Reform/Farage - economic policies don’t add up.

Reform/Farage knows how to tap into the worst of people rather than the best. They wrap racism in a tissue of reasonableness. I listened to Farage talking, doing his very creditable impression of the ordinary man in the pub giving every closet racist permission to crawl out and spill their foulness. "It's OK mate, that's what most people think, it's just the woke lot/lefties who don't think like this" I loathe Farage and his ilk , nasty people with nasty ideas but sadly he's a good communicator provided you don't think too much about what he's actually saying. I really hope he doesn't get elected in Clacton and leaves British politics alone.

Chocolatelovinggran. Am waiting for an ambulance for my elderly friend. Let’s just say that there’s so much wrong with social care and the elderly….. I very much doubt that the Civil Service would give Reform access to its budget for consultants and associated groups. Figures are available to show how the Civil Service has increased its numbers.
I suggest you ask your local Reform candidate for more details? Or Labour or Conservative?

So, if Reform have no access to data, how can it form part of their manifesto?
If there are no numbers or costings, then I cannot see how any candidate could answer this.

petra

Sorry, that link isn’t the one, either.

Thanks for trying, petra Your first link sort of worked on my laptop, but I couldn't find the video. However, I found some of his earlier views of the BoE and they agreed more or less with people I follow.

I was at a market this morning and some men had a Reform stall and were answering questions and handing out leaflets.

I hung around and was genuinely surprised at how many people stopped and asked questions, no heckling just polite observations like “it really is time for a change” and “we will definitely vote Reform.”

Chocolatelovinggran

So, if Reform have no access to data, how can it form part of their manifesto?
If there are no numbers or costings, then I cannot see how any candidate could answer this.

Its gut feeling stuff, isn't it.

ronib still hasn't explained how Reform can shout about waste in the public sector when it's had 14 years of spending cuts... supposedly to make it 'more efficient'.

MaizieD this is a legitimate question for Reform Party candidates. Also all candidates should be given the same opportunity to discuss….
My husband is a contractor in government and agrees that there’s waste in public spending …..

Reform are not a political party ronib, they are a limited company.

Nigel Farage and Reform are NOT Racists and it is very offensive to equate him with hitler. There is nothing wrong with being patriotic. Everything Reform say is true and they are the only party that will get us back on track.This country has gone to pot and will go even further down with the socialists. Reform all the way! We need a party to oppose the socialilsts and Reform is the only one to do that, so over the next five years they can achieve something good for our country and put people first. The government as it stands is corrupt, people need to wake up! That's my view and I am not arguing with anyone.

foxie48

Reform/Farage knows how to tap into the worst of people rather than the best. They wrap racism in a tissue of reasonableness. I listened to Farage talking, doing his very creditable impression of the ordinary man in the pub giving every closet racist permission to crawl out and spill their foulness. "It's OK mate, that's what most people think, it's just the woke lot/lefties who don't think like this" I loathe Farage and his ilk , nasty people with nasty ideas but sadly he's a good communicator provided you don't think too much about what he's actually saying. I really hope he doesn't get elected in Clacton and leaves British politics alone.

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biglouis

Farage is not nearly right wing enough for me but its a start!

Goodness, do you belong to the BNP then? Farage is too right wing for a lot of Tories!

JudyBloom

Nigel Farage and Reform are NOT Racists and it is very offensive to equate him with hitler. There is nothing wrong with being patriotic. Everything Reform say is true and they are the only party that will get us back on track.This country has gone to pot and will go even further down with the socialists. Reform all the way! We need a party to oppose the socialilsts and Reform is the only one to do that, so over the next five years they can achieve something good for our country and put people first. The government as it stands is corrupt, people need to wake up! That's my view and I am not arguing with anyone.

I'm not going to argue with you, but I'd like to know what good you think Reform will do for the country and how they will put all people first.

ronib

MaizieD this is a legitimate question for Reform Party candidates. Also all candidates should be given the same opportunity to discuss….
My husband is a contractor in government and agrees that there’s waste in public spending …..

So what public spending does Reform think is wasted?

ronib

MaizieD so much misinformation around. At the moment I am sideswiped to discover that a very good friend has been assessed as ineligible for any financial assistance towards her care! Apparently her pension is too high even though savings have plummeted well below the figures given on various websites. I didn’t know that the county council could decide that £232 a week is a sufficient amount to cover living expenses once £500 approximately a week is deducted for care. How stupid am I? Sorry for the rant…..

