Reform party

[Gman1]

Is the growing intrest in the reform party a sign that racism is growing in this country and has now become acceptable.

It’s used as a form of trying to silence by the likes of the op.

Starmer, Reeves and majority of cabinet couldn't be honest if their lives depended on it. Which is the whole reason for the results this week!
They lied about everything and anything in order to get elected, then "forgot" all those promises once in power, showed that they are economically illiterate and have managed to piss off everyone apart from die hard Laboyr supporters.
Starmer is an authoritarian, refuses to accept accountability, displays exceeding arrogance and refuses to listen. As do majority of cabinet.
Many of support for Reform came from voters telling Labour that they fundamentally disagree with the direction of travel and Starmer's response "we will go faster"! People don't want him to go faster, they want him to bloody stop!

Troll becuase you've called me thick and bigotted, and am apparently am also lacking in critcal thinking skills as well.
How can you possibly blame Labour when they've been in power nine months, after the massive black hole in the economy they've inherited? That makes no sense.
It's Tory councils who are forcing parents to appeal EHCP decisions, not the Labour government. It's the Reform Leader who says that we are 'massively overdiagnosing those with mental illness problems.'
As a previous metals commodities trader, what qualifications does Farage have to diagnose en masse people and children's SEND status?

I wonder whether you'll actually get what you want? What are you expecting from them is my question to you?

Do you value your local council, the NHS, British farming, paid holidays, fair rights at work, freedom of speech etc. What you might not realise is there's more in the Reform manifesto than just stopping boats. Reform like Trump actually in reality don't like real freedom of speech.... don't like the free press. What you are seeing is all staged interviews.

Yes what the hell does he mean “go faster?” With what? Destroying the economy perhaps.

And you called me a troll so we are even? If you seriously think I am then report me.

Ah the black hole that they magically turned into a super massive black hole within a couple of months?
Have you even read the Schools Bill and the limits it will impose on parental rights?

Instead of blaming Tories, take a long hard look at the policies Labour are bringing in. Your own union ie NEU has identified the budget cuts for 25/26. SEND is in crisis yet Labour tried to supress the NAO report which stated this.
Thankfully looks like Phillipson is gone but her policies remain and I would suggest you take a long hard look at the details of them all.
This version of Labour is not the Blair Labour of Education, Education, Education

Because if you spend time talking to people who wish to control migration, racism is often the cause of it. Not always, but often.
Look at facebook posts, look at the Daily Mail comments, look at Reform candidates' social media posts, look at the colleague who said that they thought Sadiq Khan supported 9/11 (overheard in my primary school staffroom for crying out loud) listen to the comments of those British people trying to to burn other humans alive in migration centres last summer. Not everyone who has concerns about migration is racist- but a lot of them, whether they admit it to themselves or not, are

Of course Starmer and Labour are responsible for the decisions they make. There have been plenty that have impacted people negatively.

I’m talking about posts on here not elsewhere.

Well Labour have ensured that no farmers will ever vote for them again! They are London elite and don't give a rats ass for farmers or countryside!

I know you do. He’s always had people on here who are pro Starmer.

His polling is dire though so your perspective is not shared by the majority. In a focus group the top word was Liar so even there mn is against the general perception.

Please explain authoritarian because I've travelled the world and this government doesn't come close. I visited Romania under communist rule and I can tell you that you wouldn't be saying bad things about that regime....you would have vanished.

They have been honest and clear. The country has a huge gaping hole in its finances and has ambitions to fix crumbling schools, fund the NHS, fill billions of pot holes, deal with an aging population and dementia epidemic....all this costs money....not to mention wars and tarriffs. They were elected to fix the country not cut even more services.

I'm sorry you don't like that but that's how democracy works. If Reform are elected I'll have to deal with all the cuts that come with it.

And I'm talking about posts here and everywhere else.
This photo in particular garnered some vile comments in support of drowning migrants by not allowing them to land. (It's actually of a French famers protoes, but this didn't stop the racists hoping it was on the beaches of Kent).

Removing whip from MPs who threatened to vote against him is 1 example. He is authoritarian in the way he runs the party.

It's early days. He's got four more years. If he stays the course and improves the economy, public services and living standards, his polling will rise.
Some people thought Thatcher was in trouble in the early 80s.....four years is a very long time in politics.

"fix crumbling schools, fund the NHS, fill billions of pot holes, deal with an aging population and dementia epidemic". Those are all soundbites, not policy!

They can't do any of that without a sound economy yet they brought in policies which stymied growth and resulted in redundancies + business closing. Like I said, economically illiterate

They aren't London elite, your local council which you've just punished is made up from people in your community. Many aren't even paid and they do lots of good work, trying to work out how to fund old age care, education, school meals, social services, roads

Farage has said publicly that he will allow imports of mass produced factory farmed food into.the UK ...that's tearing up our food standards.... British Farmers will suffer which is why many won't support Reform....yes you'll get cheap chicken but your screwing over good farming

Not many farmers voted Labour in the first place.

I didn't punish them, I didn't vote Reform!
What's to say the Reform councillors won't be hard working etc?
The local results were a protest against Westminster and what Labour are doing. Surely that's not hard to understand?
Are you even aware of how much Labour is hated across the country? I suspect not in your little bubble. They are pretty much loathed at present and in the absence of a general election etc people took their dissatisfaction out in the council elections.
Labour need to wake the fuck up or they will lose the general election.

It sure is. And look where we are after 9 months. The FPTP system is struggling to deal with a new set of outcomes.

Such a fast decline for Labour. We could be anywhere in three to four years. Including a Reform that doesn’t need a coalition.

Not true actually. Not a core demographic admittedly but certainly not a done deal. Until now of course! It isn't just farmers though, it's people in rural areas who see that whenever a farm is sold, a new housing estate pops up and more pressure on local resources.

It's not just Labour is it though....the conservatives didn't do very well either.

People voted in a Labour government it's pledge was to spend. The FTSE 100 is actually doing pretty well comparably. There are signs of recovering economy....what we need to do is join the common market.

It's the Reform Leader who says that we are 'massively overdiagnosing those with mental illness problems.'
As a previous metals commodities trader, what qualifications does Farage have to diagnose en masse people and children's SEND status?

It’s not that people don’t have mental illness problems. It’s that once diagnosed, it’s seen as a lifetime burden and costs the county a fortune.
The point of having drugs and appropriate treatment is to enable people to work and live useful lives which will pay back the cost of the support.

Well said.

Starmer ruled that out pre GE