Inside the Reform Party

But the problem is, many are now fed up of the two previous main parties.

It may not be the answer, but what is?
That is how many now feel.

It’s going to leave the Tories with a real dilemma if those who have defected to Reform decide it isn’t for them, and want to return to the Tory fold. There are rumours about Danny Kruger wanting to go back too - but once somebody has been disloyal I can’t see them being welcomed back with open arms. Particularly people who were disrupters.

Personally, I am not Lib Dem, though have voted for them previously.
I have never voted Green and dont think I will in the near future.
I vote independent sometimes.
I dont think I am Restore.

A lot of people say "!you have to vote".
Personally I dont subscribe to that really. But for me, I do want to vote for someone or other.

It's his description of the internal workings of the party and its real lack of interest in policy which I find disturbing.

Yes *MaizieD. I watched Maximilian Robespierre yesterday, he included the live interview.

It doesn’t surprise me how little underpinning there is on policy in Reform, but what does surprise me is that surely politicians on the brink of defection would have asked enough question to realise that for themselves. It really smacks of lemmings to me.

Perhaps the answer to some of your queries is that Reform is an independent company. A company, not a political party.

Mummy I don't like my playgroup ,
Ok son we will take you to the one down the road they have nicer toys,
Thanks mummy, 3 months later...mummy im fed up with the toys and I don't like the other children can I go back to the old one?
.......

As a Tory, I certainly hope that none of these defectors are welcomed back. I could not trust a person who has made such a huge decision without closely examining all of the detail.
Such poor judgement makes them unworthy to earn a place in government nor in opposition.

Maremia

Perhaps the answer to some of your queries is that Reform is an independent company. A company, not a political party.

This still leaves me totally gobsmacked!

How can a ‘private company’ be allowed to just set themselves up to (potentially) run a country?

I know it’s the money funding them that’s put them there, but surely this is also part of the problem. That money can be (probably is) coming from bad actors aiming to interfere in the running of our country.

Still can’t get my head around the fact that Reform is not a party with recognised procedures and processes … for instance, do they have a predetermined process for getting rid of a leader who ‘goes rogue’; do they have a predetermined process for electing a new leader?

IMO it’s madness!

fancythat

Personally, I am not Lib Dem, though have voted for them previously.
I have never voted Green and dont think I will in the near future.
I vote independent sometimes.
I dont think I am Restore.

A lot of people say "!you have to vote".
Personally I dont subscribe to that really. But for me, I do want to vote for someone or other.

As a matter of interest, why couldn't you vote Conservative?

fancythat

But the problem is, many are now fed up of the two previous main parties.

It may not be the answer, but what is?
That is how many now feel.

I am fed up with the two major parties, have been for decades, but I would never vote for Reform. This recent trend of voting for whatever the cat dragged in because voters feel fed up or are using their vote as a protest is deeply damaging to our democracy because it lowers the bar constantly and leaves the way open for whatever the cat dragged in to actually run the country.

Mr Blobby or Count Binface?

Why not give one of them a chance? They're both "a change" from what's gone before, which seems to be the essential requirement. What on earth could go wrong?

I just wish someone anyone would come up with some new ideas. For example, Labour is relabelling green belt land grey. How ridiculous is this? But is anyone in opposition challenging this? Why exactly are foreign investors allowed to buy up new builds for their investment portfolios? Why is real levelling up not happening? Why is the south east developed extensively and the north isn’t? And blah blah…..