“One Of The Most Radical Governments” | Peter Hitchens ‘Rejects' Idea Of Labour In Power

Columnist Peter Hitchens gives his verdict on the general election as Labour posed to win a landslide.
He says: "If people allow Labour in, they're going to allow in one of the most radical governments that we've seen."
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[@bampitony6108]

Free Free Wales from Labour..🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@memoman1962]

Wales, vote Reform.

[@phyllisbennett9950]

Yes, Wales is in Big Trouble about their water being Heavily Polluted, the Government have not bothered to clean the Drinking water, excuses are 'When it rains so much at times, the Sewage over flows, but, soon cleans itself up when the Weather Improves,!!!!!!. '

[@bampitony6108]

@@phyllisbennett9950 I'm a OAP and over the years have seen the decline of the valleys and towns around Wales living standards falling drug use out of control never seen a so called zombie till I passed through town late one night...And now I'm not racist in any way but have to say where the heck have all these Dark skinned foreigners come from..Beggars fighting out side a super market for the best site..And yet the people of Wales still vote for the same old same..🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@SMG706]

Get em all out , they are a disgrace ...vote Reform

[@alana8863]

Yes, Brexit worked out so well, didn't it? !!!

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

​@@alana8863 It was purposely disrupted.

[@christiandupille3690]

One of the few who tells the truth about Blair and doesn’t parrot the centrist crap

[@ronholfly]

True British people must vote for Reform U.K. We need a radical change of Government. Labour and Conservatives are past their sell by date.

[@markwright130]

I'm voting reform, never ever again trust the tories or Labour

[@jameswalker7459]

Ur a nut case

[@catherinemartin6258]

@user-ug3cc6vq5j good

[@timcampbell2183]

​@user-ug3cc6vq5j Sorry that old argument doesn't wash anymore, the two parties are 2 cheeks of the same arse

[@zedrake]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahah

[@tonybroderick4808]

Reform will fuck you up big time. If they ever get into power.

[@valeriegrimshaw1365]

Sick of lawyers blah blah blah and failing the country. Nigel is a business man....that's what we want....

[@bondy7564]

Business men understand businesses and how to make money. Lawyers don’t.

[@1976darby]

form 350 mil to save the nhs to privatising the nhs are you sure thats what you want

[@stuartCcash]

We also need more scientists and engineers, actually we need more "diversity" (not skin colour/religious diversity) in our politicians just enough of lawyers, career politicians and celebraties.

[@Acid_Techno_Monk]

Hes a conman, hes done this election campaign rubbish all his and my life. Its a free gravy train during it... he knows he wont win, total vanity project/cash grab. Fact.

[@crowdpleaser10]

You make a very valid point, everyone keeps on about the racial make-up of Parliament or the number of women in Parliament, nobody seems to question why it is that there are so many lawyers in Parliament as opposed to say engineers or scientists or medical professionals and why if lawyers are such fine upstanding characters do they lie for a living as soon as they enter The Palace of Westminster?

[@davidtillett3577]

Don't forget Rayner has promised British Muslims "statehood" for Harmas.

[@michaelc3051]

For Palestine. Hamas isn’t a country 😂😂

[@marksavage1108]

@@michaelc3051 You are exactly like labours protected CHILD RAPE SQUAD GROOMING GANGS, you do the same thing those perverts do, you align yourself with dirty paedophiles, the perverts and you, vote labour.

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@michaelc3051 I think you post a little too much on here. Hope the SWP are paying you well?

[@amransaddique7009]

@@SeniorScoobywhy not? it’s your bombs destroying it!!

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

She's dividing and conquering. It's what these wars are also designed to do. Make us choose sides to fight each other. Whilst we're doing that, the likes of Rishi and Starmer carry out their tasks without public opposition, making their changes to make our lives worse. As bad as the overseas bloodshed is, it serves Labour, Conservative etc well, so they can continue to make our lives miserable without noticing. We're all being played like a fiddle.

[@hanndonfield91]

Seriously who is voting for labour have they not learnt anything??

[@alanbradley9621]

Yes. experienced the last Labour Govt. Do not want to be dragged through this again.

