How to respond to Reform UK?
Discussion about how to stop the rise of Reform UK ranges from how to stop the spread of far-right ideas in culture and society, meaning the spread of bigotry and hatred, through to ‘how do I stop this political force that is taking a share of my vote?’
Watching the German phenomenon of the ‘political firewall’ (or Brandmauer) against the AfD collapse is instructive, but the reactions to the rise of Reform, Nigel Farage’s latest vehicle vary widely. It’s instructive to hear from The National that Farage will front the party’s election campaign in 2026.
Of course he will.
This tells us two things: the first is one we knew already, that at the heart of the far-right populists is enormous ego; the second is that the idea that Reform UK might have a Scottish dimension or autonomy is ridiculous. Reform is Farage’s personal plaything, which he owns and controls wholly. It’s not even a political party in any real sense. But we knew that. The announcement is bound to be considered a political gift for the forces for independence, and a dark harbinger for the Scottish Conservatives, who are already seeing their vote being hacked into by Reform.
Andy MacIver, Founding Director of Message Matters, and co-host of the Holyrood Sources podcast, wrote in the Herald this week: “Mr Farage looks set fair to take the blueprint from Donald Trump and a crop of European leaders including Giorgia Meloni (Italy), Marine le Pen (France), Alice Weidel (Germany) and Herbert Kickl (Austria), and run a campaign propped on three simple pillars: anti-immigration, anti-woke and anti-net zero. Sophisticated? No. Effective? Yes, very.”
“…It is by no means fanciful to believe that, by the 2029 General Election, he will have manoeuvred Ms Badenoch into a position where she is forced to agree to work together in some way, but that she and her Tory party end up on the junior end of the deal.”
“That would go down like a double-skinned lead balloon here in Scotland. Yes, Reform UK is also polling relatively well here, but remains a minor rather than a major force. Ultimately, it is an English nationalist party, and once cannot expect an English nationalist party to prosper in a country in which two-thirds of the residents identify themselves as Scottish rather than British. Moreover, its most potent pillar – immigration – is a relative side-issue in Scotland.”
Creating a Scottish Brandmauer
Reform UK would undoubtedly split the unionist vote and draw-out the alt-right from all and any parties like a poison.
I have heard theories that Scottish parties should begin thinking now about creating a Scottish ‘firewall’ against Reform UK, and some have hinted that a SNP-Labour alliance would form with this in mind. This I think, is wrong for (at least) two reasons. First, it doesn’t really address the forces that are driving the rise of the far-right, it just aims to suppress them. Jung would disagree. Second, it completely misjudged the divides in Scottish politics, and underestimates the extent to which the Labour party are accommodating far-right ideology at a UK level.
Paul Mason, author of Post Capitalism: a Guide to Your Future (and others) has written on how to respond to Reform based on a briefing from Hope Not Hate (see HERE).
Hope Not Hate have analysed who is supporting Reform UK into the following categories:
Where I agree with Mason’s analysis is when he says: “What’s refreshing about HNH’s analysis is that, although it shows Reform could come away with 160 seats at the next election, mainly won from Labour, it acknowledges that this is not primarily an electoral problem. We are seeing a major wave of radicalisation on the far right, leading to social and narrative effects of which Reform’s rise is just a reflection. If I could say one thing to Labour’s strategists who are discussing this, it would be: treat this as a process of social disintegration, not a primarily electoral challenge. Elections you can develop specific strategies for – and Labour knows it will need to do so – but the task of combating far-right radicalisation means involving the grassroots, and a 360-degree movement strategy.”
However, he goes on to argue: “Reform are starting to organise like a mainstream political party, but with “movement” elements at the grassroots – meeting in pubs, rather than formal meeting rooms, leafleting bus stops and football matches. Labour is going to have to start mirroring these tactics – because we can’t leave it to anti-racist/anti-fascist campaigners to do this: the only thing that can construct a narrative counter-offer is the political party of the working class itself.”
For avoidance of any doubt, what Mason means by “the political party of the working class itself” is, the Labour Party. Yes, really, in 2025. I know.
He goes on to argue for a national ID card arguing that Labour should: “Propose a single digital identity system that would allow councils and government departments to do child protection, benefit system, NHS access etc in the same way countries like Estonia does. A single digital ID would split the far right down the middle, with the traditionals/authoritarians supporting it and the libertarian/fascist wing opposed. It would call Farage’s bluff.”
It really wouldn’t. It would attract the huge swathe of people (rightly and wrongly) perceiving state intervention, surveillance and intrusion in their lives.
