Is the country ready for a Farage government?

My old dad used to say parties in opposition can promise jam every day.

And btw he won’t be able to send the small boats back either.

NO ! Some may think it’s a good idea but they can’t be more wrong. Farage may be more articulate than his best friend Trump, but they are of similar minds, which is a worrying prospect for the future.

Listening to the concerns of ordinary people is very much one thing but simply playing to the lowest denominator and preying on people’s fears and prejudices is very much another.
Ordinary people have concerns about education, homelessness, the cost of living crisis, a lack of public services, a demolished health service, and climate change etc.
You can’t address all that simply by sending small boats back.
Farage is a one trick pony.

Babs03

There are no policies and even if there were there will be no costings.
Is easy to tell some people what they want to hear, I could get a megaphone now and do it, but once in government the wheels will rapidly come off the bus.

Sounds a bit like Labour doesn't it? So easy when in opposition and so many promises made before the election

Heaven help us if it does happen. You can't run a country on soundbites. Look at the post Brexit mess.That should. be a lesson. Farage is all mouth, lots of words but no definite planning.

There’s plenty of time for them to polish up some policies.
It will happen if Labour don’t get their act together very soon.
Labour also have to stop rubbishing Reform as I think that will drive even more into their arms, and start listening to concerns of ordinary people.

And I never even knew about that online poll. How many people answered?

Nooooooo!!!! What a nightmare! The Conservatives and Labour have only themselves to blame for being so frightened of Farage that they try to copy his policies, instead of distancing themselves from him. Farage has only 8 seats if you count Danny Kruger - by the way, did anybody hear Kruger on Political Thinking yesterday, Radio 4? The LibDems have about 70. Farage thrives on publicity - it's all he's got. The other parties need to stand up to him.

A Reform UK government would be a complete disaster, they have no policies, just soundbites. Richard Tice was terrible on Question Time, he just interrupted anyone else who was speaking.

Elless

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Well you would expect that age group to support Farage.

Maybe, Whitewavemark2, the country is ready for a total shake up. Like re-inventing itself?
I'm not a fan of Reform, but we've tried everything else, so Farage is appealing to people's disenchantment. The name is a good one at least, the policies are less far reaching.

There are no policies and even if there were there will be no costings.
Is easy to tell some people what they want to hear, I could get a megaphone now and do it, but once in government the wheels will rapidly come off the bus.

Hopefully Sir Starmer, Ms.Badenoch and Sir Davey will sit up and take notice.

They all need better comms teams, they need to brush up on their interpersonal skills.

The government needs to push what it has and is accomplishing.

The government needs to start supporting SME’s and our High Streets.

The Government needs to have approval from its back benchers before making announcements then having to back track.

Lastly but by no means least, they need to start questioning Reform’s credibility and accountability.

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