Nigel Farage will be the UK's next Prime Minister

[@johnsykes9623]

I'm 70 and in all my life I never saw a party with 1-5 members get such wall-to-wall wall media cover. What a surprise they are the new force to be reckoned with.

[@jakeholland9502]

That's funny, I like your comment; so clever. Most people will think you're being serious, lol, but you're pointing out they're just an insignificant few. So clever!

[@JSmith19858]

They took more votes than the Lib Dems for those 5 seats and weren't that far behind in bellweather constituencies. If they pick up enough disillusioned Labour voters, like Boris did and Reform are now targeting, then there is a real reason to fear them and it isn't media coverage driving that

[@casey3594]

I mean they got 15% of the overall vote which is significant

[@jakeholland9502]

@@casey3594 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@themythofbritishexceptionalism]

🇷🇺KGB News hyper-spin and extreme bias is responsible for coercing people to believe in hateful political ideology.

[@WakeUpSleepyHead-V1]

Why do we always blame young disenfranchised men? Why don’t we listen to the issues and try and fix them? I.e. tackle wealth inequality

[@DJWESG1]

Because disenfranchisement of young men is a byproduct of the inequality they create as part of their economic policy.

[@br5380]

Wealth inequality is a consequence of the policies that people voted for during 14 years of Tory Govts - and Farage is 100% in agreement with "wealth inequality".

[@jasonhaven7170]

12% of young men voted Reform, 12% of young men voted Green

[@Gitskreig]

Because its easy to paint them as deplorables to ignore than self-reflect and take actions that would oppose the vested interests who are very happy that young people in general (but men in particular) are being driven to populism as they've made right-wing populism the only type permitted to take root.

[@jasonhaven7170]

@@Gitskreig I miss Corbyn

[@JoeJones-jh1gt]

Love that they left the non-sneeze in 😂

[@paulwalker797]

Here in Germany social democratic parties have laid the groundwork for far right populist parties, and completely failed to comprehend how to fight them. Liberal hypocrisy and allegiance to the status quo shackles them and gives the right the field to play on. Harmann is pathetic in the clip.

[@geoffreyking4515]

Who cares about krauts

[@paulwalker797]

@@geoffreyking4515 I can see you are a real gentlemen, and good at missing the point completely!

[@D.B-s9x]

Germans, true to democratic form, aim to just outlaw the A F D

[@paulwalker797]

@@D.B-s9x Total nonsense. You clearly know nothing about German politics.The AfD is categorised in two states including where I live as extreme right wing by the state due to the number of actual nazis active in the party and following weapon seizures and the breaking up of groups planning nazi terrorist attacks I do not expect you will reply, but what is the evidence foe your claim that the party are being outlawed? They have representation at local, city , state and national level...you have no idea what you are talking about-

[@paulwalker797]

@@D.B-s9x Utter nonsense. You clearly know nothing about German politics at a local or national level.

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

We are living in a corpo-fascist age. Not kidding. Its here. Nothing will change or get better until it is dealt with. In the only way that it ever could be...

[@evolassunglasses4673]

The Left has embraced open borders Globalisation project driven by international finance and haven't any solutions

[@jasonhaven7170]

socialism

[@punklesam94]

@@jasonhaven7170 Naaahhh you don't say

[@punklesam94]

We'll be fighting the neo-nazi boneheads if this ever happens.

[@waynegazard5038]

​​@@jasonhaven7170socialism is for the benefit of the people who voted for it, fascism is for it's leaders elected by the ignorant racists who elected them ,so your point is ?

[@tonycarroll6632]

Harold Wilson said that a week is a long time in politics. There’s 4.5 years to another election. Labour have been in power 6 months. Saying now that Reform will win the next election is ridiculous.

[@Videomaster89]

True due to first past the post they'd need about 60% of the vote to get an overall majority they'll take votes from Labour and Tories again no doubt, but the Lib Dems will remain strong I think and look at Greens and independents like Corbyn the left wing voters may leave Labour but will not join the right wing populists Reform.

[@warp5p1d3r6]

Labour have done nothing but lie and destroy the economy. They will be gone.