Labour Videos
In any case Mason’s ideas of Labour as a bulwark against Faragism falls to pieces not on tactics but on reality. There was a time. not so long ago, when the sale of the quaint immigration mug from Labour HQ was thought to be an aberration, a bridge too far. Now, some shift of the Overton Window later, and we’re on a different political map.
Now, according to The Times, Labour are proposing to publish videos of undocumented migrants being detained and deported. Despite deporting 14,000 people, Labour still feels it is not seen as tough enough. It believes videos of dawn raids on undocumented migrants will convince voters. This is something you could have expected from Priti Patel or Nigel Farage, but now it’s being proposed by the Labour government. ‘Change’.
The idea then, of Labour being some kind of bulwark against the rise of the far-right is laughable. Labour are too weak, too embattled, too hollowed-out to create a different narrative other than the toxic one about immigration and race, and the adjacent one about ‘scroungers’ and benefit cheats and the whole thing. They have wholly succumbed to the stories that are peddled by Farage & Co and will only feed-off this political carcass rather than oppose or defeat it.
Parties like Reform UK attract support because the mainstream parties have failed to deliver, and people don’t believe them any more. This central fact has to be addressed rather than any attempts to suppress, surround or defeat them. But the myth that Reform UK is just full of ‘concerned citizens’ is also a myth. In reality, the party has widespread support from Tommy Robinson, Britain First, Patriotic Alternative and Homeland, and are far closer to power than anyone is realising.
There is no room for complacency about the rise of the far-right in Scotland, and we will be publishing our investigative mapping of the networks that exist here in coming weeks, and inviting groups and individuals organising against fascism to discuss and organise ways to collaborate.
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It would be great if English political parties and Ltd companies weren’t allowed to contest the Scottish election, does any other country allow this?
It’s mad!
mad by design, the scottish nato party are about to win big as they always do in Scottish elections then next general election one of the English parties shall defeat them, their is no real difference in substance between these parties, King Charles remains manager but NATO under DTrump’s directorship is basically the daddy, unless you wish to have blood on your hands your only option is to leave the voting to the delusional and go about your business as best you can under a ridiculous set of rules made by those who shall never enter heaven or live a life worth living
Is that the far-right or the extreme far-right which seems to run Israel without problem or criticism ? The rise of the Right across Europe is due to – ? Wow, that’s extremely difficult to deduce. How’s Branchform going?
There’s an empty bed in Gartcosh, it seems.
All very worrying.
Maybe this book THE PERSONALITY OF POWER by Brian Massumi could have some answers….
“ In this brilliant and timely book, Brian Massumi traces the shift from a fascist cult of personality to a fascist form of power that flows through the personality without taking the form of a coherent political position or being tethered to one charismatic individual.
In this new arrangement of bodies and power, he demonstrates, the meanings of personhood, media, and politics are changed forever. Massumi’s theorizations of the treacherous times we inhabit offers both a compelling account of new machines of rule and desperately needed glimmers of the anti-fascist forms of life that can and must oppose them.” – Jack Halberstam
https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-personality-of-power
I don’t think fascism was ever really based on personalities. All the dictators were really just puppets of the people who funded them. In the case of the Nazi party a lot of that money cane from America.
You only have yourselves to blame. Promoting a globalist graduate technocracy, which favours minority groups and identity politics was not going to go unnoticed by the indigenous non-graduate majority.
Then you pile in millions of migrants against the citizen’s wishes or permission
Then you demonise anyone who disagrees with you, snd support the centrist left’s attempt at barring populists parties.
The mismanagement of every aspect of every Western country has left the young people feeling especially excluded. So much so a recent survey of young people showed that a 1/3rd of them believe a dictatorship is preferable. Somehow, I don’t think the meant the authoritarian left leaning mainstream parties.
A student from one of the top universities said to me “If reform doesn’t sort our country out, then we will and the woke establishment won’t like it.” I shivered.
(My work routinely takes to universities).
Democracy has been undermined significantly over the past 30 years. Ironically I believe it’s the Reform type party that is likely to save democracy. There is a desire to shift politics back towards a true centre.
Demonising them won’t work anymore.
Yay! Was counting down the minute Steve! It’s the graduates! : )
Universities are where free speech and open debate are suppressed. Groupthink and critical social justice authoritarianism and ideology abound.
Censorship and self-censorship are the norm.
Neo-Marxist beliefs from Universities have leaked into all our institutions, where they have increased the division between the non-graduate majority and the privileged graduates.
