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Originally Posted by Russ
Particularly because they don’t have any specific policies which is why they won’t get taken seriously when polling times come around.
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It’s not time for the General Election yet. We don’t know what policies any of the major parties will have in place in another four years’ time.
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Originally Posted by Paul
Well it may have captured yours, the majority of the public ? not so much.
No.
When you're a well established party of over 100 years, you can ride storms a little easier than a new party starting out.
Reforms biggest issue seems to be (as implied by Russ) that no one seems to know what their actual policies are.
On top of that, Farage himself is a big hurdle to their popularity, many people just cant stand the man, me included.
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You seem to have missed the recent polls on voting intentions, so I think you are wrong about the popularity of Farage and Reform.
Although it certainly helps to be a well established party to win a General Election, you also need to factor in the high level of disillusionment people have about the main parties. The people still want change - Labour isn’t delivering the change they want, and if Starmer dares to try getting us back into the EU, he can say goodbye to any chance of re-election next time around.
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Originally Posted by Russ
The only thing I want to give Farage is an elbow strike to the side of the head.
DISCLAIMER: this was purely metaphorical and I don’t advocate violence on anyone.
Farage has no idea of “the British psyche” unless you’re one of those who falls for his “man of the people” gimmick when he puts on a flat cap and gets his photo taken holding a pint to demonstrate he’s “just like us”.
Farage doesn’t get “the British psyche” any more than Bullshitting Boris did.
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I think it’s you that doesn’t identify with the British psyche. There is a reason why Farage and his party is described as ‘populist’. In case you are confused by that, it means he’s popular.
The fact that you don’t seem to get that simple connection explains your comment, does it not?
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Farage makes total sense on the economy and net zero. He makes sense on immigration. And a hell of a lot of people agree with him. To be tested at elections.
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Nail on head, Seph.
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Originally Posted by Russ
All politicians speak total sense about the economy until they get elected. And his plans regarding immigration involves leaving the ECHR, as if doing so would have any impact on stopping illegal immigrants arriving here.
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Your first sentence has some truth in it, so why you see them as more credible than Farage is a strange contortion.
Leaving the ECHR enables us to put in place deterrent measures which were thwarted last time it was tried. Many people on the left of politics simply don’t understand that a big deterrent like that will stop people trying.