Reform UK is after donations from international oil and gas executives

Well he could have asked the unions like Labour does. What’s the problem? I don’t think there will be any rules about diets from him, either, he wouldn’t be bothered.

Our Unions are home grown UK Brit based and officials are elected and decisions made by members. Their influence is there but limited. They dont sit as MP's.

Farage is again (as per the time we thought Musk was going to dish out $million) trying to get funding from organisations outside the UK with a specific policy agenda, its like taking money from lobbyists to push particular issues.

UK political parties imo have no business being bought out from outside the UK.

Plus, he is arguing we should accept chlorinated chicken from the US as part of trade deals

Chlorinated chicken is just semantics!

A. Most holidaymakers eat it on vacation in say, Florida without a care/thought!

B. Shoppers don’t have to buy it - it will be labelled.

On principle we should not allow dangerous food into our country. Thats why RR made it a point in negotiations.
Its Farage cosying up to the USA.

nanna8

Well he could have asked the unions like Labour does. What’s the problem? I don’t think there will be any rules about diets from him, either, he wouldn’t be bothered.

I think you’re wrong there, he has an opinion about absolutely everything, which he feels he must impart to the nation.

* FGT* - I understood from another thread that the suppliers of this chicken are determined that it should be not be labelled.
My interest is purely hypothetical .
I haven't eaten meat or poultry foe 40 + years.
I wasn't enthusiastic about any food I ate when I did visit Florida...

Lord Alli and his donations?

I've just had a look at Farage X tweets and they are currently aimed at by elections. He's going for the popularity stakes by saying he will have a Minister For Deportations, but gives no details, as per, as to how it would function. Also he will sort out all local councils problems at one sweep.

Chocolatelovinggran

* FGT* - I understood from another thread that the suppliers of this chicken are determined that it should be not be labelled.
My interest is purely hypothetical .
I haven't eaten meat or poultry foe 40 + years.
I wasn't enthusiastic about any food I ate when I did visit Florida...

All meat you buy is labelled with where it’s from in the UK though, so I don’t see that happening. I think most likely if they do start to import chicken or other meat from the USA it will be direct to trade, and sold in takeaways and restaurants. If that happens, I won’t be eating chicken when I go out, just in case.

Is Reform still structured as a private business rather than a political party?

I don’t fancy chicken from Eastern Europe or Thailand either but it’s here especially in takeaways and some restaurants. At such times I become a vegetarian. I buy free range or organic from my local farm shop with proven creditation.

The vast majority of UK imported chicken comes from the EU currently, but I guess there is always a risk it isn’t when you eat out.

Madrid, a few weeks ago ..
www.ladbible.com/news/world-news/chinese-restaurant-pigeon-duck-no-one-ate-873548-20250410

Cold

Is Reform still structured as a private business rather than a political party?

Yes.

Well, on checking, somehow both, what a tangle

bylinetimes.com/2025/03/24/reform-uk-corporate-structure/

Reeves has indicated that our most important customers/suppliers is the EU.

I would be surprised if chlorinated chicken and hormone injected beef was allowed into the U.K.

We can get much healthier stuff from Europe whose standards are the highest in the world.

I will never feed that sort of crap to my family. In fact I get my meat from a West Country farmer. But I would always buy from the EU if pushed.

Just had a look at a Sainsbury's ready meal which has chicken in it to see if they actually mention origins of food when it's processed into something mixed.

"Using chicken and pork from the UK". So guidance is there, whether its obligatory I dont know.

25Avalon

I don’t fancy chicken from Eastern Europe or Thailand either but it’s here especially in takeaways and some restaurants. At such times I become a vegetarian. I buy free range or organic from my local farm shop with proven creditation.

Supermarkets seem to take chicken from anywhere these days
I read a little while ago that even Red Tractor cannot be assured of quality of product. l bought some sliced chicken breast a couple of years ago from Tesco’s and it was from Thailand I was horrified and put it back..
I now always check the pack to see where the product has come from

We went to our favourite Sunday market today and came away appalled at the number of Reform representatives mingling with the crowd. I was chatting to someone about their dog ( as per usual) and my partner said ‘ I’ve got to go’ and moved away. I carried on chatting and realised one of the Reform people had sidled up to us and was chatting away to the man’s wife. Had I noticed I would have told him what I thought of his party. It left a very nasty taste in my mouth on what is usually a very pleasant mornings shopping expedition. .

Glad you posted that - I had a relevant email from Open Britain yesterday: it was addressing what Reform are saying/doing at local elections.

"Parties have been campaigning on important local issues, making bold commitments around service provision, social projects, and town planning.

However, if his most recent press conference is anything to go by - Nigel Farage and Reform UK are not too bothered by what’s at stake locally the platform was the local elections, but

"He was there to blow his favourite political dog-whistle - saying the White Cliffs may as well have a sign across it reading ‘everyone welcome’. Under Reform, however, Britain would ‘discriminate’ who we allow in, to ensure only ‘the right kind of people’ are welcomed here"

"Farage proceeded to discuss:
Britain leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (to be able to control the illegal immigration issue).

Proposals for a Minister for Deportations.

Fighting back against the Civil Service and ‘apparatus of the state’ that opposes his immigration policies.

Ending two tier policing, citing the imprisonment of rioters last summer as an example.

*Scrapping all public and private sector DEI recruitment.
The criminal record of some Palestinian asylum seekers*

He even questioned the professionalism of doctors and GP practices for ‘over-diagnosing’ some mental health illnesses and SEND patients

Farage was there to bang the drum for his far-right sensationalist agenda - that ultimately lives and dies with immigration.

Trumpian in his tone, Farage once again showed himself to be a one-trick populist pony again yesterday.

I can understand your annoyance Maybee!

There has been dangerous traffic calming put into the main route though a nearby village. There have been numerous accidents. It’s the Reform councillor that has promised to get them removed. I’m pretty sure they’re doing that all over the country, finding local issues that are annoying people and promising to solve them.

I did try to find the main group of Reform people to tell them what I thought of them but, by the time we were leaving the’d dispersed amongst the crowd. The market was in a more working class part of the county; again something that they will be targeting.

On Facebook which I don’t usually look at, Nigel Farage has a lot of support for his stance on deportations. It’s worrying.

When we think of what is happening in the USA, it is. And other matters straight from the Trump /Section 25 handbook

The list of what Farage mentioned I gave above includes measures that Trump has taken, namely

*Scrapping all public and private sector DEI recruitment.

*Fighting back against the Civil Service and ‘apparatus of the state’ that opposes his immigration policies.

*Questioning the professionalism of doctors and GP practices for ‘over-diagnosing’ some mental health illnesses and SEND patients.

He cant actually say what he would do about deportations or slowing boat people arriving though, it remain vague.

However, I don't think the hearing him realise that you cannot deport people to a country without that country agreeing.