Reform UK Party

[Mystic Mock]

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Don't be silly Boris Johnson
Reform UK
has overtaken the Conservatives
now taking Labour voters

Tbf, Farage was struggling to gather support during Boris's run.

And he did largely ignore him, so he is right... For once.

[Mystic Mock]

BBC News Text :
[Farage: I'll build more jails to clean
up the streets", with the Reform leader
set to make a speech on Monday that positions
his party as "the toughest party on law
and order that this country has ever seen".]


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I like his idea.

I just don't know if I can trust him to actually implement tougher prison sentences on those crimes, it seems borderline impossible to get tough sentences on sex offenders.

[arista]

19-year-old Councillor Leader
in Kent.

Reform UK

[arista]

Sky News Text:
[Nigel Farage has demanded an apology
after the Reform UK leader was told
he was on the side of "people like Jimmy Savile",
reports the Metro.

Mr Farage, who wants to scrap the Online Safety Act,
has labelled Technology Secretary
Peter Kyle's remarks as "disgusting".]


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[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-6740eb02-6c8b-45fa-8aa1-c23e38c9f2d4.png

[arista]

Labour is now attacking Farage
on Nigel Farage on "past comments"
on Andrew Tate.

Sunday Papers.

Without an update,
it does not mean enough

[Beso]

Starmers once said he didn't have any evidence to prosecute Jimmy saville. Get that **** up against the wall.

[Beso]

Not that I'm defending the weasel tate.

[Crimson Dynamo]

To get approval for the nuclear plant Sizewell C, EDF had to submit a 58 page
“Equality Statement” in which they promise “information sessions on Ramadan”,
a “visible presence at Pride” and “celebrating Chinese new year”.


No wonder the cost has ballooned from £18bn to £46bn.

This country cannot build anything, and wokery has been allowed to infect everything.

Reform will tear up this nonsense and get Britain building.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GylNiIGXAAAM-pl?format=jpg&name=small

[arista]

https://cdn.thepoke.com/uploads/2025/08/18105516/reform444-800x419.jpg


New Farage T-Shirts
Number 10

Are now out

[Glenn.]

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[Oliver_W]

Where's the racism in that?

[Glenn.]

Grim as **** :skull:

[Oliver_W]

Distasteful, sure.

[Glenn.]

It’s the him filming black and Asian people who have paid for a lovely boat ride in Scarborough and likening them to asylum seekers. That the racism.

[Vanessa]

Really want them to win the next elections.

[Glenn.]

Really want them to win the next elections.


Why? What policies of theirs do you like?


You agree with the above tweet exposing the deputy leader of Durham of being a racist?

Answer one at a time. Go for policy first.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Love Darren

Top guy

[Glenn.]

Guess not.

Anymore replies to me from you are being reported.

[Kate!]

Guess not.

Anymore replies to me from you are being reported.

Ok. Report this. Vanessa is a very intelligent woman, you don't know her. I do.

Now what grounds are you giving for reporting me. Lol.

[Kate!]

Get this. I don't have to refrain from responding you and your attempts at bullying me into submission won't wash. I've reported you for threatening.

[arista]

Sky News Text:
[Nigel Farage has accused Sir Keir Starmer
of siding with international courts instead
of the public, reports the Daily Telegraph.]

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[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-f1324a25-7d69-45d9-9dd3-1e2a5d8d1a97.png

[arista]

Around 10:30AM
Nigel Farage is Live in Oxfordshire

SkyNewsHD
BBCnewsHD
GBnewsHD

Radio 5
Times Radio

[arista]

Live now in Oxford

[arista]

The French hand out their Life Jackets

And the UK Border Force hand them back,


Nigel Farage informed us

[arista]

BBC News Ben Wright

Asks if it's OK to return someone,
to a nation that they will jail them, torture them.

Nigel told him he is more concerned,
about British mothers fears.

[arista]

Ch4HDnews reporter
asked him is some was returned
and Killed.

Nigel,
explained we can not do anything
to solve this problem in the UK

[arista]

One Reporter asked about Iran?

Nigel said Germany is now able
to send people back there.

[arista]

Amazingly he stated
he does not see a 4 Years to the Next Election,

He said the Bond market sets that?

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GzSH2U2XMAAuPSZ?format=jpg&name=small


Nigel
will give a 6months warning, Option of
Free £2,000 and return fast.


Before he takes them out of the UK

[arista]

Zia stated:

They will be given a Date they will be deported.
Then they have 6months before
to accept the Free £2,000 and Free Flight to their home nation.

That's all logical.

[arista]

Over One Hour
because of the Long Press Questions.


Also Nigel will bring in
a New
British Bill of Rights

[arista]

The Labour Party Housing MP
said How can they send a plane to the taliban.

Nigel answered that
with a new deal with them.

[Oliver_W]

The Labour Party Housing MP
said How can they send a plane to the taliban.

Nigel answered that
with a new deal with them.

