The British conservative party was too far left. All the woke bullshit happened on their watch. Reform basically didn't exist before and they took much of the right wing vote. That's what happened in the recent election.
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@sj_zero In quite a few cases, mostly in the north, Reform took their votes from Labour.
Reform has a problem with woke politics, like Nigel being afraid of being called racist (ergo choosing a Muslim to chair the party), trying to be liked by people in the MSM who never will, and deselecting candidates based on the outrage of Hope Not Hate. IMO, Tice has been more of a leader than Farage lately.
As for young (18-24) men, I imagine droves of them feel politically homeless. Trump says a lot that makes sense to them in a sea of misery politics and headlines. I don't expect this government to last beyond 2025 and Reform are not ready to be HM Opposition. The Tories recently shot itself in the foot by electing a continuity candidate who has filled her cabinet with wets and has played identity politics using 'white' as a derogatory term, like she did with David Tennant and her school classmates.
Britain will be isolated as the rest of the world are lurching to the right. We could befriend the socialist government running Spain, who recently signed into law the regularisation of 900k illegal migrants over the next three years. We could also befriend the Irish political establishment who are all in agreement that the class warfare created by importing an uncapped number of migrants is a 'good thing' for the economy, despite GDP per capita declining and communities uniting against the naturalisation of foreign nationals in their rural spaces.
In the end, we suffer the consequences of what 20% of the electorate voted for. We suffer with a media establishment who support the current government behind the scenes while shaming those who hold small 'c' conservative views. We suffer with educational institutions who don't respect British history or culture, and teaches students values that undermine or are hostile towards British values. Above all, we suffer the consequences of what Tony Blair did to devolve power away from democratically elected members of Parliament into undemocratic 'independent' quangos filled with political allies that hamstring political rivals, leaving MPs with the blame but not the responsibility of the titles they hold. From the Supreme Court, to Ofcom, and to the NHS, they are autonomous bodies who cannot be removed from their positions.
Until Reform or anyone else understands the damage of New Labour's legacy, and learns how to undo it, nobody has the answer to what we are living today.
Reform has a problem with woke politics, like Nigel being afraid of being called racist (ergo choosing a Muslim to chair the party), trying to be liked by people in the MSM who never will, and deselecting candidates based on the outrage of Hope Not Hate. IMO, Tice has been more of a leader than Farage lately.
As for young (18-24) men, I imagine droves of them feel politically homeless. Trump says a lot that makes sense to them in a sea of misery politics and headlines. I don't expect this government to last beyond 2025 and Reform are not ready to be HM Opposition. The Tories recently shot itself in the foot by electing a continuity candidate who has filled her cabinet with wets and has played identity politics using 'white' as a derogatory term, like she did with David Tennant and her school classmates.
Britain will be isolated as the rest of the world are lurching to the right. We could befriend the socialist government running Spain, who recently signed into law the regularisation of 900k illegal migrants over the next three years. We could also befriend the Irish political establishment who are all in agreement that the class warfare created by importing an uncapped number of migrants is a 'good thing' for the economy, despite GDP per capita declining and communities uniting against the naturalisation of foreign nationals in their rural spaces.
In the end, we suffer the consequences of what 20% of the electorate voted for. We suffer with a media establishment who support the current government behind the scenes while shaming those who hold small 'c' conservative views. We suffer with educational institutions who don't respect British history or culture, and teaches students values that undermine or are hostile towards British values. Above all, we suffer the consequences of what Tony Blair did to devolve power away from democratically elected members of Parliament into undemocratic 'independent' quangos filled with political allies that hamstring political rivals, leaving MPs with the blame but not the responsibility of the titles they hold. From the Supreme Court, to Ofcom, and to the NHS, they are autonomous bodies who cannot be removed from their positions.
Until Reform or anyone else understands the damage of New Labour's legacy, and learns how to undo it, nobody has the answer to what we are living today.