farage cut income tax for the people of Wales? He'll need to make that clear in his manifesto.