[@danielriddell441]

Immigrants are voting for them

[@Lindsay-t2e]

Really !!

[@andrewmoss6186]

Naturally it sounds like madness. The trouble is, a lot of people vote without thinking it through. Either that, or they lack the ability to think anything through

[@alana8863]

As someone who's had cancer, I could see my GP on the same day - or the next. I got immediate treatment when I was diagnosed. Then the Tories came along. I hope one day you will learn something.

[@MadelineMcneill]

Vote Labour get Islam, vote Tory get more immigrants. Vote Reform get change and reclaim your Country.

[@FontaineDerby]

You obviously have not seen the list of candidates for George Galloway's Workers Party of Britain. It is on their website.

[@peterfawn4235]

Literally is that bloody easy. Who are these complete muppets intending to vote Labour, definitely should bring in IQ tests.

[@scepteredisle]

Reform and Farage lied to you about that. Torys didn't increase immigration the way Labour did. We have a SERIOUS job crisis right now in the care sector due to the pandemic and brexit and most of those immigrants are nurses etc or students. On temp visas. There were errors but this was fixed by Braverman. Labour's immigration is designed to REPLACE YOU. You're looking at the effects of Labour's immigration (those children now in their adulthood etc) and mistaking it for "tory immigration". It's not. Tory immigration other than student towns, is a few nurses here and there: it's temporary and numbers are going down now. Labour's immigration is ETHNIC REPLACEMENT immigration - and thanks to Farage and Reform that's what we're getting now. Most of the country will never touch Reform and I think you know that. To win as someone on the right you have to appeal to the centre and that is something Reform will never do.

[@FontaineDerby]

@Norcha8 In 2009, net migration was 196,000. Jan 2010, David Cameron said net migration of over 200,000 was too much and promised to reduce net migration to "tens of thousands. The Conservatives have let a net figure of 1.4m to legally migrate to the UK in the last two years and 3.65m since they came to power. Net immigration UK 2010-2021: 2.2m 2022: 764,000 2023: 686,000 764,000 + 686,000 = a net migration figure of 1.45m in the last two years. Total: 3.65m Today’s provisional estimates put immigration in 2023 at 1,218,000 and emigration at 532,000, giving a net figure of 686,000. Source: Migration Observatory Immigration remained unusually high in 2023, while visa data indicate further declines may come in 2024 23 MAY 2024 The Conservatives have let in a net figure of 3.65m since they came to power

[@jackriley5750]

@@scepteredisle claiming that immigration is designed to replace the ethnic majority is irrational and conspiratorial. What logical rational reason would a government intend to do this? if immigrants are so scummy, backwards and culturally different like most reformers claim, then why would a government intentionally decide to do this? when you ask this question you are left with no option to come up with some cinematic 1 dimensional villainous conspiracy.

[@brianstubberfield2116]

Starmers ignored the Saville scandal… he ignored the grooming gangs … he used the Durham constabulary to avoid the Durham beer gate fiasco. He’s a snake. 🐍

[@JackGreen-gh6sw]

@ian, he absolutely did you ignorant clown, go and do some actual research instead of believing everything your told by left wing media. Starmer stands in defence of grooming gangs, stating many times that young white girls shouldn't be trusted. Starmer was also a immigration defence lawyer standing in defence of the immigrants. You are a clueless bafoon Kier starmer is PURE EVIL.

[@alana8863]

Send your libellous accusations to Labour Party Central Office. Or admit that you are lying because of... what is it? Racial bigotry? Stupid ideas that the ultra-rich Tories or Reform leaders give a toss about you?

[@stormbringerseven8288]

100%

[@stormbringerseven8288]

​@@ianHolmes-up2oc Commie alert.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

​@@ianHolmes-up2oc Oh yeah. He's such a perfect guy. Keep forgetting that.

[@malcolmrickeard6674]

Please Please Please spread the knowledge to vote REFORM PARTY. We have been given a God given gift we MUST take it.

