*Reform MP James McMurdock - resigned the whip*

This is the same James McMurdock who was imprisoned for assaulting his girlfriend. Perhaps Reform would like to consider the effectiveness of their vetting system.

Grim, isnt it?

I wonder what Farage will say. I mean, he knew about the assault!

So Reform don’t have enough MPs for a 5-a side football team. Maybe the media could focus on those other small Parties now, such as the LibDems.

I'm tired of the media hype on Reform and Farage et al when other parties such as Liberal Democrats have so many more MPs.

Grandmabatty

I'm tired of the media hype on Reform and Farage et al when other parties such as Liberal Democrats have so many more MPs.

I agree. I even did a quick search last night to see how many LibDems MPs there were given that the media only seem to ask Farage or Tice for their opinion on everything and it was 72 or 73. Even when Reform lose the media go on about their share of the vote increasing and make it sound as though they’ve won. The LibDems have just won somewhere, beating Labour and Reform but I can’t see any headlines about it.

Totally agree Grandmabatty and Maybee.

The UK is a democracy and the Lib Dems have far more representatives in the HoC than Reform.

Yet the media constantly highlights Reform; gathers their opinions; interviews their (very few) MPs.

Lib Dem’s have 72 MPs they could interview🤷‍♀️

The media is clearly trying to create the narrative that Reform are ‘the ones to watch’. Well, maybe they’re not!

They’re a very small, minority party made up of millionaire MPs … I wonder what makes the media millionaires attracted to them🤔

Where does Tice get his money from?

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I too am sick of Reform being given a platform in the media that its numbers do not merit. I really hope that the British public are not being led to believe that tiny Reform is the way forward to the detriment of other small parties. Who would be behind that sort of manipulation?

You’d think Reform were the only party to ever have an MP kicked out.
Pretty sure Diane Abbott was suspended from the Labour Party not too long ago.

Parsley3

*View Members by Party*
Labour (403) • Conservative (120) • Liberal Democrat (72) • Independent (15) • Scottish National Party (9) • Sinn Féin (7) • Democratic Unionist Party (5) • Reform UK (5) • Plaid Cymru (4) • Green Party (4) • Social Democratic & Labour Party (2) • Speaker (1) • Alliance (1) • Ulster Unionist Party (1) • Traditional Unionist Voice (1)
I too am sick of Reform being given a platform in the media that its numbers do not merit. I really hope that the British public are not being led to believe that tiny Reform is the way forward to the detriment of other small parties. Who would be behind that sort of manipulation?

The vast majority of UK media (print and broadcast) is owned by a small handful of billionaire moguls / oligarchs.

It’s in their interests to manipulate media output to promote the right wing, millionaire supporting Reform.

They would do very nicely with Mr Farage leading the country!

Kandinsky

You’d think Reform were the only party to ever have an MP kicked out.
Pretty sure Diane Abbott was suspended from the Labour Party not too long ago.

I think if I had a party with only 5 members I’d try really hard to hang onto all of them.

MayBee70

Kandinsky

You’d think Reform were the only party to ever have an MP kicked out.
Pretty sure Diane Abbott was suspended from the Labour Party not too long ago.

I think if I had a party with only 5 members I’d try really hard to hang onto all of them.

They've only got 4 MPs now that McMurdock has lost the whip. Rupert Lowe also lost the whip.

Kandinsky

You’d think Reform were the only party to ever have an MP kicked out.
Pretty sure Diane Abbott was suspended from the Labour Party not too long ago.

There aren't many parties where 33% of the MPs have lost the whip.

Doesn’t matter.
The point stands.
You’d think Reform were the only party to ever have anyone kicked out.
Far from it as you all know.

How many ‘controversies’ was Peter Mandelson involved in?

Kandinsky

Doesn’t matter.
The point stands.
You’d think Reform were the only party to ever have anyone kicked out.
Far from it as you all know.

How many ‘controversies’ was Peter Mandelson involved in?

Weren’t we talking about the amount of attention Reform get from the media despite having just four MPs.

MayBee70

Where does Tice get his money from?

Mostly commercial property but dips in and out of business ventures.

Kandinsky

Doesn’t matter.
The point stands.
You’d think Reform were the only party to ever have anyone kicked out.
Far from it as you all know.

How many ‘controversies’ was Peter Mandelson involved in?

The difference is: mandelson is a slippery character who knows where all the bodies are buried. Allegedly 😉

If you look at the share of the vote for Reform compared to the LD you will see more people voted for Reform in the GE.

Dorisdodar, and considering the quality of the candidates, that's surprising.

Kandinsky

Doesn’t matter.
The point stands.
You’d think Reform were the only party to ever have anyone kicked out.
Far from it as you all know.

How many ‘controversies’ was Peter Mandelson involved in?

I don’t get what you mean Kandinsky, as there’s virtually always a thread on Gransnet when an MP loses the whip, including when Diane Abbott did- just search?

Trying to obfuscate because this thread is about a Reform MP won’t work.

Chocolatelovinggran....I don't know all the Reform candidates personally so can't comment on that but my point is Reform 14% of the vote =5 MPs... LD 11%of the vote 71 MPs.