Reform UK's chronicles

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Hugh

I get quite mad about the number of meerkats, opera singers, drumming gorillas, knitted monkeys, and good looking people in adverts…

Yes, but you always were a bit weird, Hugh.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes, but you always were a bit weird, Hugh.

[Carth]

[thenry]

Oh god not SnoopZ. He owes me £6.

[Mr K]

A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives, saying he became uncomfortable in Nigel Farage’s party.

James Buchan, who sits in the borough of Dartford in Kent, said he had struggled with the idea of facing his relatives while a member of a party whose anti-immigration policies spread fear.

I stood for election with the sole aim of working for my community and getting things done for local families. Having had the opportunity to see Reform from the inside, I’ve concluded that the party doesn’t really have the experience or ambition to do that,” he said.

Buchan said he wanted to be able to “look my family in the eye and say, ‘that’s not who I am’” after Nigel Farage’s party announced plans to end indefinite leave to remain status.

He said “relying on rhetoric and slogans isn’t going to help real families in communities” such as his and “the more I saw of Reform UK, the more uncomfortable I felt to be part of it”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-uncomfortable

When people see Reform 'in action' , and what they stand for, they'll be coming to the same conclusion as this councillor.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Mr K

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-uncomfortable

When people see Reform 'in action' , and what they stand for, they'll be coming to the same conclusion as this councillor.

I doubt that, Mr K. Reform UK has made no secret about what it stands for, and for the time being at least, they have massive public backing.

How this particular MP could not have known about Reform’s intentions when he joined, I cannot imagine.

He’s clearly a Conservative ‘wet’ but he’s unlikely to be elected as a Conservative. They, like Labour, are dead in the water, behind even the ludicrous Greens in the polls.

Originally Posted by Mr K

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-uncomfortable

When people see Reform 'in action' , and what they stand for, they'll be coming to the same conclusion as this councillor.

What did he think he was joining?

[Sephiroth]

Sort of following OB's line of thought (though I'm still a paid up Conservative), the goings on are what is happening to some extent in Europe - albeit in the UK the economy, taxes and immigration are the important issues with the people.

At present, it's "anyone but the Tories and Labour". Now Reform UK need to to become credible so that it doesn't let the blind masses down.

And, Farage is not a Fascist.

And, Farage is not a Fascist.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

And, Farage is not a Fascist.

https://www.onlondon.co.uk/nigel-far...ours-compared/

A comparison between Farage and Oswald Mosely. Interesting.

https://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2025...lley-ai-image/

The Reform UK Hamble Valley branch is facing questions after a post describing Reform UK supporters as “real people” turned out to feature AI-generated fakes.

The image, showing a smiling group of twelve people posed beside a marina, appeared on the branch’s About page under the heading “Real People – Not Career Politicians.” It was later highlighted by the verified X (formerly Twitter) account Insane Moments in British Politics, which noted that the people in the picture do not appear to be real.

Another X user replying to the post, which has been viewed more than 25,000 times, also claimed that “the entire website seems to be AI-generated,” referring to other images on the site that appear to have been created synthetically or borrowed from elsewhere.

Analysis by Eastleigh News found that several photographs on the website, including images of lorries on Hamble Lane and scenes purporting to show antisocial behaviour, display visual anomalies characteristic of computer-generated imagery. Other pictures, such as press photographs from Getty Images and the White House, appear to have been used without attribution...

… Eastleigh News reached out to the Hamble Valley branch for comment, but our enquiry was forwarded by the branch to the Reform UK press office and no response had been received by the time of publication.

However, by Tuesday afternoon, the branch website had been taken offline and replaced with a “maintenance mode” holding page.