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Not really. They are popular because they are easy reads at a time when the news in the more serious press is full of doom and gloom.
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No, they've been consistently popular for decades.
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Popular politicians are those who connect with the popular opinions of the people. Whether they can deliver is a different issue, which can only be tested once elected. As Starmer is showing us all too well.
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And so far no politician has succeeded with that. Reform won't change that record
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Er, Russ. A word in your ear. NO credible political party will divulge their policies four years before a General Election.
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They won't? You don't think parties give intentions of their policies when they're targeting election success within a few years?
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His candidates will be hand picked and subject to a vetting process far more rigorous that any of the other main parties have in place. I think you will find he has the last laugh. This isn’t going to be a UKIP Mark II.
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Yep Farage has a shining record of vetting who he lets in to the party
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-deputy-leader
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No, abandoning the ECHR alone will not stop the boats, but coupled with amending our own legislation (which led to the Supreme Court’s judgement) and deporting illegal migrants straight away WOULD work.
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You STILL don't get it
We would still be bound by International Law.
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We are being played, but not by Farage.
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Oh you are indeed, you just can't see it. Just ask anyone from Clacton.
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By the way, your smilies indicate a lot of aggression. Calm down, old chap, no need for raised blood pressure.
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I'm not calmed up. You're just making it very easy (fueled by a level of temptation I'm unable to resist tonight) to pick apart your points.