Don't see why not - Germany has a similar deal, and the "aid" money for Afghanistan just goes to the Taliban anyway...

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[Nicky91]

people either vote Farage, or get deported from the country

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GzW5EySXMAAWwHk?format=jpg&name=small


Reform UK now back to 5 MPs


New Thread on it
https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=398413

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

BBC News Text:
[The Times leads with a report that says
the UK withdrawing from the European Convention
on Human Rights will not jeopardise peace
in Northern Ireland.
The paper says the study by the Policy Exchange
think tank says the argument is "entirely groundless".]


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[arista]

USA Live

Nigel Farage is now Live all TV news
in Washington DC
US Congressional Committee.


He spoke about the Irish Comedian
who flew back to the UK from the USA,
and his Wrong Arrest
at the UK airport.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gz985UhXcAA-cLj?format=jpg&name=small

[Glenn.]

USA Live

Nigel Farage is now Live all TV news
in Washington DC
US Congressional Committee.


He spoke about the Irish Comedian
who flew back to the UK from the USA,
and his Wrong Arrest
at the UK airport.


Had his arse handed to him I see

[Glenn.]

Every clip I’ve seen of this travesty of a hearing in congress is an actual embarrassment to the uk.

The flag shagging over the last week and what does Nigel Farage wear on his chest? The GBNews logo :skull:

Can see why there’s not been much discussion about this :joker:

[arista]

Nigel Farage MP
will be interviewed on Sunday 9AM, Laura's show



BBC1HD News 6PM announced

[Crimson Dynamo]

Nigel Farage MP
will be interviewed on Sunday 9AM, Laura's show



BBC1HD News 6PM announced

Laura is a fan of Nigel so should be a good watch

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GzWdSreXYAAB68G?format=jpg&name=small


The New Reform UK
MP

[Maru]

Is this where I can come to complain the whole flag banning thing is really stupid?

[BBXX]

Is this where I can come to complain the whole flag banning thing is really stupid?

As in Reform banning things like Pride flags and Ukrainian flags outside council buildings? Not sure you'll get much support on that one in this thread. :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

As in Reform banning things like Pride flags and Ukrainian flags outside council buildings? Not sure you'll get much support on that one in this thread. :laugh:

You will get plenty of support for councils flying the flag of the country they represent and not some flag to virtue grandstand for some left wing mentalist

:laugh:

[BBXX]

You will get plenty of support for councils flying the flag of the country they represent and not some flag to virtue grandstand for some left wing mentalist

:laugh:

Snowflake behaviour x

[Cherie]

Farage has dodged tax as well

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hypocrite-nigel-farage-didnt-pay-35858834

[Glenn.]

Still waiting for his resignation

[Glenn.]

As in Reform banning things like Pride flags and Ukrainian flags outside council buildings? Not sure you'll get much support on that one in this thread. :laugh:

You have to laugh.

[Crimson Dynamo]

This outside the conference today

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0GPtfKXQAA3MON?format=jpg&name=small

:skull:

[Cherie]

Still waiting for his resignation

Tbf he is not in power, he is not housing minister and he is not telling us that we should all be paying more tax on housing....do you see the difference? Still not a great optic but it is within the law what they have done, what Angela did is not

[Cherie]

This outside the conference today

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0GPtfKXQAA3MON?format=jpg&name=small

:skull:

Is that not inciting violence? this country :joker:

[Glenn.]

Tbf he is not in power, he is not housing minister and he is not telling us that we should all be paying more tax on housing....do you see the difference? Still not a great optic but it is within the law what they have done, what Angela did is not


“Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on £400,000 GB News earnings. Poor attendance record in parliament.

Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.

Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”

[Crimson Dynamo]

��BREAKING: Reform UK announce they will DEPORT EVERY illegal migrant in Britain.

“A reform government will Track down, detain and deport every immigrant in the United Kingdom”

VIDEO HERE: https://x.com/TheBritLad/status/1964018090724741352

[Maru]

As in Reform banning things like Pride flags and Ukrainian flags outside council buildings? Not sure you'll get much support on that one in this thread. :laugh:

That's building-specific, so I don't see the issue with that. I don't think the United States Postal Service needs to fly every flag a postal worker thought was popular on X.

[Maru]

This outside the conference today

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0GPtfKXQAA3MON?format=jpg&name=small

:skull:

This just makes me want to hang up more US flags.

[BBXX]

“Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on £400,000 GB News earnings. Poor attendance record in parliament.

Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.

Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”

The don’t care. :laugh: Nigel Farage can dodge tax while telling others they shouldn’t. He can pretend he cares about women’s safety while voting against measures to protect them. He wants to scrap working from home while only having a 20% attendance record for Parliament votes. The ma is one of the biggest liars and hypocrites but thy don’t care because he wants to eject brown people from the country so nothing else matters and nothing else will be criticised.