[@mr.christopheralancurd1349]

​@Videomaster89 The so called Liberal Democrats are Centralists not Left Wing. Also, they assist The Right Wing Conservative Tory Party from 2010 - 2015. That's another reason why Mr Nick Clegg lost his AV and another reason why Brex**it happened. (I voted for The AV and Remain) I also voted for our elected and accountable dear Comrade Leader Jeremy Bernard Corbyn x 4. I'm a Trade Unionist and a Left Wing, Socialist Democratic Republican.

[@thediscokidd]

local elections, by elections...they have the press and certain tv channels behind them...

[@Demun1649]

They've got loads of time to mess things up, just as they did as UKIPper, and Deformed YUK. And they will mess it up. They exist to take money from Putain and spend it on making their personal lives more wealthy.

[@harryboi8485]

Never forget the time Nigel said on camera that he wants to privatise the NHS.

[@wackywilly6969]

how well is it going as a public organisation at the moment?

[@harryboi8485]

@ It’s not in the best state because of 14 years of Tory leadership. But thank god it still exists.

[@AlexLR]

​@wackywilly6969 Having been gutted by politicians that benefit financially from private health corporations, not so good. On the bright side, at least no one is bankrupted by medical bills.

[@wackywilly6969]

@AlexLR we are gutted by medical bills, 181.7 billion pounds a year in taxpayer's money for it not to work, yes I agree privatisation has its issues, but we must have a complete reform of the NHS, not by throwing more money at it.

[@Brucelectricmoose]

NHS is not fit for purpose.

[@localshaman]

New rule whenever someone talks about young people not voting - "Finish the thought"; as in "Young people don't vote... because nobody offers young people anything to vote for"

[@jasonhaven7170]

Young people do vote... for the left

[@jasonhaven7170]

17% of British youth (18-24) polled voted right-wing (Reform and Conservatives) in 2024. This is a decrease from 21% of 18-24 voting right-wing in 2019. This is a decrease from 35% of 18-24 voting right-wing (Conservatives and UKIP) in 2015. British youth are becoming less right-wing with each passing generation. Greens and Lib Dems got 34% of British youth vote in 2024. Highest proportion of the youth vote ever.

[@scallamander4899]

The reverse is true too, it’s a vicious cycle.

[@supercadcc]

Reform probably will take control at some point. Im in my 40s, and what I see is my parents' generation and the young men in their 20s who all have appalling views on race, homosexuals and disabilities. I think growing up in the nineties when we saw the beginnings of political correctness, we thought society was moving on to another level and none of us expected the right wing to fight back in the way that they have. Social media has allowed this to happen, and I have lost faith in freedom of speech because it's basically been hijacked by arseholes.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Yeah, I realised in 2020 that all this time I've still been mourning the 90s pre-9/11 atmosphere of hope. That things could only get better. That social progress was on a ratchet. And I wasn't even that old then, but I was old-enough to know that's what the atmosphere was. The political realities of younger Gen-Z and Gen-alpha are... so starkly different. It's really jarring sometimes.

[@supercadcc]

@kaitlyn__L "on a ratchet", that's a great way of putting it, and I wish it was so. I do wonder just how far backwards we will go before we move forward again. Instead of the ratchet, I guess we can live in hope of 2 steps forward, 1 step back.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

We in Europe need to drop the US. They are a terrible corrupt leader and they are getting worse. We also need a foreign agents law. Politicians are being bought by Russia and Elon Musk and nobody is going to jail. Also a great law to ban X immediately.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@supercadcc for sure. I’ve had to remind myself the (19)20s and 60s had their own waves of progress, neither of which were able to be fully rolled-back even as conservatives did have minor successes in various areas. There’s usually a very brisk pushback, but then, seemingly, at least half of the ideas slowly osmose into being “common sense” over the following 10-30 years. And even proudly adopted by conservatives of the next generation. We’ll have to see…

[@jasonhaven7170]

12% of young men voted Reform, 12% voted Green

[@LouisMorris-p9l]

Why does no one talk about the fact that Labour, Lib Dems, Greens, SNP and Independents got more than 50% at the last election? Yes Farage is popular amongst certain people but the progressive vote is still higher than the right wing vote.

[@evonne_o]

Because people are not EDUCATED and this is the REASON why there are 5 fascist MPs

[@feeamerie5011]

Calling Labour "progressive" at this point is frankly jokes.

[@LouisMorris-p9l]

@@feeamerie5011 I don't disagree I'd prefer if Labour were more left wing but the people who voted Labour (like me and my family/friends) are progressive.

