Farage. Well he’s Top of the Pops right now! 😂

I thought that Farage went to a public school. But that's by the way. Can't stand him myself.

I certainly wouldn’t class Farage as common. He puts on his ‘man of the people’ act to good effect, as did Johnson, but he’s a very astute man who’s made a lot of money.

I recently discovered that Baroness Ros Altmann, the so-called 'Conservative' Pensions Minister, was actually a card-carrying Labour member while in office. No wonder she’s now colluding with Labour to confiscate private sector workers’ pension pots.

Mr Farage is absolutely right—the uniparty is real. This latest election cancellation just reinforces what we already know: collusion in Westminster is rife, and they’re not scheming to protect your interests.

Whatever you think of Farage, he's right that cancelling the local elections is undemocratic, and a pathetic decision by this hopeless government to delay the obvious, that Labour will suffer unprecedented losses when they finally happen.

Tinkering with the boundaries, which is gerrymandering by stealth, will only deepen resentment and a determination for revenge

Nine areas have postponed their May elections.

The Government said the timing of the May elections affected their planning for devolution, particularly alongside the reorganisation of local government 🤔

Hahaha.
The left looking down their noses at ‘common people’

Sounds about right.

MayBee70

My decluttering isn’t going very well at the moment!

You'd feel better if you saw mine.

Reform will hit over 200,000 members within days. What Rayner and Starmer have done by cancelling upcoming local elections is truly appalling.

Barleyfields

How do you think Reform could possibly form a functioning government FGT? What expertise and experience can they bring to the table? Farage has a lot to say for himself but he couldn’t run the country on his own and he can’t appoint a cabinet of people who are not MPs or peers, unlike Trump.

Well, there's a sensible question.

Surely posters are capable of challenging Farage supporters without going into a meltdown and threatening to flounce?

Barlryfields, despite Farage 'talking the talk' and constantly seeking the limelight he does not have enough experience of politics because, when he was an MEP, he was rarely at the European Parliament and now he is an MP he's rarely in Parliament representing his constituents, nor even in his constituency.
Becoming an MP was just a platform for him to gain publicity, it was not through a desire to represent the people of Clacton.

Labour lost 3 seats to Reform yesterday in local elections. Medway Council was one.

My decluttering isn’t going very well at the moment!

MayBee70

Because people whose values I despise seem to have taken over the forum…to e honest I don’t think gransnet is the place these days for pearl clutchers like me.

Other threads are available.

You could help me declutter.

Doodledog

Sago

I wonder how long it will take Starmer to lower the voting age to 16?

I read somewhere vague and unverifiable that this will happen in 17 months, 2 weeks and 3 days, but it will only apply to those who sign using their granny’s blood that they will always vote Labour.

HTH.

It's 16 in Wales for the Senedd and local government elections.

Well, the dictionary definition of common is not the same as my mother's definition. Perhaps it's a regional thing.

To quote Sherlock Holmes Allira ‘this could be a three pipe problem’🤔

BlueBelle and MayBe70 thank you. Me too.

Whitewavemark2

I simply can’t get beyond the spiv second hand car salesman image I have of him who is not adverse to fraud and lies in fact another pound shop Trump.

If I understood his policies, I perhaps would see him more as a politician, but apart from the boats, I haven’t a clue what or how he intends to achieve anything.

His parliamentary performance is dismal and his constituency work even worse.

Call me a snob - but he is so common😄.

Farage would not fit my (or my mother's) definition of common Whitewave but he would certainly fit her definition of a spiv.

In fact, I think I posted that a couple of weeks ago 😀

To be an Influencer is important nowadays; Reform won't win but they will make a difference to the next GE.

It is so common to call people common, don't you know.

Oreo

I think it means crack as in drugs Allira

Am no expert tho is knowing what Claremont means 🤔

Oreo

I think it means crack as in drugs Allira

So does that mean anyone who starts a thread praising Farage is thought to be on drugs? Surely not?!

Syracute

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I think I found this article quite a surprising one considering its not the Telegraph or he Daily Mail. Something is definitely shifting.

It is hardly a solid newspaper . It is just peddling to a certain mindset .

The thing is Syracute that it’s exactly that kind of lofty thinking that loses elections.
Loving ‘the common man’ in theory but shuddering at them in practice then wondering what went wrong in referendums and
Elections.

I think it means crack as in drugs Allira

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I think I found this article quite a surprising one considering its not the Telegraph or he Daily Mail. Something is definitely shifting.

It is hardly a solid newspaper . It is just peddling to a certain mindset .

MayBee70

Claremont

Talk about being really, really über GOADY, on crack!

Claremont; we're not allowed to comment on this thread. It's only for members of the Reform/Farage/Trump fan club.

I've been out so missed most of the post- who told you on no account must you post on here if you're not a Farage or Trump supporter?

I did and I'm neither. Oh dear. Oops 😯

Claremont what do you mean by crack?
Did you mean craic, if so I think you may have spelt it wrong.

Whitewavemark2 I have met Nigel Farage, he is definitely not common

Whitewavemark2

I simply can’t get beyond the spiv second hand car salesman image I have of him who is not adverse to fraud and lies in fact another pound shop Trump.

If I understood his policies, I perhaps would see him more as a politician, but apart from the boats, I haven’t a clue what or how he intends to achieve anything.

His parliamentary performance is dismal and his constituency work even worse.

Call me a snob - but he is so common😄.

Why is he common? Are you a snob?
He’s a business man turned politician who’s done very nicely from those jobs.I think like a lot of politicians he says things that he thinks people want to hear and has no sincerity whatsoever and I wouldn’t support him or his Party.
That said, Reform are a big threat to the Conservatives and I can’t see them joining forces just yet, but if support for Reform continues building they’ll be a force to be reckoned with.