[BBXX]

That's building-specific, so I don't see the issue with that. I don't think the United States Postal Service needs to fly every flag a postal worker thought was popular on X.

Ah sorry - so you are okay with banning flags but want to complain about flags being banned.

[Maru]

Ah sorry - so you are okay with banning flags but want to complain about flags being banned.

If it's country wide, then yes. That's banning speech. A govt building doesn't have personal rights.

[BBXX]

If it's country wide, then yes. That's banning speech. A govt building doesn't have personal rights.

People hanging the Union Jack on a lamppost they don’t own or maintain being taken down is not banning flags though. People are free to fly them in on their own property.

[Maru]

People hanging the Union Jack on a lamppost they don’t own or maintain being taken down is not banning flags though. People are free to fly them in on their own property.

Yes, generally speaking, it's against the law to deface private property that isn't our own, whatever it is defaced it with. Would be no different if it were custom signage. It wouldn't lead to penalties if it were undamaged property and were easily removed. That's fine. Still, that line should be carefully toed when it's involving public sentiments regarding the govt (that's more local policy than law). I don't see the issue if they removed all flags for a time while tensions were high, though. It's cheaper than having to board up a building. Something we're apt to do when certain groups are planned to protest :shrug: (But if you have to remove your own national flag, that's pretty dismal)

The impression we're being given in the US was that the govt were increasingly leaning towards banning all displays of the flag in many settings to limit tensions, not just from lamp posts and that I would wholeheartedly disagree with for the obvious. The algorithms and basic internet searches are doing a horrific job of explaining exactly how and where played out which is why I check here, but for most Americans banning our national flag in any capacity (culturally) is literally unthinkable. So it's creating more interest in what is happening in the UK than is normal and not in a good way.

[Maru]

I'm halfway through (out of 3hrs..) listening to the Congressional committee that Farage met in front of within the Capital and so far it's been comedy:

YHqCGURbQ74

Someone actually used the phrase "memory hole". Several times, too.

I still remember when politicians were made mostly using cardboard.

[Maru]

lol... (Congressman to Farage) You were here at "The Trump convention" when he was "coronated", right?

Timestamp: https://www.youtube.com/live/YHqCGURbQ74&t=5811

[BBXX]

The impression we're being given in the US was that the govt were increasingly leaning towards banning all displays of the flag in many settings to limit tensions, not just from lamp posts and that I would wholeheartedly disagree with for the obvious. The algorithms and basic internet searches are doing a horrific job of explaining exactly how and where played out which is why I check here, but for most Americans banning our national flag in any capacity (culturally) is literally unthinkable. So it's creating more interest in what is happening in the UK than is normal and not in a good way.

That's a false impression. Some local councils have asked residents not to put up flags on street lamps because of safety - if Bob falls while erecting it, or if he does a rubbish job and it falls on a car, blocking their vision and causing an accident, or a pedestrian at the side of a road. But really, nothing much is happening. I drove through a small town yesterday and the high street was laced with the Union flag on either side for the full stretch of the street. Moreover, a Google search shows people are more than welcome to fly flags on their own property:

Flags are a very British way of expressing joy and pride – they are emotive symbols which can boost local and national identities, strengthen community cohesion and mark civic pride.

The government wants to see more flags flown, particularly the Union Flag, the flag of the United Kingdom. It is a symbol of national unity and pride. The government has recently issued guidance encouraging the flying of the Union Flag on all UK government buildings throughout the year, alongside other national and local flags.

We are keen for local authorities and other local organisations to follow suit. We have made it easier for the Union Flag to be flown alongside other flags, so organisations can highlight their local identities, as well as their national identities, and celebrate special days or events which champion civic pride.

In England, the flying of flags is treated as advertisements for the purposes of the planning regime to ensure the flags do not impact on safety or amenity. Some flags require formal consent (permission) from the local planning authority, whereas others like the Union Flag do not - GOV.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide)

But I think you also have to consider context. Currently there is Project 'Raise the Colour' (ironically the same people are definitely against rainbow flags being raised, the most colourful of all :hee:). Project raise the Colours is not doing done because of country pride, regardless of what others pretend. It's being done to cause discomfort and 'remind' people we are Great Britain.

In a time when we have NHS workers attacked in parks (https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elderly-couple-arrested-racist-attack-202020620.html), when people are emboldened to salute like a nazi (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8z87nr7v7o), when far-right Reform, a party whose whole schtick is deporting migrants and nothing else (https://news.sky.com/story/farage-confirms-he-wants-to-deport-women-back-to-taliban-in-afghanistan-13425996) are leading the polls, when we're given daily small-boat crossing numbers like they are Covid deaths (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days), when 2/5ths of those arrested last summer for violent anti-migrant rioting have a history of domestic abuse (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/26/two-in-five-arrested-for-last-summers-uk-riots-had-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse) and when 7 in all 10 hate crimes are racially motivated (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2024/hate-crime-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2024), anyone with an announce of emotional or logical intelligence can see the intention behind why flags are being raised and why when it is an instigator for division and, therefore, best not done.