Sorry if you’ve answered this, is this care in the home (her own home) or residential care?

I ask because when my schizophrenic mother had direct payments from our LA for her care, she lived on Pension Credits yet was only granted 12 hours a week funded payments and was meant to find the rest from her fairly meagre savings

Casdon

Reform are not a political party ronib, they are a limited company.

Casdon so what if they are a limited company? Obviously a money spinner for Farage and Tice? The points that Reform put forward should be examined and debated in as rational a way as possible.

ronib

Casdon

Reform are not a political party ronib, they are a limited company.

Casdon so what if they are a limited company? Obviously a money spinner for Farage and Tice? The points that Reform put forward should be examined and debated in as rational a way as possible.

But if they have self defined as not a political party, what right do they have to obtain information from government departments who have an obligation to provide information to political parties? They can’t have the penny and the bun.

Agree with many comments above (not the obvious one). The likes of the convicted criminal Tommy Robinson, and that foul Laurence Fox, standing shoulder to shoulder with Reform UK - that is enough to persuade me this is not a Party (Company) I want to be associated with, is not a party that will get my vote.

Ronib no problem with debating anything in a rational way but I find the pledges they have made are little more than unfunded vote catchers . Take the 20% tax relief on private healthcare, revenue is currently £6.2 billion, no tax for frontline NHS staff for three years. NHS currently spends 71.1 billion on staff. I don't know what % is front line but how would they make up the budget deficit? This is La La land politics. They also want to lift the threshold for income tax by over £7K, this would cost an eye watering amount of money. I could go on but won't. On their website they say Labour will bankrupt the country but I think should Reform be in a position to put their pledges into action, it's Reform who would bankrupt us. I couldn't miss the big DONATE button, on the website, is he taking a leaf out of Trump's book?

ronib Because the 'Reform Party is a limited company, it means it has no memebers, only supporters. Those who own and run the party are free to make decisions about policies, leadership and behaviour with out worrying about other people. This link is worth reading
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-nigel-farage-election-b2556355.html

Monica interesting concept. However what is the point of Reform if no one votes for them? Reform has a strong attraction for some and has positioned itself to appeal to a broad group of interest groups. Unlike Labour who revisit class warfare and unlike the Conservatives who seem to have given up.
Ben Habib is a member of Reform and he actually makes sense some of the time! I do think we have reached a new low in British politics though and I shall be glad when the election is over.

Reform does have racist elements in it.

A reform candidate accused of Islamphobia has re-appeared under a changed name

As candidate in Glasgow

Details in sky news 2 days ago of what she's said

news.sky.com/story/candidate-accused-of-islamophobia-in-2019-stands-for-reform-uk-under-different-name-13154545

As of Tuesday morning, Reform and their candidate have not responded to questions put to them about Ms Cocozza's candidacy and social media history.

Earlier today, Reform said it has consulted lawyers, claiming the company hired to vet its candidates failed to carry out adequate checks.

NoraBone

Agree with many comments above (not the obvious one). The likes of the convicted criminal Tommy Robinson, and that foul Laurence Fox, standing shoulder to shoulder with Reform UK - that is enough to persuade me this is not a Party (Company) I want to be associated with, is not a party that will get my vote.

Nor I.

pPersonally, I would say that Reform only appeal is to a very narrow group of interest groups. Mainly those who are conservative (with a small 'c') and have been, in the past, in the past on the right within the Conservative party. In the same way that Jeremy Corbyn drave out many people on the centrist-right of the Labour party.

ronib

Monica interesting concept. However what is the point of Reform if no one votes for them? Reform has a strong attraction for some and has positioned itself to appeal to a broad group of interest groups. Unlike Labour who revisit class warfare and unlike the Conservatives who seem to have given up.
Ben Habib is a member of Reform and he actually makes sense some of the time! I do think we have reached a new low in British politics though and I shall be glad when the election is over.

Oh so will I and I didn’t think I’d say that as I’m quite a political animal.

Amazingly this is one of the shortest lead up to a GE, and already it feels like a lifetime.

Bring on July 5th and whatever we end up with we will all have to make the best of it

I just hope for a good turn out of voters.

Hard to trust Farage with the economy when he stated on Twitter/X that Liz Truss’s budget was the best Conservative budget since 1986.

x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1573278502790791168?lang=en