[@George._.M]

we live under ftpt so ultimately that fact is meaningless

[@Olyfrun]

​@@feeamerie5011hard disagree, there are very few options from where we were that *weren't* progressive

[@williamkeane255]

Maybe people should wake up and see how broken the current system is and how frustrated normal people are with these career politicians. If labour mess this up people will vote reform. Id prefer to see more proportional representation to stop such massive swings in government.

[@justinhamilton497]

Farage is a career politician though.

[@pinkdiamond1847]

It's not going to matter how good a job Labour do because all the media is owned by people on the right to have an incentive to tear down everything he does and make him look horrible at every time which is exactly what they're doing. As of last week, the pound was the highest trading currency in the world. Labour is fixing things but you wouldn't hear about that. If you are only paying attention to the mainstream media or whatever the algorithm on your chosen social media platform which is mostly run by someone on the right who has an incentive to keep people divided and oppressed has shown you.

[@pinkdiamond1847]

Seriously as much as I don't like him personally Keir Starmer could come out with the cure to every illness known to man kind and make it available to everyone on the NHS, adopt every orphan on earth, and make everyone live like actual Kings and the media will still tear him down and everyone will hate him and vote for Reform in the next election.

[@Xeeni87]

Simply put im somebody with a disability i need low skill work yet i feel like my options are being taken away from me from the sheer numbers coming in and demanding the work and working for cheap. I have my limits and housing list is way to long I feel like im running out of options to survive. Call me what you like but immigration is a issue for people who need low skill to survive and dont want to be homeless. You think homeless is bad enough now imagine having severe mental issues and trying to survive.

[@mabonman]

​@Xeeni87 I'm not challenging you, my question is from genuine curiosity just to be clear ... which jobs exactly are you unable to get because of population saturation? like what exact job would you like that you can't have? as i say I'm not looking for an argument, I'm actually asking 😅🙂

[@MaximilienRobespierre1]

I would invite Starmer onto my channel 😅

[@Demun1649]

Do it anyway.

[@TobySims]

Please do.

[@Commsfarage]

You would

[@MarKeMu125]

💯% yes!

[@stewie7338]

Have you got any free stuff you can offer him? That usually works.

[@danielawaritefe4589]

I hope we get Proportional Representation! The system is broken at its core!

[@jennyadam2555]

Good grief, on top of 14yrs of Tories people actually want Farage?

[@randomdaveUK]

The apathetic don't care. They're already suffering, they just vote for him for a laugh

[@alfsmith4936]

People who aren't interested in politics think re-form are different to the Tories butr all their policies benefit the establishment, at the expense of the average worker.

[@davidbates3057]

No, people don't want Farage, they want change, and Farage, while we know he's a charlatan because we're educating ourselves on politics, is the only person who's promoting change, even though he's not going to deliver it. This is still the Donald Trump mindset, and I really don't get why so many people are angry at the general population when all of this could be avoided if the so-called "moderate centrists/soft left" party actually spoke of, let alone offered at this time, anuthing other than endorsements and continuations of everything the conservative right-wing party is and has been doing.

[@DJWESG1]

Twas always the plan..

[@davidbates3057]

Case and point being, I literally just read a headline where Reform UK is calling for Thames Wtaer to be renationalised. Now do I think they'll do that? Hell no, but the point is that they're at least saying it. Yet our Labour Party, the so-called party of socialism and the working class, literally went on the record saying they don't think nationalisation is the answer to anything. So the next time you wonder why the likes of Reform is doing well, think back to this.

[@davidwasilewski]

I have concerns about democracy too, like Harriett. I worry about two tier justice, the suppression of free speech and expression and the demonisation in the press of anyone who is worried about things like immigration, the ongoing attempts to overthrow brexit and so on. That’s why reform is growing at the rate it is.