I know I know its really terrible
I blame the Elite.
Where does your knowledge, of what happens in universities, come from?
Your rantings about “graduate elites” would suggest you didn’t go, therefore have no firsthand experience.
Steve, you can’t put the blame on the Universities. They are just part of a culture of corruption and bullying that runs right through society from top to bottom and back again. It’s cancel culture, and everyone who take part in that, including you, is to blame for the mess we are in.
The only way to defeat fascism is to start listening to each other and rebuilding trust, honesty, ethics, and above all co-operation – old fashioned values maybe but you don’t need a university education to appreciate that.
I love the idea of Farage saving democracy, and the idea them being “a true centre”. Beautiful.
SteveH should be compelled to tell us what he is smoking and where he buys it from.
Farage as saviour of democracy is quite a high. That sort of orbital high shouldn’t be left to the elitist graduates like SteveH
Steve it’s ok you didn’t get accepted into universities, it doesn’t mean you’re stupid, no matter what that nasty career advisor lady said
Interesting diagram showing where support for Reform is coming from.
There is nothing to be gained by trying to adapt policies to traditional conservatives or authoritarian right – they will only demand more. I do think that by implementing policies that improve living standards of majority of electorate you will appeal to working right and moderate interventionists. This must go hand in hand with pointing out how Reform policies will adversely affect majority economically.
Scotland is no immune to Reform but we have three big advantages:
1)Reform is essentially an Anglo-nationalist party and the fact that they have no leader to put forward in Holyrood debates in Scotland emphasises this. In addition Farage seems to strike a chord with English voters but is not personally popular in Scotland (similar to Johnson).
2)Brexit was originally and continues to be unpopular in Scotland and Farage is the face of Brexit. There is plenty scope for opponents in Scotland to attack him over this.
3)Immigration may not be any more popular in Scotland but is not such an important issue to many in Scotland. Small boats is a less toxic issue in Scotland due to geographical distance. I also believe Scotland is in general less xenophobic about immigration than England (& Wales) due to history of many Scot’s having to emigrate. There are also counter narratives about need for a separate immigration system in Scotland that can also be used.
4)Reform is rising in polls due to disillusionment with Westminster parties and politicians. We are slightly buffered against this now with having Holyrood government does appear to be listening more to electorate now with policies mitigating Westminster own goals (eg WFA, 2 child benefit).
We cannot be complacent about rise of far right parties but as Reform are essentially an Anglo British party I believe we are better placed in Scotland to oppose them. Indeed they may actually highlight to electorate in Scotland the fundamental differences in priorities and needs of electorate north and south of border.
We need a clear counter-narrative and a political party to deliver it, that we can believe in. Very few people really want fascism. They just lose faith in democracy, and when every party betrays its principles and is bought abd sold for corporate gold, the out-and-out fascists win because they lack the hypocrisy of the others. Trump got elected because people prefer to face the enemy rather than be stabbed in the back by the Democrats. It’s not much of a choice and it doesn’t say much for democracy. Which no doubt is the intention of the fascists – as in 1930s Europe. The last few UK Prime Ministers have been deliberately useless. ‘Reform’ is not Farage’s personal project, it is funded and promoted by billionaires to serve their own addiction to absolute possession and control.
The only possible solution to being herded like sheep into the slaughterhouse is to create a new party that stands up and says ‘No, we are going in another direction. We refuse to be bought and sold and if these international criminals (sorry, ‘investors’) take themselves and their money elsewhere, so much the better.
The Labour Party has always had a fascist tendency in it. Oswald Mosely was a Labour MP. Sadly neither the SNP, Liberal Femocrats nor the Greens will stand up to the genocidal maniacs who seem now to rule the world, and it seems highly unlikely any of them will. The Greens even bought into the so-called Green Freeports (a obtradiction in terms) and actively promote technocracy, as if we could really ‘save the planet’ by destroying it.
A new party us urgently needed, articulating a strong, clear alternative vision. A genuinely small-is-beautiful, people and planet before profit, Green vision that we can actually beloeve in.
Otherwise we all fall for the lie that fascism is somehow inevitable. Of course there is an alternative. But it needs articulating and promoting.
I have said before that in the last two elections (Local councils, and Westminster) I ended up spoiling my ballot. Not one of the parties standing represented me or my community at all. There is no ‘least worst’ anymore.
The whole point of independence is self-determination by Scotland’s people. And that means independence from Elon Musk, Donald Trump, the World Economic Forum, the Atlantic Council, the Bilderberg group and the rest of them.
