I wanted to reply quoting another poster who said something offensive and defamatory about Reform and the people who are thinking of voting for them, but it's since been deleted. However, I am going to reply as if that comment were still there, but without quoting it.
There is nothing in the Reform manifesto that would qualify it as a 'far right' or fascist party. There have been very highly educated and knowledgeable experts in politics on MN and elsewhere in the media who have openly said so, in spite of not being Reform supporters themselves.
Ignore posters like this. (the one whose post has been deleted.) Ignore the insults and the increasingly hysterical shreiking of people on the left. It was exactly the same during the Brexit referendum. These people truly believe that you are too thick, too working class, too 'gammon.' too racist, too uneducated and too gullible to be allowed into the ballot box armed with an opinion of your own, or a vision for the future of the country you'd like to see.
These people do not actually believe in democracy. They think democracy is only for clever people like them. Not for the likes of us 'thick as mince' knuckle dragging types. They resort to insults, smears and negative stereotyping of all Tories, and especially all Reform or Leave voters based on the antics of an unpleasant minority.
For evidence of this look at the thread entitled 'Why aren't Reform Voters ashamed?' followed by the OP that simply says:
They don't seem to care that everyone will know they're racists. It seems incredible to me that people are open about voting for them.
That's aimed at you. That person wants to make you feel stupid and to doubt your own ability to think for yourself. They want to make you fearful of exercising your right to an opinion on how the country should move forward. 'Everyone' apparently, will know you are a racist. Everyone. Your card will be marked if you dare admit to voting Reform. You risk being metaphorically strung up by all the socially acceptable people who will deplore you. How dare you show your face?
See what they are doing?
Very little attempt is ever made by a certain cohort of people on the 'progressive left' at proper, civilised discourse and debate with those of us who lean right of centre. The MO of these people is merely to frighten, shame, mock, belittle, insult, sneer, and attempt to embarrass you, rather than address and debate the reasons why you might want to vote Reform, or why you might have wanted to vote for Brexit. As far as they are concerned there are only two possible reasons. The first is that are racist and the second is that you are thick. At best they might admit that you a probably a nice, but simple minded person who has been sucked in by 'lies'. End of discussion.
Virtually every thread on Reform or on Brexit is/was the same. It certainly shows us all (and there are many millions of us) where we stand, doesn't it?
Vote for the stuff that makes most sense to you. Vote for what you believe in. Vote with your gut. Listen carefully to what all the politicians say, and ask yourself if they've promised similar in the past but delivered the opposite. Look at the state of the economy each time a Labour government has left office. Look at the state of the NHS in Wales, which even more dire than in England, in spite of being run by the devolved Welsh Labour government. Ask yourself why we can expect anything better from an overall Labour government.
Listen equally closely at what the politicians don't say, when they are asked difficult questions. Pick apart their answers to expose the vague, fudged, avoidant and the incomplete.
If you've been disappointed at the way immigration has soared under the Conservatives post-Brexit, then ask yourself why in god's name it's likely to be any better under Labour? If you've been disappointed with taxation under the Tories, why will it be any better under Labour? If you've been disappointed at the squandering of opportunities to make the best of Brexit under the Tories, why will it be better under Labour? If you think the benefits system has become bloated, skewed and nonsensical under the Tories, why will it be any better under Labour?
For example when Keir Starmer says he won't increase tax for 'working people' what he means is, he won't increase income tax. (at least not immediately, until he can come up with some excuse for why he's had no choice but to change his mind.) But he will most certainly tax most of us somehow. Council tax will certainly go up. VAT might. Pension pot tax will definitely increase. Stamp duty and capital gains tax and inheritance tax, probably business rates etc, will all quite likely go up. Immigration, both legal and illegal will go up.
He won't rejoin the EU but what he will do is do deals with the EU that quite likely mean we will end up with some version of Freedom of Movement all over again, or increased alignment with EU directives but without any of the previous benefits that came attached to that. And that will be while the EU is falling apart at the seams and all the other original member countries are at an all time high dissatisfaction level with it.
Countries are starting to patrol their own borders within the EU again. They are starting to realise that a constant supply of cheaper foreign imports and cheaper foreign labour is more damaging than it is useful. The EU is doomed, at least in its current form. The world has changed and stronger borders are more important than at any time in history. If we couldn't trust the Tories to get a grip of our borders then how on earth could we possibly trust Labour?
Learn to understand the difference between what politicians say and what they really mean. train yourself to understand the subtext. Take absolutely NOTHING at face value. Especially when they say they won't do something, because they know it will be unpopular. They are very clever at using smoke and mirrors semantics to make you believe they will do, or not do a particular thing, when their intention is the opposite. They are very skillful at wording things in a way that covers their arses and lulls the electorate into a false sense of security on certain things.