Reform activists depict female cabinet ministers as cows in abattoir.

Even the Telegraph said that accusing Anas Sarwar of sectarianism looks like a stupid error by Farage yesterday. I think the true colours of Reform are beginning to come to light. Ultimately it will be a good thing if they do.

The Anas Sarwar accusation was bad enough and has been condemned by political parties in Scotland but this is disgusting. Appalling things do not get said and done by people fighting elections that involve slaughtering politicians. Is this the standard of politics that Reform voters want? Shame on them if they do.

Goodness, how shocking and awful and certainly not what we want in our politics.

Why am I not surprised?
On another post, people expecting due process for immigrants are referred to as t****.
Sadly, I fear that this will be OK ( popular?) with some.

It does look very amateur and juvenile though from the photo!

What were they thinking?

Ridiculous.

And, to add insult to injury, Mr Farage obviously dislikes cows too.
Does he eat cheese, yogurt? Milk?

Stupid man. Unlike cows.

I think what struck me is that if it had been local Labour Party people doing the same it would have been all over the news shock horror etc.

Is there something about the Reform agenda/policy/rational/leaders, that makes them feel it is okay to be racist and misogynistic?

Maremia

Is there something about the Reform agenda/policy/rational/leaders, that makes them feel it is okay to be racist and misogynistic?

You're just so woke!

Unpleasant.

It is a very unpleasant thread.

I think the true colours of Reform are beginning to come to light. Ultimately it will be a good thing if they do

Agreed Casdon 👏👏👏

The more we see of Reform, the more we see who they really are. No hiding place now - bring it on!

Wyllow3

I think what struck me is that if it had been local Labour Party people doing the same it would have been all over the news shock horror etc.

Crikey … can you image!

I think the only thing is that Reform don't have the subtlety to hide their bigotry- women in politics are subject to far more of this on-line.

Surely this could be grounds for a charge of inciting violence? Threatening elected individuals with slaughter is not a valid political platform!

I think it's possible that overall, this sort of stunt and SM stuff of the same ilk in the end - means less and less people vote. counter productive all round?

There could be witty roadside alternatives that can address policy issues without the vitriol?

Surely that is incitement. I do hope some action is taken.

Elegran

Surely this could be grounds for a charge of inciting violence? Threatening elected individuals with slaughter is not a valid political platform!

👏👏 Well, there we have it!

Farage and his predominantly male supporters are mysoginists, through and through and through. Farages defence of these disgusting acts is at the level of the playground. Is he really as stupid and immature as he sounds?

That was a rhetorical question - we all know the answer.

M0nica

Farage and his predominantly male supporters are mysoginists, through and through and through. Farages defence of these disgusting acts is at the level of the playground. Is he really as stupid and immature as he sounds?

That was a rhetorical question - we all know the answer.

MOnica I feel the same about Trump, so how on earth can any female vote for him? Unbelievably (to me, at least), some women seem to like this kind of so-called man.

nanna8

It is a very unpleasant thread.

?? Unpleasant thread or unpleasant topic?

Yes, I wondered that too Cossy.

Do you mean it is unpleasant for the leader of a political organisation, who is aiming to be a candidate for Prime Minister in a future election, to appear to approve of the use of death threats and hate language against members of the current administration, calling them cows about to be slaughtered?

Or do you mean that it is unpleasant of posters to object to that misogyny, hate language, and threatened violence?

There is a big difference!

If we don't object, then we are complicit in the coarsening of the political scene in this country, and the descent into the threat of physical violence as an accepted way of influencing national policy. That is throwing away hundreds of years of progress into more or less civilised rule of law.

If we don't object, then we are complicit in the coarsening of the political scene in this country, and the descent into the threat of physical violence as an accepted way of influencing national policy. That is throwing away hundreds of years of progress into more or less civilised rule of law
I agree. There is nothing funny about calling female politicians "cows" and pointing them in the direction of the abattoir. Farage should be criticising such behaviour but he doesn't. Surely Reform voters think this is crossing a line.