Farage receives second £36m donation in two days for Reform

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Farage receives second £36m donation in two days.

Reform’s biggest donor Christopher Harborne matched record donation given on Friday by fellow cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo

Of course. Tactical voting can easily be applied to any party, but the polling evidence suggests that people are more likely to vote tactically - and to be ready to cross traditional left/right boundaries - to keep out Reform than they would to keep out Labour.

And yet the op gets a lot of attention for her views. Plus they get a vote still.

Reform were leading Labour until recently, so you accept that polling numbers are dynamic I hope.

Naturally. As the criminal and other investigations unfold, it is entirely possible that the current numbers may change.

How do you see Labour’s numbers after next month’s budget?

Do you think the budget will be a case of ‘who can we tax more to pay benefits to others?’

Because I don’t want to. You start enough for both me of us.

Well, I don't know what will be in the budget so it's too early to say.

I do personally think that the benefits system needs reform but I don't think that simply cutting it is the answer - the underlying issues clearly need to be tackled first. I don't mind paying more tax if my money is going to be spent effectively - I have more than enough for me and my family to live comfortably and I'm happy to contribute. I accept that you don't feel the same way.

Obviously, the current economic situation is bleak. Labour came in to an absolutely terrible inheritance from the Tories after over a decade of low growth and neglect of public services. There is the ongoing impact of Brexit and the scale/cost of our national debt. Then Rachel Reeves fucked it up some more with what I consider to have been a bad decision on employer NI. And of course, there is the ongoing impact of Russia's war in Ukraine and now Trump's war in Iran.

So I am not expecting any rabbits. The country is in a very bad position, and I want honesty from our leaders about the challenges that we face. Starmer tried to be honest but he fell down because he didn't have a plan or a vision to fix things and it just made people feel depressed. Burnham is full of positive vibes. I'm currently waiting to see if he actually has a plan.

Both of us. Damned autocorrect.

I don’t know what you are saying, and I’m not sure if you even know.

Either way.

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The UK is going to turn very, very nasty.

The unions said no, Burnham folded, now this.

I genuinely worry about the UK.

In a world with myriad threats, this government are hell-bent on self-imploding.

The amendment of the autocorrect made it very clear. No word had more than two syllables.

I think polling numbers are very questionable now, given the recent findings from the undercover investigation by Verbatim, showing that three secret polls commissioned by Reform were intentionally leaked to the press to create momentum... all very dodgy and many like me will take polls with a pinch of salt from now on..

Interpret the data as you see fit.

Meanwhile, you will not be able to dispute the real data contained in gilt yields and unemployment data, and gdp growth etc etc.

My views of polling data are based on the evidence that Reform are trying to manipulate the public. If you refuse to accept that - more fool you.

How do you know what the majority of the electorate think? Can you give an example of how someone in the UK is deeply affected by Brexit as they go about their daily business?

That is because large numbers were living in a debt bubble fantasy using cars on monthly payments, credit cards and imagining that their basic shoebox house was worth a small fortune, then rates went up, nothing to do with Brexit, parts of the EU are in worse shape politically and economically.

Really? I will watch this with interest then.

The government didn't know what people's jobs were. The changes caused a glitch in immigration rules and this pretty much cut off people who were coming in to set up.and work for care agencies. It was country wide. Disabled children went without vital care over that period because of government incompetence, and of course the schools were shut. The care was so important that carers were allowed in ' the bubble' and had to conduct their lives around It. It was abysmal. No one realised until it was too late and there were huge gaps that were hugely detrimental. In these situations generally families don't cope and children sometimes have to be accommodated. Some families are undoubtedly still living with the impact.

How long did this glitch last? Last time I checked Boris had invited over hundreds of thousands of care workers from Africa and Asia?

Long enough and it should never have happened.
I'm supportive of immigration as valuable and necessary and often high quality work, but the workforce has been thrown at the job not crafted into it. As you can imagine Boris doing. There is a lack of real diversity in the sense that White British people are not present in the care sector doing care jobs much and it seems an odd thing to have almost completely outsourced to the extent of creating an almost exclusively foreign workforce. This is something to do with pay and conditions but also the sourcing of labour.
The model is not cohesive enough, not regulated enough. Just not held enough by government.

The care sector is especially vulnerable as it’s poorly managed and largely hidden. I’ve seen a few examples lately of the HO removing sponsorship status from care home groups, which puts staffing at major risk. There aren’t enough experienced nationals to replace that workforce in large numbers, so what will happen?

Agencies will move in! Look at Scottish Nursing Guild pay rates to see how poorly paid they are.

You say that likes it’s a good thing.

How many skilled and suitable people will join agencies to work for that poor pay?