Comment on Reform UK pulls to within two points of Tories in latest YouGov poll
echodot@feddit.uk 5 months agoIf you want to get rid of first pass in the post there are less repugnant parties than Reform. Especially considering the fact that their only MP got in the position because he was too racist for the Tories and he was only in the Tories because he got kicked out of Labour.
So there one main representative is a man who has no morals and cannot be trusted to tell you the color of the sky with any degree reliability.
I said this the other day and I’ll say it again because it’s a point that people such as yourself seem unable to gork. If they win, they will win under first pass the post, instantly removing any incentive they would have to get rid of it. Given their tendency to lie in order to get what they want, I would be extremely skeptical of anything they promise.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 5 months ago
You comment is entirely based on the assumption I think voting for Reform will lead to reform being in power.
Farage is a slimeball but, like it or not, he is one of the most influential British politicians of our time. I hated him for Brexit but when it cones to FPTP and reducing immigration Reform clearly stands out as the party that is most likely to cause an change in those issues. I don’t think they will manage it themselves but voting for then shows what people care about and it continues to raise awareness. Voting for Green sounds like a vote more for green policies (which I am all for but I think the momentum is underway and there is no stopping it). Why would I vote libdem? I could vote Plaid which is closer to my left leaning views but I think we need more of a UK wide focus on immigration.
Who else should I vote for or what have I missed?
echodot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
A man who has never once won a political position is an influential politician now is he? Lord save me from armchair political pundits. He’s not influential, he’s just scary to the conservatives, who by the way are not going to be in power anymore so he’s going to lose any kind of authority that you perceive him to have had.
Labour are way more likely to listen to anything the greens have to say. Reform won’t be scary to labour because they’re not going to lose votes to them.
But feel free to go vote for the racist party and if they gain any MPs it will be your fault.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Brexit is the biggest thing to have happened to the UK in recent history.
You think that would have happened without him?
echodot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Like I said he’s threatening to the conservatives he isn’t politically relevant overall.