Ironically weaponising your country's flag to incite hate, cause discomfort and utilise as a symbol to drive division is probably the most unpatriotic thing a person can do.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0QfkP7XgAA2otw?format=jpg&name=small

[BBXX]

The average age of a Reform member is 61. It's a party on borrowed time.

[Crimson Dynamo]

AI Overview
The median age for a Reform UK voter in the 2024 general election was 56, not 61,
according to a YouGov analysis. This indicates that while Reform UK does attract older
voters, a figure of 61 is not supported by this specific data.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0PuzlPXYAAqeqI?format=jpg&name=small

[BBXX]

AI Overview
The median age for a Reform UK voter in the 2024 general election was 56, not 61,
according to a YouGov analysis. This indicates that while Reform UK does attract older
voters, a figure of 61 is not supported by this specific data.

I did say member, not voter.

Their average age is 61 – not surprising when hardly any of them are aged 18 to 24 – very nearly half of them are over 65 and a third of them are aged between 50 and 64. - PoliticsHome (https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/reform-members)

If we're talking about VOTERS, this is how it looks: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379439/uk-election-polls-by-age/

[Crimson Dynamo]

Lucy Connolly tells Reform UK conference she would ‘love’ to work with party

The party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, welcomed her comments in his speech
immediately after her live interview for a podcast.

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/09/06/16/863cfddcb60cafbe3edd6f2d4da52643Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaG FwaSwxNzU3MjU3Mzcw-2.81505782.jpg?quality=75&width=768&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp

[BBXX]

She has been convicted of racial hatred and so in no way should work for a political party.

[Crimson Dynamo]

She has been convicted of racial hatred and so in no way should work for a political party.

She received a very warm welcome by one and all

Mrs Connolly said: “I’d really love to use my experience to work with,
hopefully, Reform in the future and overhaul the prison system, especially the
women’s estate.

“It doesn’t work, it’s a waste of all of our money, and it just needs… We could
let 80 per cent of the women population out of prison and none of us would
be in any danger.

“They need housing, they need mental health, they need rehab, and they just
need people to care. That’s it.”

Asked how she voted at the last general election, she replied: “Reform.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/politics/2025/09/06/TELEMMGLPICT000438742894_17571751375150_trans_NvBQ zQNjv4Bq-CsvE0q2LmP9EK__tVmGRFXOLJyc38Q2xv7o8-pAiBk.jpeg?imwidth=560

[arista]

I'm halfway through (out of 3hrs..) listening to the Congressional committee that Farage met in front of within the Capital and so far it's been comedy:

YHqCGURbQ74

Someone actually used the phrase "memory hole". Several times, too.

I still remember when politicians were made mostly using cardboard.




Thank You
For the long link, Maru.

[Beso]

People hanging the Union Jack on a lamppost they don’t own or maintain being taken down is not banning flags though. People are free to fly them in on their own property.

I would argue we own council property. We pay for them to be maintained.

[BBXX]

I would argue we own council property. We pay for them to be maintained.

It's public property, but it's not yours or an individuals and therefore decisions on what should and shouldn't be hung from it doesn't come down to an individual's opinions or agendas.

[Livia]

If they were hanging rainbow flags I imagine the discussion here would be quite different.

[Beso]

It's public property, but it's not yours or an individuals and therefore decisions on what should and shouldn't be hung from it doesn't come down to an individual's opinions or agendas.

Come back and moan about it once they've stopped the fly posters. Havnt heard you moaning about that, ever.

[BBXX]

If they were hanging rainbow flags I imagine the discussion here would be quite different.

I agree, many people would be suggesting it's completely wrong and they should be taken down as it's council property :laugh:

[BBXX]

FWIW, I think no member of the public should be hanging any flags from lamp posts. In their own private property - absolutely fine, if a business wants to hang a flag from their frontage or in their window, absolutely fine. I think when it comes to flags on the street and from lamp posts, it should be decided by and hung by the council.

[arista]

FWIW, I think no member of the public should be hanging any flags from lamp posts. In their own private property - absolutely fine, if a business wants to hang a flag from their frontage or in their window, absolutely fine. I think when it comes to flags on the street and from lamp posts, it should be decided by and hung by the council.


Yes,
it is distracting to put them on Lamp posts
which is why most councils take them down.


Its Trades Fella doing it
as they have those high-ladders
that fold up small,

[BBXX]

Come back and moan about it once they've stopped the fly posters. Havnt heard you moaning about that, ever.

That's quite a specific thing to be watching out for. There has never been, that I have seen, a conversation about fly posting on here.

Why must I share my opinion on fly poster-ing before sharing my opinion on people hanging flags from lampposts in order to make immigrants feel uncomfortable?

If it helps, I don't think people should deface public property in any vein, and I don't members of the public should hang flags from public property.

