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The reform party paid an outside agency to select and vet their candidates. That agency didn't do their job. That's why some of the candidates ended up being problematic. That's the reality of what happened. Ultimately, Farage has to take responsibility for the quality of candidates selected because it's his party, he actually owns it.

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

The reform party paid an outside agency to select and vet their candidates. That agency didn't do their job. That's why some of the candidates ended up being problematic. That's the reality of what happened. Ultimately, Farage has to take responsibility for the quality of candidates selected because it's his party, he actually owns it.

Meh. They rushed through a policy of "we'll take literally anyone" as a scattershot in the hopes that, by the numbers, they'd squeak a few through the door if they had a candidate in every single constituency. That "plan" was a success but it really was inevitable that the quality of the candidates was going to be in the gutter. Not one of those blokes was voted for, as an individual, by the voters... They were voting for the party name, or basically, voting for Farage-by-proxy.

I bet 90% of the people who voted for these chaps wouldn't remember their name today if you asked them, without looking it up . "It was... Uhh... Y'know... The guy... The Nigel Farage party one..."

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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Meh. They rushed through a policy of "we'll take literally anyone" as a scattershot in the hopes that, by the numbers, they'd squeak a few through the door if they had a candidate in every single constituency. That "plan" was a success but it really was inevitable that the quality of the candidates was going to be in the gutter. Not one of those blokes was voted for, as an individual, by the voters... They were voting for the party name, or basically, voting for Farage-by-proxy.

I bet 90% of the people who voted for these chaps wouldn't remember their name today if you asked them, without looking it up . "It was... Uhh... Y'know... The guy... The Nigel Farage party one..."

i think that applies to all the political parties, most certainly for all those up against the big names that lost their seats

For example, the only thing i remember about the Jacob RM election was that he stood next to a guy with a baked beans hat

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My gripe with this is that he won by 98 votes, maybe all those were females who might not have voted for him if this was common knowledge, if he had won by some massive margin it might not be so bad but 98 votes?

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Originally Posted by Cherie

My gripe with this is that he won by 98 votes, maybe all those were females who might not have voted for him if this was common knowledge, if he had won by some massive margin it might not be so bad but 98 votes?

I was going to say there'd probably be males who would have thought twice if they knew about it but then I remembered they're Reform voters, so probably not.