[@hollyjenkins1500]

We need Nigel

[@oojimmyflip]

well said Holly

[@timcampbell2183]

The issue Peter is the Conservatives are NOT Conservative any more. They have been an absolute disaster and do not deserve another term. This country needs Reform, the system needs overhauled radically and its time for change, REFORM 2024

[@johndutton9739]

Absolutely agree

[@howdan1985]

Brilliant comment Tim - 100% agree. The high-tax Fake CONservatives are so extreme left wing now that they'd make even the most ardent Corbynites blush. They've been a complete disaster. It's now time for REFORM 🇬🇧

[@levi5073]

Peter Hitchens needs to stop splitting the vote with his support for the dying Tories. If he doesn't want Labour in power, he should be telling his audience to vote for Reform UK.

[@pathopewell1814]

No way.

[@levi5073]

@@pathopewell1814 Reform are about to overtake the Tories in the polls, so why would you vote for the uniparty?

[@EndIslam4ever]

Reform is the only answer

[@SlowhandGreg]

@@EndIslam4ever to what the party that sold you removing FOM which has exploded migration and governments can now shop for even cheaper labour from the 3rd world? Get Real

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

He'll never do that, for one thing he is to the left on economics compared to the Reform party, as he believes in nationalisation of utilities.

[@brianstubberfield2116]

I will never vote for main parties again.. Tory /Labour same thing just keep taking it in turns. Vote reform

[@Walksfar64]

Labour councils have been increasing council taxes by the maximum every year for years Cheshire West and Chester biggest portion of Council tax is for Social care , a Labour Council no one has mentioned freezing council taxes or been asked the question

[@carlarthur4442]

Yes and the rents went up by £8 a week as well .

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

No wonder they too are bankrupt. Folk have no more to give. All that cash for their "green hell" projects. But none for public investment. Still, it's up to the people in those areas to send a strong message, and not wait on their political heroes to save the day.

[@junesmith6689]

Voting Reform ✌️🇬🇧

[@GICHUJ.J.NJURURI]

Not include broader tax raises? That is a snake in the grass. Do not believe Labour Party.

[@brianstubberfield2116]

Peter Hitchins is spot on… who the hell wants a government headed by Starmers ? And deputy Rayner ??? Mental. The polls are bollux and so are these debates. We need to change the political landscape in this country … VOTE REFORM !!! Time to change the status quo … vote reform

[@hadge209]

i am afraid what the next 5 yrs will bring

[@stequality]

You should be

[@michaelc3051]

Better hospitals, schools, social services. A reduction in food banks, homelessness and child poverty. Terrifying stuff!

[@pathopewell1814]

​@michafairyland?elc3051

[@stequality]

@@michaelc3051 your deluded if you think those things are going to improve

[@michaelc3051]

They are going to improve, as they did under every previous Labour government. Let’s see.

[@sylviawillis512]

He openly says he would rather be in Davos than Westminster. Is he the sort of Prime Minister you want. Please people wake up.

[@jumblestiltskin1365]

Send him and the rest there, perhaps he could wait tables when the elite gang find he's of no use anymore to them.

[@TheJack5675]

Ever considered he said that because Westminster is in a sad state and a bit of a joke? Hyperbole, wake up yourself, sheep

[@lolly9080]

Not one question to Starmer on immigration. Starmer behaved and even said he was already in giving an impression of a huge mystical majority

[@ducko1988]

Reform 👌

[@Benjamin-j5t5u]

Nigel is our Trump

[@skipmole612]

Trump card, even!

[@michaelc3051]

Does Farage also have a criminal record? I don’t think he does.

[@pedromancenithe3rd]

​@@skipmole612Nigel may be a popularist but he's not a convicted criminal. So I wouldn't compare him to Trump and while we're at when did Trump talk politics instead of contually attacking everyone from Joe Biden to judges

[@michaelc3051]

A convicted felon 34 times is the diaper Don

[@peterkay4477]

​@@pedromancenithe3rdI think you'll find, if you try looking a little harder, that Trump hasn't been attacking but defending himself from attack via "trumped-up" charges (no pun intended).

[@keithrobert5117]

Rayner is like something from Ancient Greek drama - wild, irrational, deeply disturbing, and disturbed.