[Livia]

When are the Palestine flags being ripped down, anyone know? I'd turn up to watch that.

Personally, I hope they continue to remove the UJs and St George's flag. Every time they do it's another vote for Reform, another signature on the 'call a general election' petition.

[Beso]

That's quite a specific thing to be watching out for. There has never been, that I have seen, a conversation about fly posting on here.

Why must I share my opinion on fly poster-ing before sharing my opinion on people hanging flags from lampposts in order to make immigrants feel uncomfortable?

If it helps, I don't think people should deface public property in any vein, and I don't members of the public should hang flags from public property.


They hang them to make the government feel uncomfortable, not the immigrants

[Maru]

Thank You
For the long link, Maru.

It's hard to say if it was worth the entire listen. There were bits where good points were made. EU rules do matter for us longterm if they start to force our own hand re:speech and I do have a problem with that.

Still I'm reminded why we have the political landscape that we do. The bar is set very low when it comes to intelligent life regarding our politician. It would take little effort for anyone to stand out in that crowd...

[arista]

When are the Palestine flags being ripped down, anyone know? I'd turn up to watch that.

Personally, I hope they continue to remove the UJs and St George's flag. Every time they do it's another vote for Reform, another signature on the 'call a general election' petition.


Any that goes on a Lamp Post
will be removed

[Maru]

That's a false impression. Some local councils have asked residents not to put up flags on street lamps because of safety - if Bob falls while erecting it, or if he does a rubbish job and it falls on a car, blocking their vision and causing an accident, or a pedestrian at the side of a road. But really, nothing much is happening. I drove through a small town yesterday and the high street was laced with the Union flag on either side for the full stretch of the street. Moreover, a Google search shows people are more than welcome to fly flags on their own property:

Flags are a very British way of expressing joy and pride – they are emotive symbols which can boost local and national identities, strengthen community cohesion and mark civic pride.

The government wants to see more flags flown, particularly the Union Flag, the flag of the United Kingdom. It is a symbol of national unity and pride. The government has recently issued guidance encouraging the flying of the Union Flag on all UK government buildings throughout the year, alongside other national and local flags.

We are keen for local authorities and other local organisations to follow suit. We have made it easier for the Union Flag to be flown alongside other flags, so organisations can highlight their local identities, as well as their national identities, and celebrate special days or events which champion civic pride.

In England, the flying of flags is treated as advertisements for the purposes of the planning regime to ensure the flags do not impact on safety or amenity. Some flags require formal consent (permission) from the local planning authority, whereas others like the Union Flag do not - GOV.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide)

But I think you also have to consider context. Currently there is Project 'Raise the Colour' (ironically the same people are definitely against rainbow flags being raised, the most colourful of all :hee:). Project raise the Colours is not doing done because of country pride, regardless of what others pretend. It's being done to cause discomfort and 'remind' people we are Great Britain.

In a time when we have NHS workers attacked in parks (https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elderly-couple-arrested-racist-attack-202020620.html), when people are emboldened to salute like a nazi (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8z87nr7v7o), when far-right Reform, a party whose whole schtick is deporting migrants and nothing else (https://news.sky.com/story/farage-confirms-he-wants-to-deport-women-back-to-taliban-in-afghanistan-13425996) are leading the polls, when we're given daily small-boat crossing numbers like they are Covid deaths (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days), when 2/5ths of those arrested last summer for violent anti-migrant rioting have a history of domestic abuse (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/26/two-in-five-arrested-for-last-summers-uk-riots-had-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse) and when 7 in all 10 hate crimes are racially motivated (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2024/hate-crime-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2024), anyone with an announce of emotional or logical intelligence can see the intention behind why flags are being raised and why when it is an instigator for division and, therefore, best not done.

Ironically weaponising your country's flag to incite hate, cause discomfort and utilise as a symbol to drive division is probably the most unpatriotic thing a person can do.

Thanks. I can't give a better reply atm because I am on mobile. Creating a spoiler using curved glass with dialogs covering up controls undoing highlights was exciting enough this morning.

I look at the totality of searches, not single pages and much of it looked overall just general.

In the US if it were decided to censor the flag in any way, no matter how petty or minor, no joke... factories and stands would open up overnight to serve the insane demand when people decide to retaliate and post them up everywhere. (Of course we fight back with Capitalism)

The flag is a symbol of anti-tyranny just as much as it is a symbol of national pride. The UK feels like our little brother (even though we originated from there) so even though it is not our country, we care about our own mutual destinies. So even if it may just be a few events of people from being kicked out of areas for displaying them it really wouldn't sit well where the govt suddenly gets the notion to be touchy about when and where they were being displayed. Doesn't mean we should be seeming to instruct the UK how to vote... that was awkward coming from some members of Congress.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Birmingham

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0T_dQMWgAAUrB4?format=jpg&name=small

[Crimson Dynamo]

Times Radio
TimesRadio
·
6h
“Reform’s the working class party now.”

