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Is this the way the Tories are heading?

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Katie590 Mon 10-Jun-24 09:04:17

We won’t know how much impact Farage makes until Election Day a lot of voters share his aims and prejudices whether Labour or Tory voters. We saw in the Brexit vote not all Labour are socialists, however do we really see Reform winning many/any seats?

Freya5 Mon 10-Jun-24 09:03:51

Iam64

I’m hoping Starmer will continue to try and keep Labour extremists from dominating . Successive Tory pm’s have absolutely failed to keep the rabid right in check

Tell who is the "rabid right". Oh yes people you disagree with.
Well Rayner is the rabid left, along with Abbott. Starmer will not be able to keep them in check, he even rolled over to let Abbot back in to get the votes.

keepingquiet Mon 10-Jun-24 09:03:01

He is a nonentity who gets far too much airtime and should now be ignored by the media who made him.

He doesn't even want to be an MP, let alone a PM.

Attending any meeting in the European parliament was far too much hard work for him, but oddly claiming the most expenses wasn't.

Iam64 Mon 10-Jun-24 08:52:25

I’m hoping Starmer will continue to try and keep Labour extremists from dominating . Successive Tory pm’s have absolutely failed to keep the rabid right in check

Sarnia Mon 10-Jun-24 08:52:24

Farage has become the Tories lifebelt. Both will sink without trace in a few weeks time. Clacton may get him as their MP but PM? No.

Grantanow Mon 10-Jun-24 08:46:27

He's a modern-day Pied Piper. One step on from the Buffoon.

MaizieD Mon 10-Jun-24 08:40:19

What bothers me is that, if the tories really bomb and can't even form an opposition, it will still be the Right, (i.e. Farage) that gets the maximum amount of coverage in the media. Lib Dems and Greens will still be largely ignored.

I suspect that Farage being poor at maths will have no adverse effect whatsoever on his followers. They believe everything he says. You only have to look at the prospective Teform voters on here. Not a single explanation of what policies attract them, just blind belief.

I had a look at Reform's twitter feed and their web page yesterday. It's like a rerun of the Brexit campaign with a bit of fairytale economic statements thrown in.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 10-Jun-24 08:25:16

I will be interested to see both manifestos to see where/if they coincide.

I hope the Tories s are better at their maths than Farage.

He got completely muddled/lost when trying to defend his squillions of tax cuts/spending plans yesterday on Kuenssberg.

MaizieD Mon 10-Jun-24 08:24:25

It's the way Farage would like the tories to go, certainly.

Casdon Mon 10-Jun-24 07:43:19

I think Braverman should defect, she is probably further right than Reform are, and good riddance. There doesn’t appear to be much support for her in the parliamentary Tory Party though, from what I can see on the outside looking in.

Dingleberry Mon 10-Jun-24 07:39:21

Farage for Prime Minister, he says it how it is.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 10-Jun-24 07:33:00

Braverman