At present, in my personal experience, democracy and the rule of law are hollow shams in the UK and in Scotland. The only way to defeat fascism is to elect some politicians who will remember who elects them and who they are supposed to represent.
Hm, cannot help thinking that if you want to know how to respond to Reform UK you would need to do better than using that question to instead slag off Labour (again) and fail to try and answer the question asked.
I agree about Reform’s strategy being bulit on ‘three simple pillars: anti-immigration, anti-woke and anti-net zero’ (a trope that now also covers much of the rest of Europe, the US, Russia, partly, and probably elswhere too). So the answer to the question must lie in dealing with these. The next question is whether you accept them (or some of them) as genuine issues to be dealt with or ideas that need to be countered with persuasive argument and pratical proposals.
My view: The pillars are actually quite different in character – immigration from outwith the UK is clearly a practical and solveable problem even for a progressive leftish party which must understand it is going to have to be reduced, probably signififcantly, or perhaps redistributed to avoid pressure points (e.g. from England to Scotland givne the major discrepancy there ; anti-woke means whatever you want it to mean and the line should be ‘what do you mean by woke’ (asked again and again) and the specific issues argued. These specifics will almost certainly mean a mixed bag of responses and should not be by defaut ‘pro-woke’. They should be addressed on merit / questions of justice, not ideologically. Anti-net zero is in a way, a strait-jacket whether pro or anti. It is a shame that the zero bit and deadlines for it have become a political football – great slogans can end up being used against those who made them. A campaign of education about the importance of such measures is needed (and not one solely based in the ‘we are all going to die’ threat). You may think that no longer is needed but it is because ‘net zero’ has proved to be a serious distraction now being weaponised against much needed measures.
There needs to be more honesty here and less sticking the head in the proverbial, plague on all their and especially Labour houses’ sand.
Niemand – Labour are now in power and incumbent parties are not popular anywhere at present. . Down south the media are hostile to Labour government too just as media in Scotland are hostile to SNP government.
I don’t disagree with your analysis of immigration, anti woke and net zero issues. Reform shout a one sided view on all three of these issues and best response is not to ignore them or copy them but to discuss all aspects of them including costly implications of drastically cutting immigration and not cutting green house gasses.
Labour government have made some serious missteps in first 6 months (WFA, WASPI,Farmers IHT, budget) with implementation. The fact that many of these policies were not flagged in manifesto and Labour had previously campaigned against them just adds to level of cynicism towards them. They are now therefore in position of implementing unpopular policies increasing support for Reform while chasing Reform on other policies thus validating them.
If Labour want to revive fortunes in Scotland they need to become a completely separate party because the vote Labour at Holyrood to protect you from Labour policies at Westminster is a vote loser as it is apparent to everyone that Scottish Labour currently need to answer to UK Labour.
Unfortunately Reform attract votes from people who are utterly sick of the complete hypocrisy, corruption and criminality of every party. When democracy no longer provides any alternatives to ‘neo-liberalism’ (= rampant corruption), it opens the door to fascism and dies. WE are already much further along the road than most of us are willing to admit. We are being deliberately impoverished and divided against each other, and are seeing the growth of dictatorship before our very eyes.
Politicians in every party just lie and betray their voters and act only in the interest of billionaires. The rest of us are told, effectively, to ‘suck it up’. I think they are being funded to destroy democracy altogether. This is Farage of course, but also now every other party. And wealth and power now clearly put you above even international law. Starmer is so utterly criminal he should be before the ICC. But where is our ‘head of state’ and what is his role in all this? Of course he rules by divine right. No king ever believed in democracy. And he most certainly does not see himself as a quant tourist attraction.
The only choice now seems to be, be stabbed in the back or the front. So as in America, people look at Trump, Reform, etc and say at least they are obvious fascists, there in plain sight.. People are sick to death of utter betrayal by Tories, Starmer’s Labour, the SNP and Greens to corporate interests, and they want disruption. So they vote for a disruptor, whoever they are, because it seems to them like the ‘least worst option. Even though they probably don’t believe or even agree with a word Reform tell them.
But of course it can only lead to chaos, civil unrest, and – I assume this is the plan – a coup d’état and the militarisation.
As I have said elsewhere the only way to disrupt the disruptor is to create a new party, that will recover public trust in democracy and actually represent people before organised crime.
Terrific piece Mike. And timely.
Reform are the Tory right with bells on.
Only independence can halt their progress here perhaps.