British politics is heading for an “historic realignment” and neither Labour nor
the Conservatives can do anything about it, says Times Radio presenter Andrew Neil.

https://x.com/TimesRadio/status/1964970049539608656

[Maru]

Birmingham

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0T_dQMWgAAUrB4?format=jpg&name=small

Oh wow, those are pretty high. Usually these are called highway lights here. A "lamp post" would usually be something shorter, like in-town lighting.

But we have this dude (or dudette) who regularly repaints this mural, so.... and they're considered a local treasure

https://i.postimg.cc/T1hTpfjn/1920x0-1458141483.jpg

The whole point is likely that they're not easy to remove.

[Beso]

Oh wow, those are pretty high. Usually these are called highway lights here. A "lamp post" would usually be something shorter, like in-town lighting.

But we have this dude (or dudette) who regularly repaints this mural, so.... and they're considered a local treasure

https://i.postimg.cc/T1hTpfjn/1920x0-1458141483.jpg

The whole point is likely that they're not easy to remove.





My Sunday name

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is that where BeSo comes from?

[Beso]

Is that where BeSo comes from?

Yes.

[Maru]

AI Overview
The median age for a Reform UK voter in the 2024 general election was 56, not 61,
according to a YouGov analysis. This indicates that while Reform UK does attract older
voters, a figure of 61 is not supported by this specific data.

That's probably the median age range for a Cable News watcher... and yet we still regularly refer to that aging media with outweighed legitimacy, imo...

Report: The Median Age for FOX, CNN & MSNBC Viewers is Around 70 Years Old
https://medium.com/@hrnews1/report-the-median-age-for-fox-cnn-msnbc-viewers-is-around-70-years-old-8281dfcc641d

[arista]

6:55 PM BBC1HD after your local news

Reform UK Party Political Broadcast.

[arista]

on now


Also on iPlayer

[Crimson Dynamo]

TdlRfi6hxAQ

[BBXX]

TdlRfi6hxAQ

...some 90 per cent see themselves as on the right of the ideological spectrum: 29 per cent “right-of-centre”, 50 per cent “fairly right-wing”, and 11 per cent as “very right-wing”..

So 61% self identify are fairly right-wing or more.

https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/reform-members

[arista]

TdlRfi6hxAQ


Yes, the BBC used to do that
walk around the conference

[Crimson Dynamo]

Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/e1e8/live/8325c420-8b45-11f0-b391-6936825093bd.jpg.webp

Nigel Farage has a focus and sense of purpose I haven't seen in the best part of two decades of reporting on him.

He sees an opportunity the like of which he has never seen before.

And that wa the opinion of the BBC!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62zdpke8kko

[arista]

Nigel Farage MP

Now Live on SkyNewsHD and GBnewsHD


Not on BBCnewsHD

[arista]

Now BBCnewsHD has Farage



Another Conservative MP Jumps

[emseateng2014]

i thought reform uk was like a center right wing

TdlRfi6hxAQ

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1967852092611047429/6xKPcgnH?format=jpg&name=small


Conservatives need a new leader
Kemi is not good enough.



So it is Nigel Farage MP Vs PM Starmer

at this time



Polls have this order now

Reform UK
New Corbyn Party (Awaiting Name)
Labour
LibDem
Conservative
Greens

Others

[Glenn.]

"The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men and women," says Farage as he welcomes Conservative MP Danny Kruger to Reform UK

[BBXX]

Nigel Farage - on his third marriage
Lee Anderson - on his second marriage.
Richard Tice - divorced

The truth is the data on divorce rates studies vary widely, partly due to same-sex marriage being relatively new.

Some studies find within-five-year divorce rates is 12.3% for lesbians, 8.3% for heterosexual couples, and 2% for gay men, however other studies show that divorce rates are higher within lesbians, then gay men, then straight couples. Other studies suggest the divorce rate between heterosexual couples is 2 in 5 while between two men it's just 2 in 5.

This will continue to ebb and flow as time goes on and more gay and lesbian marriages take place and they have more time to be married. Experts suggest that the divorce rate between both heterosexual and homosexual couples will even out within time.

Outside of marriage, the average length of a lesbian relationship is approx 2.7-3.5 years, for heterosexual relationships its between 2-5 years and for gay men, between 4-6 years.

[Livia]

Petition to call an immediate general election now up to 908,000 signatures.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1C3z9hWEAAl1PR?format=jpg&name=small

[arista]

Yes make him a New Thread,


As more Labour will jump, to Reform

[arista]

Nigel Farage - on his third marriage
Lee Anderson - on his second marriage.
Richard Tice - divorced


BBX Richard has a new Lady - So Not Single

[He began a relationship with the right-wing
political journalist Isabel Oakeshott in 2018,
and separated from his wife in March 2019.]


