What I would like to ask Reform supporters what are the specific Reform policies they support?

[CurlewKate]

Just that really. I am a Labour voter, and I know what Labour policies I support. I think I know what Conservative and Lib Dem policies their supporters like. I don't know about Reform.

@EvieBB

Have a night off you’re actually obsessed 🤣🤣.

It shouldn’t be an either / or.

Britain is one of the most nature depleted countries on the planet, which is utterly shameful. The numbers of houses we need are to cope with the huge numbers of migrants who have come and are still coming to live here. Why should wildlife be pushed even further to the margins and even wiped out altogether to accommodate this?

It’s estimated that the UK has 17 million households with at least one spare bedroom. The rent a room scheme enables owners to earn £7500 per year (£20 per day) tax free if they rent out a room in their home.

In 2025, the average nightly cost to house asylum seekers was £119. So, if those who think asylum seekers and illegals should be allowed to enter the UK rented out their spare rooms the burden on the UK tax payer would drop by almost £100 per day per asylum/illegal person and the homeowner would be £20 per day better off.

I wonder why people are not doing that?

Yes totally agree

they don’t need to be in the UK in the first place, many of them aren’t adding any value

Didn't you know humanity is the only species that matters, we don't need plants and animals (except we really do). Might also note that intensive population helped COVID spread among other delightful benefits.

All over the UK are empty shops & shopping centres and tower blocks . Use that land.

But make sure we factor in the infrastructure...schools, doctors, hospitals, vets, transport links, utilities, waste disposal & sewerage., employment opportunities to pay for it all.

Note a few issues with tower blocks....access to and from upper floors, mental health issues if you're stuck in a small inside space ( thanks COVID), fire risk (nobody needs reminding of that). Not to mention the psychologic effect of all those looming buildings blocking out the sun and funneling the wind.
Note a few issues with intensive developments, beautiful on paper but a nightmare to live in when discontent rises . Broad water farm?
Note that the bigger schools become, the harder it is to build relationships with pupils and families and the less you can manage behavioural problems whatever their cause (within the current constraints) so they become more about crowd management than education.
But sure, overpopulation/unmanaged population increase is not an issue. We'll squeeze everyone in somewhere.

It's a brilliant idea and indeed there are specialist charities trying to promote this, but unfortunately very few people are either willing to support it or have the available space:

https://youtube.com/shorts/1CXMwu530Gg?si=ziN5cSPAFcee3ntj

https://www.roomforrefugees.com/

I've never heard of those names before. But I've googled and it's interesting.

I don’t really know what to say to that awful comment.

Umm re the bigger point folk are now grasping at - any reason to pretend you’re not racist I guess - so umm all people on the planet Earth have to live somewhere on this planet - why are we so special in our wildlife? Where else do you want humans to be then? How many are not needed in the U.K. to really enhance our countryside and wildlife status?

This could lead to an abhorrent idea I suppose so I will leave it there and pray hard I don’t actually see worse.

Because you have no idea what sort of person they are, are they good citizens or fugitive wanted in their own country. They could have committed a crime and you have no way of checking it.
I would want to check someone background before l rent them a room in my house.

I prefer to retain green spaces for food production, recreation and wildlife as it’s important for the environment

a lot the migrants are economic so don’t need to be in the U.K.

When I’ve rented, it has never been subject to a criminal record check.

Or indeed a credit check if they had proof of income, or I’d guess a guarantor if needed.

Why would that be different if I was a migrant?

If they’re economic migrants, they’re contributing to our taxation.

So maybe we need them.

If you really do live in Croydon you'll know what I mean by empty buildings. Hadn't been there for a while and was really saddened by the difference when I visited last year.

Only if they earn enough to pay tax, or don't disappear into the 'shadow'/criminal economy, or do not have dependents that are a net expense.

The chances are you have to be a pretty high earner to cover the cost of state funded healthcare and education for yourself and your family. The chances are that if you're in that position your using the private sector and subsidising the state sector.

Do we though and are they contributing would be my question

A family of four with two children in education and one income earner would need to be earning between £70 to £80k Pa in order to break even on their tax revenue vs Government spending on them.

The same could apply to the majority of UK nationals who aren’t net contributors.

You do have to be a relatively high earner, but there are those who do net contribute and don’t use private services. My family is one of them.

There aren’t enough however, from any nationality, that are doing that.

That’s a low wage issue, not an immigration issue.

Contributing financially - possibly. Not taking benefits back out - likely, they’re usually on “no public funds” visas.

They may be taking it back out in education or health, but many of them work in both of those industries. So we’d have to weigh up their manpower and financial contribution vs their cost for those same services.

It’s a fairly easy decision IMO. I’d rather we had Health Care Assistants, of any nationality, than didn’t have the staff we need in vital services.

Assuming no special educational or medical needs?

Now you're talking about qualified people who come into the country through legitimate channels. The people who will find that a threat will be those who are impacted by it.
You may also have noticed the threads about newly qualified UK born doctors not able to find employment in the UK.

Low wages in many industries are directly linked to the price that people are willing, or able, to pay for the end product.

I think we should be prioritising trained people who reside here first rather than inviting people from overseas surely

The whole purpose of government is to mind the interests of its citizens. Why else do we elect them?
You can hardly accuse a newly qualified doctor of swinging the lead.

Yes why indeed but I don’t think the governments in the Uk have put their own citizens first and that is the problem.

Have you never had to provide a reference?