Comment on Reform UK pulls to within two points of Tories in latest YouGov poll
Wanderer@lemm.ee 5 months agoYou 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.