Also BBX
posting Marriage amounts
makes them look Normal.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Cardiff Council
cardiffcouncil
·
10h
Here are the Trowbridge by-election results:

BOWEN-THOMSON, Labour: 615
COGGER, Liberal Democrats: 681
FALCON, Plaid Cymru: 223
LENNOX, Propel: 63
ROBERTS, Conservative: 90
RYAN, Green Party: 67
TOPHAM, Reform UK: 1142 ELECTED

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-4ee64582-98d8-4cee-838b-c98deb065018.jpeg

[Crimson Dynamo]

Reform will scrap the Indefinite Leave to Remain scheme, retrospectively

So hundreds of thousands of migrants will have to reapply & will not be able to
claim any benefits or social housing

If you come to Britain to work, then work, don’t rip us off

[Glenn.]

ILR is permanent legal status, granted after years of living, working, and paying taxes in the UK. People who hold it have already proven their contribution.

[Friendlykev92]

Not a political person but I'm just hoping this won't affect the Common Travel Area we have between the UK and Ireland which allows each others citizens to live and work in either country and many other rights.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK faces a showdown with the EU over “massive cuts” he has planned to welfare spending.

The Reform leader revealed plans on Monday to change the law so that only UK citizens will be eligible for welfare, not foreign nationals, which he claimed could save the taxpayer £230bn.

He pledged to abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) – which entitles migrants to benefits – including for those who already have been granted the status. Some 430,000 non-EU citizens currently have ILR, according to Oxford University’s Migration Observatory.

Zia Yusuf, Reform’s head of policy, clarified on Monday that the party was not scrapping European settled status, which grants the same rights as ILR for EU citizens to claim benefits.

Some 4.12 million EU citizens have successfully applied for settled status in the UK, of which 770,000 are currently claiming universal benefits, according to figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).

It means migrants with EU settled status account for 9.7 per cent of Universal Credit claimants compared with just 2.7 per cent for non-EU migrants.

[Maru]

Reform will scrap the Indefinite Leave to Remain scheme, retrospectively

So hundreds of thousands of migrants will have to reapply & will not be able to
claim any benefits or social housing

If you come to Britain to work, then work, don’t rip us off

Seems fair.

[emseateng2014]

if reform uk took over office in uk who knows what stuff and things that reform uk will do and imagine trumper nigel becoming the uk pm

in my opinion i think half of the brits will say that the reform uk will become a uk trumpers style party because of there policies and beliefs

[Crimson Dynamo]

if reform uk took over office in uk who knows what stuff and things that reform uk will do and imagine trumper nigel becoming the uk pm

in my opinion i think half of the brits will say that the reform uk will become a uk trumpers style party because of there policies and beliefs

Do you like what the Tories and Labour have done in the last say 20 years?

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1rwaUHXUAA1yBK?format=jpg&name=small

[arista]

Great News.

[arista]

Reform UK
are now Top of the Polls

[Nicky91]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1rwaUHXUAA1yBK?format=jpg&name=small

Middleton? is he family of Princess Kate by any chance?

[arista]

Middleton? is he family of Princess Kate by any chance?

No

[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/8b4f/live/85581bf0-9cf5-11f0-928c-71dbb8619e94.jpg.webp

[Gusto Brunt]

I don't know how anyone can predict Farage is gonna be the Prime Minister is three and a half years.
That's an awful long time to hang upside down by your toenails.
In other words it's a long time to 2029 and anything can happen.

[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/af2f/live/a385c7e0-9e3e-11f0-b741-177e3e2c2fc7.jpg.webp

[Livia]

I don't know how anyone can predict Farage is gonna be the Prime Minister is three and a half years.
That's an awful long time to hang upside down by your toenails.
In other words it's a long time to 2029 and anything can happen.

Unless Labour can't hang on to power for the next four years. Their grip us looking pretty tenuous.

[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/cfad/live/ab594f40-9e4e-11f0-92db-77261a15b9d2.jpg.webp

[Gusto Brunt]

Unless Labour can't hang on to power for the next four years. Their grip us looking pretty tenuous.

I agree...

[arista]

Reports on a
£5million Donation has now been given to Reform UK

Plus this morning
10 Conservative Councilors have now joined
Reform UK

[Livia]

Reports on a
£5million Donation has now been given to Reform UK

Plus this morning
10 Conservative Councilors have now joined
Reform UK

Reform's success is like a runaway train. Unstoppable.

[arista]

Now it is 20 Conservative Councilors
Moved to Reform UK


SkyNewsHD update

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G246KBPWcAA4C4S?format=jpg&name=small

[arista]

[An Afghan migrant has been found guilty
of threatening to kill Nigel Farage
in a TikTok post.

Fayaz Khan, 26, chose not to give
evidence in his trial, in which he was accused
of threatening the Reform UK leader between
12 and 15 October last year in a video
on the social media platform.

