Reform voters, which policies do you support beyond immigration?

[Sheepydoggo]

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

There are evidently a lot of regular MN’ers who are welfare claimants, hence their devotion to Labour.

Plaid Cymru this time, also looking for change. Liked the family friendly policies, royal estate split business etc.

ULEZ “only affects the poorer people who can't afford compliant cars.”
Whilst it may affect some poor people, it’s not only poor people, that’s nonsense. I have a car which is not ULEZ compliant and I am not poor. And I’d guess that most people I’ve met in the owners’ club are also not poor. There are plenty of collectible cars out there which are not ULEZ compliant but are not quite old enough yet for the vintage exemption.

When you have lived in an area where your vote was never going to bring change, but you still voted anyway, any party that has a glimmer of hope of getting in that is not Labour or Conservative is worth a chance, as I have said previously if it doesn't work, then maybe when the other two get back in, they will have given them enough of a shock to be better. I am no fan of Farage either as a leader, and I am hoping that he is not in place for the general election, and hopefully make them more electable.

Re Brexit, when I voted, I did do in the knowledge that it may not be positive for me or my family. I wanted the system to have a shock, and those shock waves are still happening, so I would see that as a positive, as I got exactly what I voted for.

Maybe you should look at the monumental fuck ups they're making already re the local elections. If people are paying attention, they'll never get voted in, in a GE.

of course that does rely on people being awake enough to see what's happening.

Google it. Actual figures.

if only there was one!

For sure. Supply and demand economics.

But you have missed part of the model out. More houses on the market for sale brings house prices down, more people can buy, and the number of people needing to rent goes down. And if houses are cheaper to buy, then rent also comes down.

That is what any Party thinking of working people should do. Bring house prices down.

Are you saying reform want the opposite ? That they will protect the landlords rather than the working masses ?

Quote " 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"

How does solar farms destroy farmland ?

Surely if the land is needed, for food for example, just lift the solar panels and you have farmland again.

And why won't the grid cope ? Surely if demand is for X GW of electricity, then the grid should be designed to handle that no matter the source of the electricity ?

Reform will reintroduce LL being able to claim mortgage interest like any other business. Also reverse additional 2 percent tax on LL. They want to bring tax down in general especially for businesses.

And do they have any plans re the housing shortage/ high property values ?

That is what we are talking about.

I want much reduced immigration. I don’t want illegal economic migrants arriving.

I won’t vote Reform however as I don’t like their other policies which I happened to research!

it’s entirely possible to not want hordes of young men arriving when they should be improving their country and care about the environment, NHS and welfare state

If they genuinely wanted to keep immigration down they would do more foreign aid and trade in the countries that people are coming from to make it more attractive to stay.
They should also to end anything they can to prevent climate change. As this is going to be the biggest driver of migration soon.

The UK guv do spend on foreign aid, both Tories and Labour. Reform say they will cut foreign aid to zero.

Another thing to be aware of, is that money for processing asylum seekers in the UK is actually taken from the foreign aid budget. The UN rules allow for this.

As you say, climate change is a big driver in migration. And it will get worse. Yet Reform want to scrap anything connected to that too.

So voting Reform will increase people movement, as you say.

Yep. You ask them to explain more and they can’t.

I would imagine many will also vote Reform to stop ever-increasing taxation to support the welfare state.

What ever increasing taxation? The only reason I’m paying more tax than I was two years ago is because my income has increased.

48% of the welfare state is the state pension.

The increase in the triple lock this year led to our welfare bill going above income tax receipts.

Of course, it affected me, my family and friends, personally, but it didn't vote to make to be better off. Despite how thick and uneducated you think the 17.4 million British people are, many voted on ideological reasons; they just keep their heads down to avoid the bile that is thrown at them. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.

It is laughable that you align me with The Daily Mail. You could not be further from the truth, but unfortunately, that shows your prejudice.

Just to make it clear id be running to the poll booth to vote Brexit again. No bus, no daily mail, no propaganda, no amount of name-calling and will do the same at the next election to get anyone but Labour and the Conservatives out. (Greens are a busted flush.)

I am a nice person; we don't agree ideologically, but we could be friends. If Christians. Jews and Muslims can get along; surely we can too.

Genuine question: are the shock waves you’re seeing affecting you or people you care about negatively at all, or do you see them as only affecting other people negatively?

It is widely reported in newspapers the grid is nearly at capacity. No planning structure on where they could go and work. Farming UNDER the panels????? How 🤣 I am a farmers daughter, these 100+ acre solar monstrosities can not have tractors, combines or any equipment underneath. What do you suggest, build them on stilts? Harvest by hand? Honestly, educate yourself before commenting.

Honest answer, we all live in poor northern towns. The cost of living and the fallout from Brexit, Ukraine, Covid and now Iran are affecting me and everyone around me as much as they are affecting you and everyone on this thread.

When I voted, I hoped for a 20-year vision of improvement, as we had just had our first child in 2016, and we are currently 10 years in. No one could foresee COVID, possibly Ukraine and Iran. That has certainly delayed any possible benefits, but I truly believe that it was and still is the right decision

Also, I am not trolling and really appreciate your calm, measured question.