Are all of us foreigners just going to be told to pack up and leave if Reform win?

[Onegingerhead]

I might be totally unreasonable here (or not), but please hear me out.
(Bloody) foreigner here — I’ve lived in the UK since 2001. Built my whole life here: house, husband, DC, the lot. Worked the whole time in a field that requires the highest level of qualification.
I’m getting increasingly worried about the talk of Reform winning in 2029. Some even say it could be sooner if Labour are pushed into early elections. This week (as we all heard) our beloved Reform suggested rescinding ILR or even settled status from Europeans. God knows what else they’ll come up with, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they went after naturalised Brits next and started revoking citizenship, just to please the voters.
I know a lot of foreign-born women — some married to born-and-bred Brits, some to other Europeans (not always from the same country), some to men from overseas. All sorts of combinations.
So what do you think lies ahead for us? Will we be politely asked to leave, or will things just get so hostile that we’re pushed out anyway? And how likely is it that people who aren’t very white, or who have an accent, will face more discrimination in work?
I’m meeting my foreign friends tonight and we’ll be talking about it. For most of us, moving now would be incredibly difficult. We’re late 30s to early 50s, and starting over in a new country isn’t exactly easy. Some of us are married to men from different countries entirely, and we don’t even speak each other’s languages well enough to get proper jobs there.

AIBU and should think we will actually be allowed to stay?
AINBU sorry but you’d better start planning your move now

Yes it’s over that by today’s MRP

To stay - indeed. But once she stops making £60k a year she may well not meet them anymore and never see her pension.

I think you need to read up more, thanks - I am potentially directly affected by these proposals and believe me, I've read enough.

OP also said she has British citizenship so yes, no issues with her staying whatsoever.

That's a lovely perspective. Why worry indeed about an increasingly hostile public discourse about non nationals. I'm definitely enjoying feeling less welcome here every week.

Its awful that decent people like yourself even have to consider this @Onegingerhead

At what point have Reform mentioned deporting pensioners who've lived here for decades?! I'd also point out applying for citizenship when you have been living in country for decades should be standard surely?

Don't listen to scaremongering from some on the left who don't seem to understand that in their haste to broadcast their anti-racist credentials, they're invertedly contributing to stirring the pot and making minorities believe that the majority population are against them.

What people are mainly worried about on this thread is deportation.

Farage is not talking about deporting people with EU status. Yes, certain other rights may be at risk if Reform get in but not deportation.

You sound like you're absolutely spoiling for a fight not just in this post but all your posts on this thread. But EU nationals need reassuring that they are not the ones Farage is really targeting with his announcement the other day.

Its 311 today in polls if elections were today they would win..

Tbf the op has citizenship.

I saw some of the questions from the test. I couldn't have answered them.

Please OP, don't panic. Even if Reform win in 2029 I doubt very much that they could do this, I think the courts might have something to say! It is notoriously difficult in the UK to enact retrospective legislation and that's even before we get to the strong obections which will be raised by huge numbers of the population who are not in thrall to Nasty Nigel and his repulsive minions. I am a Tory (please don't chuck bricks at me) and I can honestly say I would NEVER vote Reform. So far I have been completely unphased by the politicians who have defected, I say good riddance to bad rubbish. I also say that if the wankers do get in and start trying to deport people by undoing ILR I will be out on the streets protesting as fast as my little fat legs will carry me!

I'm really sorry that it's such a scary time for you op. The govt seems to be stirring something up and chasing people into the arms of reform.

I don't know Reform policies in depth - don't want to give them head space (also don't think media should give them air time, but there we go).

During the riots/ demonstrations last summer, the demonstrators were not stopping people in their cars to check their paperwork and whether or not they hold British citizenship. Demonstrators were stopping non-white people in their cars and telling them to "go home".

I am non white but with British citizenship, all the talk about immigrants (be they legal or illegally entering the country to apply for asylum, because that is the only way to apply for asylum) seems very obvious to me that it's a us (Reform, white people) vs them (everyone else) situation.

So would I be worried as a non-white Brit if Reform gained even more influence and control: absolutely.

I would love dual nationality or EU nationality if not for myself then at least for my children, who feel that their employment prospects have been fucked by Brexit.

A lot of countries don’t allow dual citizenship and giving up your original citizenship can create lots of issues

And how many patients are foreign nationals?

"Just 2.8% of UC claimants on indefinite leave to remain.

Of the 8 million+ people on universal credit, just 211,000 had indefinite leave to remain. The majority are British nationals, or on the EU settlement scheme."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-ilr-immigration-policy-nigel-farage-b2831087.html

EU settled status is different to Indefinite leave to remain

Yup, there's far too much ignorance about this - and Farage supporters are the worst. They'll be just like the MAGA regretters in the US now - "Ooh, but we didn't think it would affect us." Sigh.
You have my sympathy.

I’m American. My family has been American far longer than Donald Trump’s family has been American.
I want you to know how very sorry I am that you’ve had to have one moment of worry or distress over being here.
That’s not who we are - that’s not the true America.
I’m appalled at his - and his administration’s - behavior. I’m appalled at the Republicans in Congress lack of accountability and lack of oversight.
We have another 1212 days to go - I don’t know if we’ll make it.
I wish you the very best, and if I can ever help you, or you think I could ever help you, I’m always here. I used to be a Senate aide - I might have a few ideas.
Sending love from California. ❤️

I'm sorry but if a person has lived in a particular country for 30 odd years and intend to draw their pension in said country, applying for citizenship should be a priority.

A damn sight less than 20%.

This is scary. I have ILR, been here 25 plus years. I can't afford to apply for citizenship. I would never meet the new income threshold or the fees for reapplying constantly. Yet I've worked hard for years, paid my taxes, and dedicated myself to helping the children of this country.
I just don't get it.

Indeed - and that asylum seekers are illegal immigrants. The ignorance from some on here is eye-watering.

The nutters are running the asylum.