On 5/2/2025 at 1:58 PM, brewsterbudgen said:

Fortunately there won't be a General Election until 2029, so plenty of time for Labour to regroup and Reform to be found out.

 

Farage doesn't have a hope of ever being PM.

Also, Local Elections and the occasional by-election are when voters decide to vote against the ruling party just to register their disappointment in the government. Then, come the General Election they normally return to their normal party vote.

If Farage can't be bothered to meet his constituents in Clacton he is hardly likely to become PM. 

I used to watch him speak while in the EU. Just scoffing but with no ideas.

On 5/2/2025 at 6:05 AM, Seppius said:

Cameron, May, Johnson, Sunak Truss and now Starmer all have failed to even try and stop tens of thousands mainly male Muslims entering the country illegally

 

Reform will

 

It can be done, as Trump has shown. 

5 hours ago, dantho said:

Also, Local Elections and the occasional by-election are when voters decide to vote against the ruling party just to register their disappointment in the government. Then, come the General Election they normally return to their normal party vote.

 

Everyone knows (that buyer's remorse follows on these victories), but the political pendulum is slowly lurching RIGHT (see US, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Austria) but a right that used to be solid left!!  (See England.)

On 5/2/2025 at 8:40 AM, Jim Blue said:

Not a fan of Farage , brilliant orator when explaining things simply but when he gets close  to power everything seems to fall apart ???

 

Yeah, he smokes too much (listen to his gravelly voice) and downs too many pints while seeming to pi$$ himself laughing in the pub.  Reminds me of Kamala Harris (the cackler). 

 

But if Reform can find themselves a credible leader, they will be the official opposition in 2029....

I *love* these types of Threads,   ....   it give me an opportunity to identify-and-block/ignore *lots* of Right-Wing Extremists and Racists, and thereby ease my daily-experience on Asean-Now.  

On 5/2/2025 at 8:05 PM, Seppius said:

Cameron, May, Johnson, Sunak Truss and now Starmer all have failed to even try and stop tens of thousands mainly male Muslims entering the country illegally

 

Reform will

 

Q: So *what*  ***exactly***  will Reform *do* ?  

 

On 5/2/2025 at 10:25 PM, billd766 said:

IF a general election were called this month I think that Reform would win by default. ... 

 

 

*Why* would there be a General-Election called *this* month ?  

 

 

On 5/2/2025 at 10:40 PM, Jim Blue said:

Not a fan of Farage , brilliant orator when explaining things simply but when he gets close  to power everything seems to fall apart ???

 

The man *talks* ...., but he talks a *lot* of Nonsense/Sh*te, and he's able to do that because he's *never* been In-Charge of *Anything*.   ....   ...  Can Reform run/*improve* the Social-Care provisions in the Towns where they have a won a Majority  -  which forms the *largest* part (by-*far*) of Local-Authority Spending  -  ... let's see. 

10 hours ago, andersonat said:

 

 

*Why* would there be a General-Election called *this* month ?  

 

 

Dis you read the post properly, and do you understand the meaning of the word "IF"?

12 hours ago, andersonat said:

 

Q: So *what*  ***exactly***  will Reform *do* ?  

 

They have started already in the council seats they just won

"I think you all better really be seeking alternative careers," he warned council staff who were "working on climate change initiatives, or Diversity, Equality and Inclusion" or opting to work from home.

He added: "We want to give council taxpayers better value for money, reduce excessive expenditure, find out who long-term contracts are with, reduce the scale of local government back to what it ought to be - providing social care, providing SEN needs for kids, mending pot holes."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjl4k8jyxeo

 

Reform UK could take the government to court to prevent migrants being housed in areas where it now controls the local council, party chairman Zia Yusuf told the BBC.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77npgv06xpo

 

On 5/3/2025 at 12:28 AM, CG1 Blue said:

The only way Reform will be beaten is if Labour manage to stop the hundreds of fighting age men from landing on UK beaches every day, and send back the thousands who already arrived.

All Labour have done so far is encourage more to come. As soon as they ripped up the Rawanda plan the migrants started coming in even higher numbers, breaking all records. 

 

Labour (and Tories) have been too soft on the economic migrants, allowing the ECHR to block deportations, even for convicted criminals including rapists. 

 

There is no deterrent, and on the contrary the fake asylum seekers get treated like holidaymakers. It's a massive incentive for economic migrants. 

 

If this continues then I truly believe Reform will win the next election. 

But Farage has been clear that he will not kick out all the illegal immigrants that are already in the UK. He'll just try to stop more coming in. He won't be taking action on the grooming gangs either.  He's just a gobby <deleted> who can't be trusted on anything. Having said that, Labour and Conservative are a disgrace, so what alternative is there? Another party forming? I don't see that working, just taking away votes from Reform which could result in another Conservative government.   

15 hours ago, andersonat said:

 

Q: So *what*  ***exactly***  will Reform *do* ?  

 

Isle of Man ? To be renamed No Man's Land !