If you voted Reform, I would love to know why?

[AplineDaisies]

I am not here to judge so would just like to hear from Reform voters for their reasoning.

My thoughts on people who voted Reform are as follows - thick, old and racist. In cities where there is a higher than average intelligence ie Cambridge- There are Zero Reform councillors. It takes intelligence to critically consider the propaganda spewed by Reform and those voters are total suckers if they believe half of what the odious Reform party put out there. Also, social and moral compass requires a certain IQ. That felt good to get off my chest!

Years ago people used to say Boris wanted to privatise the NHS. He never did. This has long been a scaremongering tactic used by the left.

@Imdunfer I haven’t said otherwise but do you think it would have been better to have a lack of growth in both?

We never recovered from the 08 crash & we have an ageing population that has been ignored for years.

what's the tl;dr here? use paragraphs and i'll give that wall of words a go

lol

Attitudes like yours are what rile Reform voters up even more. Dismissing people as ‘thick, old and racist’ when many have valid concerns sounds pretty ageist to me.

@Cyberjammies

Good for you for being so intelligent. It’s attitudes like yours that have led to an inevitable rise in reform.

My daughter and her mates have stopped going out in our city centre due to feeling ridiculously unsafe due to large groups of foreign men hanging around with not much to do it seems. Perhaps those posher areas with all the moral and intelligent people have less of that. Just a thought.

@Katypp
First of all, we don’t know if they were unable to speak English, they may have chosen to speak other language among themselves. Secondly, we don’t know their status. They may be on a work visa and have the health care paid by the employer, they may have been presented with a bill afterwards.
The poster admitted that she used an emergency health care while in another country.
I am not confused. And 30% people supported Reform so 70% people (which is most of people) don’t support Reform and their ideology.

what an ageist bunch of tripe.

I would never vote reform but i can see why people might do so on a national level.

At a council level i kind of get it but they don't appear to have a good record on local issues, and for a local election that is what you need. Someone who will ensure the bins get emptied etc etc. Are reform good at that? is anyone?

The best things people can do for their health are not smoke, limit alcohol, exercise and eat healthy foods to be a healthy weight. But many people don’t want to know.

I think people do know but struggle with it & I think a lot of people have stressful lifestyles which leads to a reliance on drink, comfort eating etc.We have stopped getting healthier despite living longer

www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/07/baby-boomers-living-longer-but-are-in-worse-health-than-previous-generations

I voted Labour locally and would do at GE.

The Tories made a hash of so many things for the 14 years they were in power. I haven't forgotten how Boris Johnson behaved in Covid or the sh*t show that was Liz Truss.
The Greens are ok but generally a bit "fantasy politics," because it is so unlikely they will ever be properly tested at a national level. It will be interesting to see how they do locally across the country. Our Labour council has been pretty good so I wanted them to stay in power.u

Reform are an openly racist party run by a dodgy, wealthy man I simply don't trust so I would never vote for them. And, like the Greens, they haven't been tested yet. Again, it will be interesting to see how they do running the councils they now have. I suspect they will make a huge hash of it but let's see.

Luckily, we don't have a General Election on the horizon. Labour are still in power and I hope they will prove themselves in the next couple of years.

My thoughts on people who voted Reform are as follows - thick, old and racist

I think people are scared, don’t like rapid change and many feel poorer. The low interest rates masked that people were getting poorer so it’s come as shock how fast the financial landscape has changed.

@AplineDaisies I am anti establishment and anti authority. There are too many "liberal elites" in positions of authority who are too easily able to sweep wrong-doings under the rug. These are the sorts of people who, when challenged or questioned on something, they pull a stupid face and pretend that they don't understand the question. So nothing ever changes.

I have studied and work hard all of my life. I don't socialise or do drugs because I prefer to work instead. Yet, I have gotten nowhere, because the system has been designed by the elites to trample over working class men like me.

The only solution is a complete abolition of the current "2 party" political system, and the destruction of all authority. It won't be something that can be achieved over night, but we can work towards it a step at a time. That's why I am backing Reform to win the next general election.

That's why people will be quite reluctant to come on here and declare their views and reasons for backing Reform. Snooty and sneering replies like yours.

@shuggles

I totally agree. We can’t just have Labour and Tory. It needs disrupting.

I’d love to know why people vote Labour when they’ve been horrendous.

I have voted for all 3 of the main parties but voted labour in the last GE because I was desperate to get the Tories out.

What is the point of GDP growth if it doesn't make any of a country's citizens better off?

Quite aside from the fact that the world is runing our of resources

Right. And a post like that says a lot more about you than it does about Reform voters. (And just to clarify, the impression it gives of you is certainly not positive).

Which is why Labour are in power. Most people didn’t vote FOR Labour, they voted against the Tories.

They mentioned it recently but have rowed back. No one is going to do that during the course of this Govt and the next election

I suspect it's a cut and paste.

Are you happy with your choice now?

The Greens are an openly anti-semitic party and yet there are many people on this thread who don't seem to have a problem with them. Why's that different to racism? The Greens terrify me far more than any other party.

I voted Labour because it seemed the best chance of the SNP not getting the seat (Holyrood election) As it was the Greens won it. The Scottish Greens are as insane as the English Greens.

I've no idea why anyone votes SNP. It certainly can't be because they want the best for Scotland.

@shuggles

I have studied and work hard all of my life. I don't socialise or do drugs because I prefer to work instead. Yet, I have gotten nowhere, because the system has been designed by the elites to trample over working class men like me

We have a very unequal society but why will Reform change that? Nigel Farage the investment banker who went to Dulwich College and is a millionaire is surely an elite?