Mr Farage said the video was "pretty chilling".
Jurors deliberated for 11 hours and 55 minutes before
finding him guilty at Southwark Crown Court.

They had been told Khan had a
"very large presence online",
with his TikTok videos amassing hundreds
of thousands of views as he showed himself
attempting to come to the
UK by small boat last autumn.
The Afghan national, who has an AK-47 tattoo
on his right cheek and arm,
live-streamed his journey across
the English Channel from France in a small boat
and was arrested on 31 October
after arriving in the UK.

He had been living in Stockholm,
Sweden, since 2019.]


https://news.sky.com/story/migrant-with-ak-47-face-tattoo-found-guilty-of-threatening-to-kill-nigel-farage-13447937



To be sentenced next Tuesday

[Livia]

So he'll live a soft life in one of our jails before being released and given leave to remain.

The next general election can't come fast enough.

[Oliver_W]

Deport.

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/10/10/18/102776713-15173419-Khan_has_an_AK47_tattooed_on_his_cheek_seen_clearl y_in_this_vide-m-49_1760115717586.jpg


[Afghani national Fayaz Khan,
who has an AK47 tattooed on his cheek,
made a threat to kill the politician in
a 'sinister and menacing' video posted
on the social media platform last year.
The 26-year-old migrant posted
the clip in October in response
to a YouTube video titled
'the journey of an illegal migrant'
which was uploaded by Mr Farage days earlier
and highlighted Khan's attempts to come
to the UK by small boat.]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15173419/Afghan-migrant-threatened-kill-Nigel-Farage-TikTok-video-jury-verdict.html

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/10/10/18/102776717-15173419-Fayaz_Khan_a_small_boat_migrant_originally_from_Af ghanistan_made-m-48_1760115663237.jpg


Next Tuesday, he goes to Jail.

[arista]

1977368746235711831

[arista]

Afghani national Fayaz Khan,

got 5 years
will serve 18months

[Oliver_W]

Deport. Why bother keeping illegals who break (other) crimes?

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3SLH76W0AAYF5e?format=jpg&name=small

[Mystic Mock]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3SLH76W0AAYF5e?format=jpg&name=small

If that poll ends up being true, Farage/Reform will practically have all of the power in Parliament.

I don't really feel confident about handing him that kind of victory tbh.

[arista]

1979177996972945704


This so Wrong
One Year No Local Elections - Labour did that.

Now year Two they are running scared
trying again to cancel May's local elections


Pathetic.

[arista]

BBC2 Newsnight,
had a New Clip of Nigel Farage
from Bloomberg, Mishal Husain Show

He was asked about Russian Military Jets flying over
the UK.

He said we would Shoot them Down.

[Livia]

1979177996972945704


This so Wrong
One Year No Local Elections - Labour did that.

Now year Two they are running scared
trying again to cancel May's local elections


Pathetic.

I think if they cancel the elections again there'll be uproar. Cancelling elections is the very antithesis of democracy. Starmer is running scared.... Every time there's a by election Reform win it. It's the shape of things to come and he knows it.

[arista]

Nigel Farage now Live all news

[arista]

Economy Talk

[arista]

Nigel Farage now Live in Central London


Talking about Taxes & Small Business


GBnewsHD

SkyNewsHD


JCB has now given
Reform UK £200,000

Before they have given
Millions to the Conservatives.



BBC News Joined Farage Live
after he attacked the BBC (that is sneaky)

[arista]

Nigel Farage is now taking
press questions


All TV News

[arista]

Ed Davey MP Leader LibDem

Live on SkyNewsHD

Having go at Farage,
and GB News

While talking about the Poxy BBC.

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-3e4a0cef-1874-4490-a500-52b9ca672c25.jpeg

[Mystic Mock]

I think if they cancel the elections again there'll be uproar. Cancelling elections is the very antithesis of democracy. Starmer is running scared.... Every time there's a by election Reform win it. It's the shape of things to come and he knows it.

Starmer has clearly shown multiple times now that he isn't for democracy, freedom of speech, or for people to have aspects of their life that is private from the dear leader.

Anyone that's voting for him at this point must just really hate Farage.:joker:

[Oliver_W]

Anyone that's voting for him at this point must just really hate Farage.:joker:

Which is why Starmer bashes him at every opportunity.

[Kate!]

Starmer is a knob
Ed Davey is a knob

[Glenn.]

Our local reform council repainted road markings outside a school in the week. A school that’s been closed for 16yrs and is due to be demolished next year. Glad to see they’re on top of things and not wasting money :joker: :joker:

[Mystic Mock]

Which is why Starmer bashes him at every opportunity.

It's the only shot that he has at winning the Election.

Because nobody genuinely likes his leadership.

[Mystic Mock]

Our local reform council repainted road markings outside a school in the week. A school that’s been closed for 16yrs and is due to be demolished next year. Glad to see they’re on top of things and not wasting money :joker: :joker:

:joker:

This country is screwed with this being our "rebel" party.