[@haitch04]

" If nobody questions them (Labour, ) how are we going to find out"...EXACTLY

[@keithianlocke]

There are two outcomes I personally want to see at this election. 1/ Conservative party gets Zero seats. 2/ The combined vote tally of Labour, Conservatives, & Lib Dems, is a low % of the overall turnout, through the electorate voting for any other candidate.

[@chuckymcchuckface8768]

Well said! I hope like yourself that the turnout is up due to the opposition to the established parties.

[@graham7176]

Until political party manifestos are made a legal binding contract with the electorate/people of this country, I can never trust any politician to represent the electorate/people of this country.

[@aaronclarke6796]

Starmer's Dad the Tool Maker make the worlds first robot for Labour.

[@carlarthur4442]

Well he made a real Tool their then 🙄 but normally tools are handy for different jobs , this tool is useless at anything .

[@rodgerhargoon3402]

I personally think that Lady Rainer would make a wonderful prime minister and lord stramer should definitely be deputy prime minister ....there u go ...problem solved and British will be great again ....

[@aaronclarke6796]

@rodgerhargoon3402 good for you, you have your views. Personally I think once in government Labour will fall apart. Personally, I'm voting Reform UK.

[@alanbradley9621]

Indeed he called it Starmer......

[@williamkennedy5492]

Does anyone else remember the massive council tax hike under blair and the subsequent large hike the second year,??? Same old labour , you work hard to have a nice house and these tosspots tax you out of existence ! Perhaps we need just two terms in office for MPs so they experience the real world they've made for us !

[@lindahill3656]

Yes, and you watch the clobbering home owners will be hit by. When they slap more council tax rises on us. And socialism works until you run out of other people's money. They will do another g.brown Raid the pension funds. You wait and 👀 😮😢

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

It happens because we simply let them do it to us. We're far too soft on them.

[@scoppio07]

He's already lining up a nanny state and admitting that he couldn't care less what people think about that. Telling you what you can eat, mandatory vaccines, the hastened ending of gambling.

[@howdan1985]

Now that we've had "Crossover" it cannot be any clearer - A vote for the Tories is a vote for Labour. We simply must all VOTE REFORM 🇬🇧

[@davecross4493]

So Peter Hitchen thinks we keep the same government and will get different results. Crazy.

[@johanvandijk6058]

Peter Hitchens, from a newspaper which labels anyone of the opinion that the Tories have failed the country and may vote for someone else that isn't them or Labour as 'Far Right''. Across the EU, as recent days have shown, people are sick and tired of their genuine concerns about the direction of travel not being listened to let alone heard.

[@anthonybernstein9698]

This is just a change of name. So many Conservatives will vote reform. Same meat different gravy. We hear it all the time, not voting tory, voting reform.

[@aaugoaa]

They don't talk about major issues because wef tells them what to do. They only make petty policies.

[@NigelButton]

Pinnochio 's Dad was a toy maker.

[@63sgjunior]

Starmers dad was a tool maker. What's your point?

[@อนัญญาศิริวราณัช]

​@@63sgjunior...he's a tool...simples.

[@davehunter9342]

Pinocchio' s dad made tools

[@Dilbert-o5k]

Starmer is a tool

[@อนัญญาศิริวราณัช]

@@63sgjunior ....because Starmer is a tool.

[@militarymodellerpaul5932]

Labour will remove him if the get in power and labour well become radical in tax collection hikes , and in supporting radical groups. Just my thoughts. And joined reform party too

[@normsky5504]

Nigel Farage is a straight talker who gets things done, what's not to like? Vote reform and get the country you deserve, and can be proud of, not embarrassed by.

[@christinalayzelle832]

I’m voting Reform UK 🇬🇧

[@wendyholland2339]

Angela begs muslim men for there votes not for me

[@lindahill3656]

Nor me. They would do anything to pander to a certain ethnicity. Pty of islm. To get their votes 🗳

[@marchudson1693]

trump and nigel is what the world needs right now

[@johnbell1859]

If you are thinking of voting Labour, please see 👀 your doctor soon as. 🇬🇧

[@stephenvince9994]

Hitchens has been calling for the destruction of of the Tories. Well here we are

[@johndutton9739]

Vote reform is the only option

[@soosoobear]

We pay a fortune in council tax , soon as possible leaving the UK for a better life .

