Reform voters, which policies do you support beyond immigration?

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

They are pro-SAHPs and not trying to push babies being in nurseries as optimal, which makes a refreshing change!

You said landlords are selling their properties. Do you think they’ll just let them stand empty?

Good job then because the ones that do claim between £10-12 billion every year.

I've got one empty. It will just go up in value over time.

Llare selling properties. 250 k sold over last year of ex rental houses. Some LL are selling to other LL though to ones with larger portfolios.

So the amount of housing for rent isn’t falling? Make up your mind.

@blossomtoes

Did HappiestSleeping say they were unemployed?

If they are the same poster I remember from the past, they were made redundant when their employer moved to the EU. Hence, their use of the word Brexshit.

Also, if I remember correctly, they agreed on a thread started at the end of 2023 (one positive of Brexit) that remain supporters could have cancelled Brexit if they voted for the Liberal Democrat’s in the 2019 general election.

I’m not even sure about this… I live in a big city in the South and I’m seeing properties reduced left, right and centre. The properties are staying up for ages - I would say it’s no different from five years ago. Additionally, there are lots of AirBnb’s now going on the market as rentals - some reform to the market was brought in and it really helped cut it down.

TBH it’s just a re-run of the private school VAT situation - people said all the private schools would be closing down, state schools would be flooded, it’d be a net loss.

People will moan but oh well!

I want reform to get in despite that I would never vote for them myself. Perhaps then their supporters will stfu one way or another!

That wasn't the point I made. If UC is paid, it is because the claimant is entitled to it. This would not change under Reform's proposal unless they are saying that they would not pay UC to people who are entitled to it.

So, where would the saving come from?

Is that an actual figure or a reform guesstimate 😂

I think you are talking about sale property prices. Rental prices are astounding at the moment, and MN is full of people wanting to rent who can't find property.

My estate agents are hounding me to increase the rent that I charge but I don't want to as a) the tenants are lovely, and b) there is a cost of living crisis and I am fortunate enough to not need the extra.

Every time I have needed new tenants in the last 6 years, my property has been advertised for one day, with sufficient viewings that I have only needed that one day. There is clearly not an excess of rental properties.

Also, in that 6 years, the rent I could ask has nearly trebled, despite my mortgage remaining the same (because I fixed the interest rate). I find that horrific even though it benefits me, hence not increasing the rent despite it being to my long term detriment.

You are not held at gunpoint to comment 😀

abolishing inheritance tax on most estates
How would that be paid for?

and the tourist tax
Has that actually been implemented? Or does it mean tax on goods UK tourists bring back with them that exceeds duty free allowance.

reopening UK oil and gas reserves and pushing for nuclear energy.
I imagine what would happen when Reform put out a tender to access the reserves, they'd initially set a minimum price for access... no company would buy until price reduced a fair bit & the access was long term... and once the companies bought the license they would... sit on it. Not extract at all bcz they would make much more profit by not putting those petro-products on the global market and keeping the prices of their other products high. Welcome to capitalism. Of course, if it became more profitable to extract (when global prices soared), then the British gas/oil field products would be sold on the global market. Some of it would end up being sold into Britain. For the same high global price that Rest of World had to pay.

Nuclear energy takes decades to develop. and Enormous govt subsidies and underwriting for insurance. Reform might get cross party support for that, I suppose.

Healthcare: ....utilizing independent healthcare capacity ...
That already happens. A lot. Where is the unused private sector capacity left? Presumably only at very very high prices. How will that be regulated and paid for?

Cut 50% of foreign aid
Seriously, what is left to cut?

and require a five-year residency and employment period before non-citizens can claim any state benefits
If they still had right to live in UK, there'd be more such people living on the streets. I guess reform people are happy to see more homeless folk.

They don't do that now, so no real saving there.

The utter madness of solar farms. Lots of countries are now banning them on farmland and green spaces. There are lots of other alternatives but the UK is like the Wild West. So much countryside being destroyed with no plan, just utter devastation and lots of money for the developers. The grid will not cope! Reform are pro business which is how a country prospers. And I am not British, I have no fear of being turfed out. Driving back from Dunkirk last week hundreds of male walkers towards the coast already wearing their orange life jackets! Madness.

Who do you vote for OP?

This thread just confirms my personal opinion that 50% of the population are of below average intelligence, and that the education system needs to improve.

I'll vote reform just to get rid of Labour.
No one can be as bad really. If any party come out tomorrow and said they would make work pay they would get my vote.

I love what you did there.

ULEZ happened a while ago now in London and people have compliant cars, or have the same ones but drive them less and/or avoid the cameras. Air quality is noticeably better. I and many others have asthma which is again much better since it’s been brought in. I see it like smoking, why should polluting cars be able to negatively affect people’s health and environment. They should be deterred. I do think in London it should of been brought in with more notice and some compensation for people having to swop but I’m very glad they did it. Any reversal of this would be completely proposterous.

When they produce a realistic and well-costed budget that shows how they will balance the books I’ll start taking them more seriously - at the moment it’s cuts in populist areas that won’t make that much savings (ie getting rid of illegal immigrants and cutting foreign aid) with high ticket spending (keeping the triple lock, access to more expensive heath care options).

What is it about Brexit you find so positive now it happened?

Also, Labour and Conservative are not great but there are other parties available - Reform are very specific about what they support, so they must appeal to you?

I think I am looking for a party which will make benefits fairer and not just an easy option for shirkers. Also a party which will support more defence spending. And certainly not one that wants us to rejoin the EU.,

ULEZ affects everyone as it gives us cleaner air. If you like fumes so much just go suck on the exhaust pipe.