Radicalised mother

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Hi all, don’t know where to start really. My mum has always been right wing and I am more left or centralist. We have always had a difficult relationship and I’m careful around what I say about the way I parent my daughter.
lately however she has been coming out with more extreme statements, for example she doesn’t think that my daughter should be at school with children of other ethnicities. My daughter shouldn’t know about trans people, and that she doesn’t like the reading books that she’s reading because they have other ethinic minorities in them. I have told her that this is good and something we are pleased our daughter is being taught about.
min the last week the statements have become more extreme. She’s now apparently a climate change denier saying that it would be fine if all the polar ice caps melt, that she agrees with trump about cancelling abortion rights etc…
she listens to about 8 hours solid a day of talk Tv. It really worry’s me. She is in sole charge of my brother who has mental health problems. I’m concerned about what he is being exposed to. I have strong feelings that talk Tv has radicalised her. She believes everything that is spouted from these idiots mouths! She can’t wait for Farage to “take his rightful place!”
it’s now affecting my mental health. I’ve tried talking to her but she becomes very stroppy and ready for a fight! What do I do. I have to think about my poor brother in all this. I’m worried.

She’s entitled to her opinions, you are entitled to protect your daughter from them but I don’t understand how she’s harming your brother?

She is entitled to her options yes, but I’m concerned by the way she’s totally absorbed by this subject she talks of little else. I’m concerned for my brother because of how anxious and paranoid it’s making him.

Radicalized anyone (right, left, religious, etc) are the hardest people to deal with. I'd recommend maintaining a polite distance.

The trouble is I can’t cut ties because the last time I did my brother ended up homeless on the streets. I need to keep an overview on his mental health incase he dips and I need to get him help.

Ok so check in every so often and let her bullshit roll off you. You can't control what she thinks but you can control your reaction.

There's a lot of it about. Has your brother had a needs assessment? Does he have any support apart from Ranty?

Just ignore her. Someone I know just rambles on about how nothing is true, you can't trust anyone or anything, it's all LIES!! It must be very disorientating to trust absolutely nothing yet everything some nut says...

I assume your brother has access to technology so you can facetime, WhatsApp and keep in touch.

Yes he has a phone. He is under a local mental health hub. If he feels like he’s dipping or going into psychosis he will check in with them but sometimes he’s so bad that I have had to contact them. When you say about his needs being assessed… other than being under a regular psychiatric care every few months. But his in grasp on reality fades in and out and I’m worried that this isn’t helping. The other day she was going on about , as you say, the lies and he said “no it’s true! - mum told me!”