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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Reform is anti-growth and wants to increase red tape with our largest market. They want to throw Ukraine under the bus. And their policies on the NHS which they once wanted to privatise are somewhat vague! No wonder they want to talk about immigration!

(But where they stand on the big issue of the day - getting rid of linear TV channels - remains a big unknown! )

Reform is anti-growth and wants to increase red tape with our largest market.

You presumably mean Reform/Farage's stance on Brexit. He needs to be careful here and base all his decisions around growth. But this is a difficult one. Let's say that Starmer's arrangements with the EU work out well in economic terms by GE time; then Farage needs to have answer to the ensuant awkward questions.

They want to throw Ukraine under the bus.

Another really difficult one. Europe (and Starmer) is all mouth; constantly appalled at Russia but doing nothing decisive about Russia's aggression. It means that Russia will win in the long run by means of attrition. Nor can Trump be relied upon to take decisive action. If that's the case, Ukraine is lost and the proverbial bus is arriving. Can you see a doable different solution?

And their policies on the NHS which they once wanted to privatise are somewhat vague!

Better to be vague at this stage than saying stupid things. On present heading of the economy, it's the unsayable that looms for the NHS. The only thing they can say is that the extra 6 figure number of asylum seekers is an unsustainable burden which leads to:

No wonder they want to talk about immigration!

Indeed.