Labour certainly are hollowed out and a still recently a lifelong Labour supporter I’m dismayed and disgusted at the way Labour have lurched to the right. The party of change is true. They’ve changed to Tory!
Keep up the good work!
Thank you George, as you know I agree that independence is the only answer
Sorry to be repetitious, but this is outstanding analysis, and applies as readily to the Democrats in the US as it does to the fake-left in the UK. When the “opposition” turns out to be merely more of the same s**t, then people cast around for almost anything else: rogues, villains, gangsters–because, after all, they’re honest, not talking doubletalk, you can trust they are who they say they are…
That in itself says a lot and goes far towards explaining the collapse of the entire political/electoral circus. True across borders and even continents.
Keep it going, Bella! Kudos to you, Michael–Bluesky is enriched by your gems.
Thanks Daniel!
Well said!
We need a government with a humane loving heart
That heart cannot be found except by strong belief in scotlands journey towards a better system
We have not achieved that ..yet..
push on towards and have faith that if enough believe it possible it will happen
Paul Mason’s comment is absolutely priceless.
Starmer’s so-called Labour Party as “the political party of the working class itself”? Maybe 80 years ago, tho even that is tenuous.
Still, it’s helpful to be reminded of the huge gap between Paul Mason and reality.
There’s surely an element of a pitch that makes people feel better about themselves (for belonging to some mythological-exceptional race or whatever). But also for those who celebrate the British Empire, those really unwelcome colonial migrants and gunboat diplomats to other countries, they must fear the wheel turning. #karmaphobia
Party politics are a twisted, hacked-off skein of the real thing, which are used to reinforce the Establishment’s Overton Window, attention attracted to courts and dynasties, babbles and brawls.
If we really wanted to think about politics (how we arrange to live in groups large enough to contain strangers) anew, we had better start from our living planet, which sustains us all, and is being degraded and destroyed by humans, however uncomfortable that may make us (as consumers and so on). The opposition to Reform is not the Labour Party (always imperial in power), but planet defenders. Reform is just another drum-beater for the treadmill of destruction (the rise of the far right maps on to NATO countries and others who follow similar supremacist ideologies).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadmill_of_destruction
Agreed
How to respond to Reform UK?
1. Read their policies.
2. If you disagree with some, or all of them, address them. If you support some of them, say so.
There isn’t more to it than that.
Brilliant
You can either take Reform UK seriously, and address them seriously, or you can treat them like a Voodoo doll to stick pins in. In the long run, the latter choice will just gather more support for Reform UK.
I take them very seriously. If you’ve got a problem with the analysis laid out, feel free to explain. You can take something seriously and disagree with it at the same time.
There is a knee-jerk in your article. The analysis is self-serving diatribe that counters self-serving diatribe. It’s crap all around. On your side Take to the bunkers! The lower class are coming!
Oh fuck off with your shite. Away and haunt some other site with your garbage. You have nothing to contribute here other than the same nonsense.
1) Correct their spelling errors as well !
We do know that Reform oppose any enhancement in workers rights and were opposed to NHS (they seem not so sure now).
We know they are backed by rich private individuals.
They are following tactics of most far right parties in history ie funded by rich to benefit rich while identifying others to direct public attention and blame onto. Its a simple tactic and it has worked before due to incompetence and timidity of those in office.
However, a fair few internet sites show exactly how not to respond to Reform UK.
oh a fair few is it, ironically inuff the jockanese wing micht best be cried afairfewinthequeue.com
mair manky hankies in the gnts wid be my strategy
Labour seems intent on trying to stop Reform by following them into the gutter on immigration (and also, possibly, on net zero). This is bound to fail. The SNP, for its part, seems to be sticking to its pro-migration stance, but from an economic perspective. We need to go further, and make a positive case for welcoming migrants as a humanist imperative, who will enrich our communities culturally as well as economically.
I think that last year net immigration to the UK was the highest ever? Mostly based on minimum wage labour favoured by the liberal elite?
Net migration to Scotland in the year to mid 2022 was 55000. This was indeed higher than in recent years, largely owing to an increase in international students. (Data from the National Records Office.)
“the party has widespread support from Tommy Robinson, Britain First, Patriotic Alternative and Homeland, and are far closer to power than anyone is realising”
Closer than *anyone* is realising? What, even the author?
Under Westminster FPTP system you can achieve a 2/3rd majority of seats with 1/3rd of votes cast (20% of total electorate).
I have no confidence in archaic Westminster constitution being able to provide any checks and balances to a far right government with a majority.