[@Philip5478]

If you cared about justice, you would have been upset about the only two-tier system that ever existed, one rule for the rich and one for the poor. Instead you are quoting sound bites from some of the most corrupt people in our society. Also imagine saying things like overthrowing Brexit. It isn't a political party. It was an event that has been a disaster for most people in this country. Ironically the people that said we could never vote on it again then demanded a new election fairly recently. Meaning most of these people are just full of crap about everything they say. What is also interesting, is the fact leaving the EU was about sovereignty, yet Reform openly want to sell us out to the USA..... Reforms solution to immigration is literally somebody else will sort it for them. They literally said "The French will stop illegal immigration for them. I genuinely don't understand how anyone can be stupid enough to think they would stop immigration. They literally represent the part of the population that benefits the most from migration.... Reform love Trump and Elon. Who literally talk about free speech while saying how they are going to stop it in the next. Nobody wanting Free speech should vote reform. They also believe certain things shouldn't be allowed, so they cant support free speech can they. But what is really interesting is that so many people don't realise we don't have total Free speech and never had, just like the USA which claims it does, never did. Literally endless historical evidence showing this is the case. Reform is getting support because people are easy to whip up and blame stuff on minorities. We saw it across Europe in the 1930s and it is happening again. Sadly the truth is lots of people lack critical thought and even if they are educated they really aren't that smart.

[@davidwasilewski]

@ good lad. You keep spouting your views. It means Reform will just keep growing!

[@justasplanned8023]

What are these ongoing attempts to overthrow Brexit? What on earth does that even mean? This is the moment where you now have to try and justify your waffle , good luck

[@marti_abernathey]

Ed at 12:44 It's SO TIRING to hear “it comes back to Labour's terrible communications”. They don't go on places like PJ and NM because those outlets aren't what Peter O'borne calls “client journalists.” They've got a reputation for asking direct questions with relevant follow-up questions. This isn't an accident or bad communication, it's well-calculated to limit any actual criticism.

[@bobbyg1068]

This is the same mentality that led to the democrats cancelling Kamala's Joe Rogan appearance, when you consider the size of his audience it's hard not to see that as an own goal one cycle behind the US

[@Abundancealways]

I nearly fainted at the video name

[@whisperingleaves]

Wait until "your body my choice" becomes a reality. You won't just faint, your spirit will be ejected into orbit

[@Harrispilton22]

Imagine 10 years ago 'Donald Trump Will Be next president' oh how we laughed.

[@ministry2627]

Have a sit down love.

[@martynG7769]

Maybe lay off the soy

[@graemehancocks4171]

I think that was the idea. Click bait.

[@mihangelap-williams9871]

Well stop promoting him then, he is an idiot getting free publicity

[@ghost-anon]

its not just as easy as that!

[@mihangelap-williams9871]

@ghost-anon it is, when you have the right and left talking about him, you just stop sharing and talk about those who deserve your vote, and not a frog

[@unatwomey7112]

​@@mihangelap-williams9871see Romania. We'd need to stop using social media altogether to stop the impact. Social media algorithms are like the weekly sermon before book printing, heavily impacting what people thought. Romania has copped on now, the UK and Germany need to follow suit. Germany is very stuck in the headlights.

[@Rob_-dv6ei]

Completely agree, it’s fucking ludicrous that this man strives for publicity and only publicity and they are GIVING IT TO HIM!

[@keithtt7798]

I don't think he's an idiot, which is what makes him so dangerous. He does get far too much publicity...I agree with that.

[@Me-ri2ke]

I don’t know why, I think it’s to do with his ties to the USA, but I reckon if he became PM he’d sell the NHS

[@Damomasts]

Is there anything he wouldn't sell if it furthers his position?

[@Commonsense-u1h]

He´s actually said this openly, if you google "Farage privatise the NHS", you´ll find a video of him advocating exactly that.

[@Me-ri2ke]

@ I thought I must of heard it somewhere 👍 It seems the people who praise the REFORM party will only learn once he’s done something like sell the NHS.

[@etrur2595]

Not the only one, especially with his ties to Trump he'd definitely be asking him advice on the best contracts to sign it off to

[@Samuel-vq4ii]

Thank God for that. About time we privatise the black hole sucking up all our money.

[@matthewstagg9786]

Until wealth inequality is addressed the vote will continue to be "anything but the current lot, something has to change, we'll try anything."