[@michaelc3051]

Bye

[@soosoobear]

@@michaelc3051 ha ha funny 🤣

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

Better hope whatever country you're planning on going to won't be getting a similar leader. This is all an orchestrated event with the aim of globalism. Meaning that in the future, no country will be safe.

[@Talboy-p4e]

Massive mistake Don't vote Labour Council tax going up And BBC licence Suppose to be working class Unfortunately we don't have anyone working All on benifits 12.4 Millions on benifits Millions more migrates coming this year to UK England been sold long ago It not rocket science No wonder millions leaving and me Had my time 1960 /70 /80 When England was great back then especially 1960 When England had everything ❤❤❤ And fly our England flag Opps I mean Brtish flags ❤❤

[@michaelillingworth6433]

These days you can get arrested for waving the union flag. Funny when you think that you can wave a foreign flag and nobody bats an eyelid. Vote Reform and save the country

[@shellsbignumber2]

This Labour government will make us begging to get the Tory's back.

[@deborahcoveney8846]

Vote REFORM

[@sfactory8253]

Well Peter did statistics 101 at university. Wow .

[@alanbradley9621]

Retired people Cannot Afford Council Tax Now. We are not a wealth pot.

[@TheNobbynoonar]

I personally couldn’t care less about Sunak and his childhood poverty (or not) As Mr Hitchens points out, where are the pressing questions to those who want our vote? Seems to me like another media stitch up, with those who really control the levers of power getting the results they want.

[@jayneteale9782]

How the hell have we fallen this low,Starmer ?

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Hitchens is right to point out that Starmer will continue the Blairite agenda, but the thing he is missing is that we already have a Blairite government as the Tories accepted the Blairism when Michael Howard took over. Okay, they are going at a slower pace - but they are still pushing along with it.

[@LargeChap]

Vote on principle... vote Reform.

[@margaretcunningham9092]

At least the Russian ships went under their own power, not like the British aircraft carrier which had to be towed back to the harbour. They are still there.

[@63mckenzie]

I genuinely think Labour will cause widespread civil unrest with their policies.

[@paulhurt71]

Starmer has named 3 taxes that are not going up. What about all the other taxes that he can put up? Believe me people, we are going to be a lot worse of financially. Vote Reform Party.

[@garyhaynes2433]

Vote reform

[@burtingtune]

Peter Hitchens is correct in saying the principle reason for the election is not to merely punish the Tories, but that doesn´t mean I shouldn´t vote for the party I most agree with, which is the Reform Party. This may well punish the Tories, not stop Labour from winning, but why should I vote for anything I don´t like - as Mr. Hitchens has been saying for years.

[@CarlEveriss]

If most people VOTE REFORM in your constituary then you will win the seat. It's that easy. No vote is wasted unless people disagree with you are saying

[@philsooty61]

If Ne says this then you'd better believe it, vote Reform !

[@Stiffytheenlightened]

Labour will be a disaster for everyone, they always have been. They only survive through the loyalty of people who consider themselves working class, but the Party certainly isn't. How right wing can you get with a 'Sir' as leader. I'll take far right any day over Labour. Reform seems the best choice this time around.

[@carlarthur4442]

Reform gets my vote regardless.

[@imagecollections6665]

I’m voting Reform as the Tories betrayed me & almost everyone in my area is a recently arrived African or Asian. I wonder where the English families that used to live here have gone.

[@irl3438]

I'm sick of tax. Why do govs just not spend/do less.

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

Hundreds of billions lost caused by needless COVID lockdowns and restrictions.

[@antoniopalmero4063]

High visibility and hard hats means elections are near .

[@markchapman2414]

first thing i said to my familly that they will revalue council tax

[@Lindsay-t2e]

I don.t have or want Sky tv also the BBC is banned in my house.

[@harvest585]

Reform

[@2strokesmoke783]

I was going to vote Torie, ive only ever voted Torie, but now I've changed my mind! I'm going to vote Reform ❤

[@TrevorLittle-em8mg]

The Lab-Con system is finished.