Holyrood PR provides a greater defence to a party grabbing absolute power at Holyrood but as Westminster ultimately has power over Holyrood this may prove a paper thin defence.
The best defence for Scotland is independence.
Agreed, but just to comment that the electoral system in Scotland is not fit for purpose either. For Holyrood we have two types of MSP, both of whom represent parties rather than constituents. To stand as an independent for Holyrood is a complete waste of time or money.
The ‘list’ is a complete nonsense – we end up with MSPs, often elected on very few votes who theoretically represent vast regions that may include areas with different needs, have almost no connection with voters and just do whatever their party demands. Here in the Highlands we have several Conservative MSPs who just pass enquiries between them. There is no co-ordination or discussion between them about the needs to thee region – it is always only the party that matters. And of course every arty, whatever their supposed platform, is now bought and sold for corporate gold. The constituency MSPs, with much the same issues as Westminster and (here in the Highlands) vast, unmanageable constituencies that represent only numbers rather than real communities, likewise find that if they take up issues on behalf of constituents they are simply ignored.
At ‘local’ level ( a contradiction in terms in the Highlands, where one ‘local’ authority covers an area the size of Belgium, a single ward can be the size of an entire county, and where the urban development of Inverness and its suburbs always outvotes the rural areas) we have the ridiculous nonsense of the multi-member wards. Again, where I live (Wester Ross) there are four councillors. There would have been three if the Boundary Commission had had its way. There is one very longstanding independent councillor – who lives and represents a place that is miles away from me where she has a loyal following. There is one Liberal Democrat, who was elected as a Conservative, who never appears in public and we have never met. There are two SNP councillors, and one of them has been allocated by his colleagues to us. He never campaigned here and was completely unknown to us until he started turning up at community council meetings. Sadly he flatly refuses to take up issues and seems to see himself as the SNP’s local fixer, forcing through projects that are directly against this community’s interest.
There is no way in which he can possibly be said to represent us. The Highland Council as a whole cannot be held to account at all and treat locals with utter contempt. They refuse to engage with, let alone respond to concerns or complaints, and the Ombudsman simply backs them up without question. Their policies directly attack and destroy our communities and our economy and funding is withdrawn from public services – it looks very much like a policy of managed decline and depopulation. But solicitors and the police tell me I have no remedy.
At every level, governance is really autocratic, and entirely in the interests of international oligarchs at public expense.
We urgently need to reclaim our sovereignty; but I do not believe there is a politician in Scotland at any level willing to stand up to the billionaires and deliver real democracy. It will require UDI.
the aim ae the gemme is tae git a manky hanky in the reformers coat pocket, then take a photae phin he discovers his/her new found friend, the germs etcetera, all to be published on social media for the appreciation of your many followers
Reform’s rise towards power and Brexit are the (shit) gifts that keep on giving, courtesy of Diddy David Cameron. It was he who shat himself and decided to appease the right-wing of his own party.
The way to address Reform is to give zero credibility to their back-of-a-fag-packet populist, racist ideology and to challenge every one of their stupid assertions and expose them for what they are ( a wealthy, fascist stock-broker making a fortune from peddling false hope to the gullible).
Why vote for Starmer’s/Labour’s wishy-washy racism-lite when you can have the full-fat version direct from Reform Ltd. (previously The Brexit Party Ltd)?
Labour needs to sell something honest, coherent and worthwhile. To improve the lives of working people and demonstrate why redistribution of wealth will help many, many more people that it harms.
he also shat himsel and gave salmond permission tae have indy ref one, only after it had been agreed between the war mongering a.holes that the snp would be staunch defenders supporters and enablers of overseas destruction, intervention, meddlesome behaviours and supposedly constructive endeavours tae the benefit ae western interests, dis is why in NATO we pit wur faith, the pen micht be michtier than the sword on occasion but the bomb trumps ol duz it no
This article really stirred up the brainlet tendency in the comments. Great work nonetheless.
It’s time for MP Rupert Lowe to hang up his bag. When all he can do is criticise Nigel Farage for all he has done to make Reform UK the killer party for the Conservaties and Labour. What does this cheapjack Lowe think he has over Farage who has set up the party that speaks for the people. Get back in your box Lowe and show some respect for the man who made you an MP.
I am sorry, A. Chalkley, but I think it’s time for you to hang up your own bag. The language you use here sounds like Trump. It might reflect the Reform party but if so, it most certainly does not speak for me or many other people. I hope you and your ilk never get your hands on the levers of power.