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[Charel2girl5]

What on earth does a Reform person mean by saying ‘If she were my daughter bath night would be on a Thursday”. What the hell does that mean? Obviously something sinister but I have never heard this before, naive obviously!

Defensive much?

Not at all - you were the one deviating from the op's opening post.

Do you think what the itv undercover operation uncovered is acceptable? Do you support those viewpoints?

The op asked if the comment was 'something sinister' - I don't believe it was.
And no, I don't support the viewpoints - which is why I chose not to repeat Jimmy Carr's joke.

That comment was gross. What an inappropriate thing to say. I would like him to be asked to explain that whole conversation. I hope he doesn't have children !

Depressingly, I think that Reform (and Restore) voters vote for them because they're like this, not in spite of it. It confirms their prejudices.

Crossed-post.

Completely agree - it's the usual can't see the wood for the trees thinking that makes any attempt at debate/discussion futile

So considering you find those viewpoints unacceptable, do you think Reform's vetting process is good enough? Would you vote for these people if they represented a party you support?

Try to stay on topic

What do you mean, Try to stay on topic - have you actually read the opening post to this thread? Perhaps you should start your own thread.

You don't think the comments were sinister in any way? How did you interpret them exactly?

Do you condemn the racist views expressed by Reform representatives in the undercover report?

I would be interested to know if you have any thoughts on why Nigel's "100% promise" in 2024 to root out the "bad apples" and keep "their type" away from the party seems to have so spectacularly failed?

Please answer the questions. I'm interested in your view. Do you think Reform's vetting is good enough? Would you vote for people holding those opinions if they represented a party you support?

More broadly, why do you think these racists and misogynists are drawn to Reform?

The topic is about the sinister nature of comments referencing paedophilia, made by a Reform party representative in the undercover ITV documentary. Inevitably, this has led to a somewhat wider discussion of other comments exposed in the same documentary.

Can you explain how the comments referenced in the OP could be interpreted to mean something that isn't sinister? I genuinely can't come up with anything.

You don't think the comments were sinister in any way?

I don't believe so - apparently a variation of a well-known, crass joke.

Do you condemn the racist views expressed by Reform representatives in the undercover report?

Obviously. How many councillors involved?

You won't get an answer. This poster could deflect anything. She's so good she could be a missile shield for the entire UK.

Thank you for confirming that you condemn the racist views.

I don't know how many were involved. A few. There are more revelations to come in the longer programme on Sunday as far as I understand, so perhaps we'll have a better picture of the scale of the problem then.

But Farage promised two years ago that the vetting would be improved and that this wouldn't happen again. What do you think went wrong?

Re the joke... you don't think it's sinister to make jokes about paedophilia?

The racist comments didn’t surprise me. They are what they are. The one about ‘the daughter’ did make me feel ill.

i worked in a child protection/child abuse dept for a lot of years, and I know what people get up to with kids and minors. 😖

Do you think Reform's vetting is good enough?

Probably no worse than the Labour Party or the Green Party. Dozens of Labour councillors have been arrested or convicted of sex offences in the last few years. As for the Green Party...

So is that a yes or a no?

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I don't think any vetting system could be foolproof.

The misogyny was disgusting but I found the racism chilling.

I'm getting a whiff of Fox shit.

I don't think that was the question ?

The question was imponderable.

They're supporters are the equivalent of the MAGA degenerates in the USA.
Vile party always has been.
They've had their day.

More whataboutery. Just answer the question.

No it wasn't. You just didn't want to answer it.