Comment on Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK

mjr@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ll bite. I’m excited for your response.

  Which Reform policy is a Putin policy?

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  • mjr@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So many to choose from! How about building more gas turbine power stations (thereby increasing demand for gas, pushing the global price up and benefitting Gazprom even if they don’t buy directly from them), cutting stamp duty on the biggest properties (including most of those bought by Russian oligarchs) and pulling out of the European Defence Fund? All straight from the last Reform manifesto and I’d bet Putin would be in favour of those, wouldn’t you?

    If you don’t like those, there’s stuff like cancelling our human rights, repealing the Equalities Act and “scrapping” the BBC.

    I suspect Reform would also open the floodgates to more Russian government funding, Nathan Gill style and otherwise, but they’re not daft enough to put that in their manifesto.

    Maybe you should ask which Reform policies would Putin oppose? There’s some he probably wouldn’t care about either way, but oppose?

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    • makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      So many to choose from! Proceeds to list zero policies 😀

      We’re using gas for the next 50 years whether it’s Reform or the Greens. That curries more favour with the US or Qatar than it does Russia. You’re reaching for that to be a “Putin policy”

      Scrapping the licence fee… that 1/2 of the population who should pay, don’t.

      Thanks for responding at least.

      What would Putin oppose? Let’s see… the top three from Reform’s site:

      • stopping the boats (I know, I know)
      • defend our borders
      • deport illegal migrants

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      • mjr@infosec.pub ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Proceeds to list zero policies 😀

        I listed three. You might like to pretend they’re not policies or something, but Reform put them in their manifesto.

        We’re using gas for the next 50 years whether it’s Reform or the Greens. That curries more favour with the US or Qatar than it does Russia. You’re reaching for that to be a “Putin policy”

        Really? Are you seriously claiming that Putin doesn’t want the UK buying gas for longer? As that’s the difference between Reform and the others: Reform would build more new gas power stations, prolonging the dependency mistake, while most of the other parties will phase it out more or less quickly.

        Scrapping the licence fee…

        Not only, but also scrapping the BBC because they believe on-demand TV has replaced it. That’s what they wrote.

        And I notice you don’t disagree that Putin would want the UK out of the European Defence Fund.

        What would Putin oppose? Let’s see… the top three from Reform’s site:

        • stopping the boats (I know, I know)
        • defend our borders
        • deport illegal migrants

        Don’t make me laugh! Why would Putin oppose those? Putin would love all of them, along with anything else that makes the UK more isolated and causes squabbles with its neighbours or diverts funds from NATO-level defence to petty little border patrols. That’s why he’s paid Reform politicians like Nathan Gill so much.

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      • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Russia was the biggest gas exporter until the 2022 sanctions. It is still heavily dependent on black and grey market exports.

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  • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Agree…

    Farage and pals are totally hanging out of Putin’s arse and a lot of what they do and say will no doubt make him happy, especially when it comes to support for Ukraine.

    Not sure which of their policies are the same as Putins though

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  • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Their leader is a Putin man.

    www.facebook.com/ledbydonkeys/…/887348060902269/

    (Sorry this Led By Dockers video seams to only be on Facebook and Instagram)

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    • makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I know.

      OP said Putin policies, which is false. There’s enough disinformation floating about without adding to it.

      For the record, Farage is a cunt.

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