To start to think reform will be voted in next time, and they will be running the country

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I’ve been a life long labour voter, but I’m starting to think reform will be elected next time
mainly just due to so many criminals that want to harm us being allowed in and allowed to stay
and uncontrolled immigration

I think they are going to win it on this reason alone
every single day there’s a news story usually more than one someone’s been raped by one of these criminals one the other day even said he didn’t understand what rape is and he thought rape was just sex

what do you all think ?
Will reform be running the country soon ?
if they are are the capable of running things in other areas ?
if they take over how do you see that actually panning out ?

"Running the country". Piss up. Brewery.

They'll put up stupid flags and leave them to go raggy and manky. Then they'll realise they have no idea how to work in parliament or their local council.

I don’t care whether private schools are taxed. They are businesses and I know exactly how business focussed finances and spending are in them as I’ve worked in a couple. But it’s irrelevant to me. And to the vast majority of people who have never considered, and could never consider, a private education for their children.

No. Hardly any of them do. It’s a tragedy when it happens, as it is when anyone is the victim of crime. But it’s not all, or even lots, of asylum seekers.

Are you seriously suggesting that you support every one of your party’s policies?

It’s a tragedy women shouldn’t have to endure.

Unfortunately we don't readily record crime by race/background/origin.

The Nordic nations do and the evidence is clear.

This is the only thing I agree about with reform. I don't think ILR should be cancelled. I don't think their economic policies stack up. Labours not been perfect but I think they are trying their best. I think the Tories did what they thought was good but they went by ideology and not by what the evidence showed.

I would have preferred a Gordon Brown win in 2010.

Children’s education is now taxed since January 2024, this is a fact and not up for discussion. The details are available from HMRC at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-on-education-and-vocational-training-notice-70130

Of course it’s for personal reasons, I have children and want as many education options as possible for them. I don’t want the U.K. falling behind in education by being the only country in Europe to tax children’s education. I don’t want 150 year old schools to close and be turned into flats. I don’t want my tax money being used to state educate children that otherwise would have been paid for by their parents. I don’t want businesses choosing other locations to base themselves in because of the lack of education options for their staff. I don’t want one size fits all for children’s education, I don’t want the end of burseries and scholarships. I don’t want children being forced to move schools. I don’t want people to lose their jobs. I don’t want the reduction of specialist schools in drama, music, sports and dance.

Its quite something to say 'I don't support Reform' and then defend their racist policies.

No. I was responding to you saying I’d assumed you supported reform or their immigration policies. Since immigration was the topic of the discussion I thought it was pretty obvious that was the bit I was answering about.
Though I don’t support any of Reform’s policies (not that most are policies so much as wish statements and soundbites) so it’s certainly possible to have a global response.

Obviously. But we are still at greater risk from men we know and/or live with.

Most European countries don't even have private schools. The UK would be better to invest in state education and close the gap with private schools.

Leaving the EU opened up the chance to put VAT on private schools.

If I gave you a box of chocolates. And only some were laced with a deadly poison, how many would you eat?

I remember what happened in Cologne in Germany.

Making excuses and saying oh well when those tragedies occur isn’t right for women and girls.

Not a tax on children's education. A tax on private education.

You're on a discussion site, anything can be up for discussion, especially misleading, inaccurate statements.

Leaving the UK also allowed us to remove the VAT on tampons and energy efficiency installations as well I guess.

VAT policy won’t do that. I think people will realise they were conned by Labour on this and other stuff and vote accordingly.

That argument doesn’t really work. Measures which protect me from other men also protect me from men who happen to be seeking asylum. They don’t always work for either sort. So if your box of chocolates becomes men in general n the poison is still there. It’s not a specific asylum seeker poison. A country can’t, indeed shouldn’t, stigmatise and refuse to help a vulnerable group because a tiny number of them might be dangerous.

I feel sick hearing about what happens.

Even if we are at risk for men already here. No need to import more men from countries where they have a worse view on women.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/iranian-asylum-seeker-raped-girl-detained-5HjdYY7_2/

Do you remember what happened in Southport and Epsom when an asylum seekers was falsely blamed?

Did that make you feel safe as a woman?

Banning refugees from claiming asylum will not stop crimes and people will just find other scapegoats.

living in a country whose media does absolutely the very opposite.

I’m not doing that. I’m saying men are the issue. It’s wrong to deny help to vulnerable people because a tiny number of them are dangerous. It seems to me you are using crimes against women and girls to support a position you would hold anyway. It’s a bit cynical.

I can’t stand the excuses. It’s so depressing. Women and girls dismissed always. That includes those here and those trying on boats and getting crushed.

as long they keep my EU permanently settled status as it is, they are welcome , thank you very much

Apart from losing the business rate relief, private schools are taxed exactly the way they always were, they’ve always paid VAT and always paid tax on any profits if they are ran for profit.

Now we are taxing children on their education. Children’s education is not irrelevant to anyone.

Not really. Sanitary products have been able to be zero rated in the EU since 2022. Don’t know about the energy efficient installations.