Neighbour has put political banner on his fence

[IonaJ]

Our neighbour’s house has a fence which faces a fairly busy road. He has taken it upon himself to tie a political banner (think ‘vote X’) to that fence.

Before anyone says it, yes I know it’s his property. But said party are divisive and I worry there may be some unwarranted attention as a result.

Do you think we would be unreasonable to politely suggest it is taken down, or to compromise, only put there during election periods?

Brilliant 😂😂

Haha. I was gonna say that. Mix with them?!

How do you know if you're mixing with them or not. Do they bear a tattoo with the local council's logo on their forehead, while walking round in shackles?

I cannot get over how fucking snobby some people are.

Haha this is has Emily Thornberry nostalgia. Maybe some white vans will get together.

Can you tell me please how my analysis of Wales is wrong?

Is there a link to a poll for London next year that shows Reform will win big?

Is it not true that Reform has lost a third of its MPs?

So you are more than happy to mix with "them".

"them"

Really ...

Apparently they're not the only person with a bigoted POV

And seems you're happy to embarrass yourself by implying that people should not be able to indicate their support for an approved parliamentary party just because you have a different view.

I despair of politics where those who feel they are most liberal have some worrying authoritarian tendencies.

I didn't say the current polls are wrong, did I?

I have set out why I think Reform's future is not as bright as you hope.

Hope? I know you really really want to label me, but this is getting silly.

As for your previous comments, Labour are hemorrhaging support in London too, which I'm sure you already know.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-london-reform-conservatives-greens-liberal-democrats-poll-b1234351.html

Ah but then there is always the risk of losing your sense of moral superiority if you humanise people who think differently to you.

Very true.

Love your DGS!

Labour is still well ahead of Reform.

You have said in the past that you would vote Reform to get rid of Labour, if my memory serves me correctly.

I said your analysis runs counter to all polls and polling trends for the last 6 months, I was referring to your statement that Reform wouldn’t be the next government. I would probably ask you to provide evidence for how voting intentions in Wales and London presumably put another party other than Reform in Government.

I always go by the bookies personally,

@CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone - "... I despair of politics where those who feel they are most liberal have some worrying authoritarian tendencies."

Hey - you should read The Righteous Mind: why good people are divided by politics and religion by Jonathan Haidt.

Those on the political left are more intolerant of different beliefs that those on the right.

Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives | TED Talk

Maybe I will, who knows.
Will you still vote Labour after everything they've done?

Arguing with people on this thread is not going to change the data, but a lot can happen in 4 years so I wouldn’t get too worked up about it. In my opinion, Labour are only going to get more unpopular though.

Well all I will say is if you had gone by what the bookies and the polls were predicting four years before the last GE, you would have been very disappointed.

PS I have already explained how the polls currently show that Reform won't be in government in Wales next year, unless they go into coalition with Labour or Plaid. Which seems unlikely.

Of course, but it’s the only data we have,

I sympathize with you, as (1) I hate Reform; and (2) it seems odd and inappropriate to have any election posters up outside of election time. However, it's not illegal, and the kind of people who would do it are unlikely to listen to your request; they'd just call you Woke. Best to ignore the poster.

I don't feel superior to the radical right; I fear them. I don't consider them as my inferiors; I consider them as my enemies. They would undoubtedly consider me as theirs.

And it's not 'anyone who thinks differently'; e.g. many of my friends are religious and I'm not.. And yes, not everyone who votes Reform is radical right, but there's a high chance that someone who keeps a Reform poster out when there's no election going on probably is.

I can't quite believe the entitlement in this question. Surely the OP is joking. Nobody - and I do mean absolutely nobody - will make any assumptions at all about any other house in the street.

Put up your own banner if it bothers you that much.

This'll be that tolerant left I've heard so much about over the years.

My brother dated a woman years ago whose daddy was something in Whitehall. He's clever, as were we all, well educated and had a good job in IT and she didn't know him when he was younger.

In conversation, she made some comment about how she wasn't allowed to play with kids from council houses when growing up, and he looked at her and said "You mean like me? You know I grew up in government housing?" She went red. They didn't date very long and I doubt she changed her views, middle class and upper middle class people have their fair share of bigoted idiots.

Not really 'wild' though is it. I certainly couldn't be friends with someone who thinks Tommy Robinson is some kind of god and that brown people don't belong in this country.

If you think that's a difference you could put aside, then that's up to you.

Personally that's where I would draw the line and could not be friends with a Reform voter, because FUNDAMENTALLY, we would have zero interest common.

Yeah 4 years ago, bookies were offering best odds on the incumbent party winning the next GE. And look what happened. So you’re right, that shows that Labour will not be in power after the next GE.

The voting on AIBU isn’t binding on the OP.