[@tomrigby7016]

We have a very poor level of of politicians In it for the short term

[@mjm0787]

Punishing the Tories by voting in Labour is an act of profound self-harm and masochism. Whether they’re still in power or not on 5th July, those Tory ministers people despise so much for their abject betrayal will go on living their very comfortable lives, insulated from all the policies they’ve enacted.

[@scurrilousmullock5365]

If, god help us!, Labour win the election, I will demand another vote, “ a people’s vote”, isn’t that what Starmer called it, when he tried his hardest to turn around the Brexit vote, he certainly didn’t respect that democratic vote at all.

[@TONEmt148]

Looking at these two is a good reason to exercise and look after yourself.

[@WiseOwl_1408]

That and lizzo

[@VJ-Lowe]

Peter Hitchens' opinions are always worth listening to. He will always say things that are thought-provoking, but I would never vote for Labour or Conservative ever. I live in Belfast, we've an even more difficult problem to deal with over here. Sinn Féin or DUP? No thanks.

[@PoppiesAndPride]

OUR ONLY HOPE VOTE REFORM STOP ALL MIGRATION LEAVE ECHR, THANK YOU PETER

[@TroyaE117]

Council tax is paid after income tax and NI. Tax on tax on tax. This place is going to capsize with tax.

[@fredvockings8387]

STARMER,,, speaking from the BENCH AGAIN!!

[@marystringfellow8185]

I'm voting conservative

[@raveninblack]

Reform UK

[@orkneyancestor2059]

George Osbourne must be getting jealous seeing all these high- vis jackets.

[@vjamesg100]

No answer. Yet again. Keir starmer will be a disaster for this country. This election is not a forgone conclusion. The fact that forigners who arrived recently and who should not be here, just amazes me.

[@mustafjino425]

on what evidence do you base your claim that Starmer will be a 'disaster'. Also, how much more of a disaster would he be than the current conservative administration, given how impossibly difficult that can be.

[@dragonfly6908]

@@mustafjino425 Past history shows that "The Unions" are the downfall of Labour. In the late 1970's "The Unions" brought down the Labour Government and the then Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan was quoted as saying "If I was a young man I would emigrate".

[@drinksafewater]

Tory Party logo looks like the tree at Sycamore Gap - RIP Tories

[@annsmith495]

Not the Bay of Pigs. The Cuban Missile Crisis.

[@imagecollections6665]

Can’t wait until zero hours contracts are replaced with 1 hour contracts. Zero hours contracts are totally necessary in the UK.

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

In a limited capacity maybe, not where companies are completely taking away fixed contracts and income to be replaced by them.

[@BrassToff]

This is all a game played by Labour and Conservatives and the media, and the public is invited to participate, in a very limited fashion, every 4 or 5 years. I haven't voted since MPs were found with their noses in the trough in 2008 but I'll come out of retirement for Farage even though I know that he isn't the answer. It's just my way of protesting about the current state of the country but knowing that it will get worse under Labour.

[@sports872]

Voting Alba or Scottish Family Party wouldn't vote Labour, SNP, Con, Lib Den or Green

[@BasedCrusader216]

Voting Reform.

[@montydec1972]

The British public needs to force a coalition government and protect their country from all of the above.

[@Nathanhiggerz]

Peters arogance and ugnorsnce regarding Russias threat is shocking

[@Chiefmismaker]

Peter, i fully agree. Starmer is very likely to be further to the left than he lets on. I detect no thread of individual thought nor courage in his stand up performances recently. So he is led by his heart and so to the left.

[@JohnGreenacre1]

Vote Reform

[@moriwaki1105]

Raise voting age to 40 FFS ! 4 years of Labour.... Jeeeeezus !

[@truthbearer3891]

" Or are you a flock animal " 🤣

[@AnthonyClay-y6h]

Was Corbyn the last real opposition this country will experience?

[@brigoose7945]

Seems reform is the way to go.

[@derekrobinson5554]

Starmers father was a toolmaker well he certainly got that right

[@Lindsay-t2e]

Starmer is a nothing burger. Simples

[@AnthonyHolmes-on2tb]

On I do hope so.