Reform voters, which policies do you support beyond immigration?

[Sheepydoggo]

If you voted for Reform, what policies do you like aside from immigration reform?

Yet another anti Brexit/Farage thread.

People are entitled to choose how they vote. The only requirement to vote is to be 18 years old. There is no law which obligates people to explain how or why they voted.

Quite right! No anti- Farage views just trying to understand. Although, it does make a discussion forum quite boring if you can’t discuss anything🤣

I suppose it says a lot about Reform that any discussion about any policy other than immigration is somehow seen as "anti".

Does that mean immigration is their only policy ? That any other policy can only really be criticised in any discussion ?

Quite simply, I don't really care. They're not ideal if there was a better alternative, I'd vote for them, but there isn't. It's the same reason I voted Leave and am still happy with the outcome. I just want a change in my lifetime. Brexit gave me a conservative MP in an area where you could put up a poodle in a red rosette, and they have got in. Last week we elected a reform councillor again, never thought I'd see the day.

My opinion is anyone but Labour, anyone but the Conservatives, and as with Brexit, I am fully prepared to deal with any fallout that affects myself or my family and friends. It's a cost I am willing to pay.

What is it you want to be different? What is it about reform
that make them less worse?

@Sheepydoggo

Although, it does make a discussion forum quite boring if you can’t discuss anything

You can post whatever you wish, but there’s no obligation for anyone to reply.

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@JenniElection

They're not ideal if there was a better alternative, I'd vote for them, but there isn't. It's the same reason I voted Leave and am still happy with the outcome.

I agree (because I am entitled to) with that.

I voted for Labour in 2024 on the basis they would deliver change.

Right. So it looks like reform does not have any policies except immigration. I am not a Reform person.

Still, early days I suppose.

Or the Reform voters, who you seem intent on goading, are simply not on MN. Leave people alone.

If you’re looking for their policies beyond immigration, it’s not that difficult to Google their 2026 manifesto, though I suspect doing so wouldn’t start a heated debate online which is what you may be after.

Immigration & Rights: Implement a five-year mass deportation program for illegal migrants, withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and bar dependents on student visas.
Economy & Taxes: Introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" to scrap Labour's employment rights legislation and property rental rules. Advocate for massive tax cuts by mirroring the lowest income tax bands, abolishing inheritance tax on most estates, and ending the tourist tax.
Net Zero: Scrap all Net Zero commitments and Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandates, while reopening UK oil and gas reserves and pushing for nuclear energy.
Healthcare: End NHS waiting lists within two years by utilizing independent healthcare capacity and offering 20% tax relief on all private health insurance to relieve pressure on state services.
Government Waste: Cut 50% of foreign aid and require a five-year residency and employment period before non-citizens can claim any state benefits
Farming Support: Reform aims to roll back environmental regulations and halt "large-scale rewilding". They advocate for replacing complex environmental farming subsidies with policies supporting active farmers and ending the blanket designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) in favor of targeted catchment systems.
Protecting Country Sports: They support game-shooting and fishing interests, explicitly opposing the creation of any gamebird-releasing licensing regimes.

Do I think they’d do all of the above if they came to power? No, I don’t. But rarely does a political party deviate from their manifesto when they actually take the reins.

They know no women has a penis and don't like people with a penis in womens spaces.

I like the scrapping of net zero and reopening our oil fields and drilling for gas. We should never be in the position we are reliant on Russia for gas and oil. I want ULEZ and all variants of it scrapped. It only affects the poorer people who can't afford compliant cars. What happens in Birmingham now there is ULEZ is that older cars drive twice as far going around the outside of city centre instead of cutting through it. These cats are travelling far further using more fuel so more pollution not less. It's just a money making racquet from Bankrupt Birmingham to raise more cash.

I am asking opinions, I’ve read each parties manifesto. I’ve noted Reform’s huge gains in the local elections and wondered if immigration was the deciding factor as it seems to be on Facebook. I can see why farmers would support them.

It may sound unreasonable, but the fact that they are not Labour or Conservative and have a small chance of getting in, so I am not throwing my vote away. In all the time I have voted, and I have voted in every general election and council election that I have been able to since 18, I have done so knowing my vote would not make any difference to the outcome,

The first time it did was Brexit, the Brexit general election and then last week's council elections, and it feels good. The utter contempt that labour holds their voters around here has annoyed me all my life, and the people around me were like turkeys voting for Christmas, but it seems not any more!

The conservatives on a national level have also been a massive let-down. So let's see what shaking them up does. Both parties would have 4 years to win back the people and 4 years in nothing in a lifetime.

I also like keeping the triple lock. Supporting ex military people who come to the end of their service years to be given priority for social housing, especially if they have lost a limb in service to our country.

I find it quite hilarious that Reform have the whole link to immigration bearing in mind that Farage was such a proponent of Brexshit which made immigration worse.

Genuinely fascinating to see (some) Refrom supporters feel harassed by being invited to speak their minds.

Could this be a key factor in their “NO-ONE IS LISTENING TO US” complaint?

I like they will reverse the 2 percent extra tax landlords are going to be charged under labour and Reform plan to allow individual landlords to claim mortgage interest as a business expense as it used to be before Labour attacked landlords and have 250k less this year alone to show for it. Ask a person trying to find a house to rent how many there are available now compared to only a year ago and how much prices in rent has gone up as a consequence to Labours attack on landlords.

250k less houses available for rental to show for it.

As I have outlined, immigration has nothing to do with my opinion, the more that it is pushed that anyone who dares to vote for reform is a bigoted racist, particularly by the left that more it makes me think I am making the correct decision to turn my back on the old guard.

I am not goading. Interested in what policies they offer. And yes, I have gone through their manifesto.

On another thread here a pro reform poster posted about a tax policy. But when I asked how the policy will do what Reform claim it will do, the policy does appears to fall apart.

So it is interesting.

I don't think that reform voters are bigoted racists.

I know that they are voting for a party that wants to scrap net zero and dramatically cut foreign aid. These are policies that I cannot support. I would be interested to know your thoughts on both.

ULEZ in London has led to significantly improved air quality in a very short period of time. That's a net benefit for everyone who lives here no matter their socio-economic status.

I can see that there would be issues specific to Birmingham which is a city built on and around the car industry.

Jesus you're snippy

Raising the income tax threshold to £20,00. Opening the North Sea to drill for gas, banning transgender ideology in schools, no interest on student loans, replacing the House of Lords. Those are a few I agree with.

@Sheepydoggo , no immigration is not the deciding factor for me although bringing our benefits bill down generally is. They make encouraging noises about supporting businesses and everything flows from that. Labour of course are appalling in this respect and the Conservatives have hardly covered themselves in glory. There will be some Reform supporters who only care about having a more sensible and sustainable approach to immigration of course but it is a common misconception that that is all any Reform voter cares about.