[@gurugeorge]

It's pretty obvious that a fair old chunk of the White working class feels abandoned by Labour, and Reform is a natural home for them. It's forgotten these days that Labour was traditionally anti-EU (its leader for a time, Tony Benn, was staunchly anti-EU); scepticism of mass immigration used to be a working class/labour thing too (and again for obvious reasons, because it breaks the established solidarity of the White working class, which certainly has a huge socioeconomic, even class struggle aspect, but is also partly ethnic (native British) and partly racial (European and European-derived, i.e. generally white-skinned). IF any good, old-fashioned Leftists out there want political power, they should appeal frankly and in good faith to the racial aspect, to the interests of the traditional natives of this land. That a people could potentially lose sovereingty over their own lands is a huge potential problem that needs to be aired, almost the biggest possible problem for an extended family of of human beings who've traditionally lived on a particular piece of land, to face.

[@geoffpoole483]

Tony Benn was never leader of the Labour party.

[@gurugeorge]

@@geoffpoole483 Yes, my bad, I had him mixed up with Michael Foot, who was also staunchly anti-EU (or rather its then-precursor ).

[@Tia-Louisa]

You ignorantly believe the BBC and Stalin that it's about race. WHY are SO many Jamaican British, African British, Sikhs, ex Iranian's, ex Iraqi's, Hindu's and other immigrants ALL voting for Reform. They know that illegal immigration isn't working and that Sharia Law doesn't work with British values where women and girls are currently protected.

[@matthewcoyle3315]

What is this nativist jibber-jabber?

[@Daniel-py6rd]

​@@matthewcoyle3315it's reality. Most sane people don't see mass immigration as positive.

[@charlieshh9462]

Facts are crowded out in the debates on social media everything else then falls apart.

[@christophertyler8051]

I hope not, he has done enough damage already ...........

[@LordColondy]

How

[@TheRapierTheBetter]

@@LordColondy Brexit

[@LordColondy]

@@TheRapierTheBetter how has he caused damage from brexit when he wasn't the one who withdrew Britain from the EU

[@TheRapierTheBetter]

@@LordColondy HE pushed for it hard back then and when he applied the pressure, got what he wanted and it all blew up in his face he shrinked away for 4 years until he could come back and blame the government for botching it

[@LordColondy]

@TheRapierTheBetter well was it not the government's fault for botching it?

[@kellymckeever.6]

Don't give farage any airtime

[@Simonsimon-fy3hq]

You not a fan of democracy?

[@wackywilly6969]

dont give farage airtime? this is a democracy, we all have an equal right to put forward our opinions, the problem with you socialists is you dont like allowing people to choose because youre afraid they may choose something other than socialism, if you feel that way, go and live in Venezuela or perhaps china, only then will you realise what socialism does to a place.

[@oddballbender]

Lol. What so the likes of Raynor don't have to debate him

[@danielcollinson4456]

Farage has been Question Time 38 times. Way more than anyone should. He's allowed to bang on about Brexit, and it was utter lies. The media knew this but pushed this narrative anyway.​@@Simonsimon-fy3hq

[@Simonsimon-fy3hq]

@@danielcollinson4456 The same media that is ignoring lies being told by the Labour party?

[@kevingrant7098]

If he does become the next prime minister I blame the media Walter Wall coverage of him every day they never call him out for who he really is and what he is all about

[@wackywilly6969]

why dont you tell us what hes all about then, seeing as you know so much.

[@danielcraig4974]

Absolutely 👍

[@HazelBulyka]

Yes why don’t you tell us. You have obviously been brainwashed.

[@MadnessQuotient]

Good old Walt

[@lewis123417]

"Never call him out" yeah like farage has never done sit down interviews before 😂

[@marti_abernathey]

at 9:15 Ed points out that support for Reform wasn't born out in the numbers. It misses the point, really. We aren't talking about the past, but the future. Polling suggests that they're making inroads at a very fast pace.

[@Raven-Claws88]

The next 4 years in the US and the EU are critical, to whether people see a disaster under Trump, or a manipulation of the media to make the populists look popular and like they can "fix" complex economic and societal problems with easy solutions. And Labour needs to deliver on its promises to the public to make the right look weak and divided.

[@graytoby1]

Mate the last time Labour delivered on one of their promises was that time Gordon Brown promised to say sorry for calling that poor old woman a bigot. Sharia Starmer made an utter hash of it so far can't

[@bartzed4305]

We’re at the point where not only politicians are completely out of touch but also most political commentators, they have next to no clue about what appeals to general public, normal people or young men.

[@johnsprott5173]

Not with my vote he is a criminal 😮

[@jonathandnicholson]

Who is a criminal?

[@johnsprott5173]

@jonathandnicholson farage is a criminal how do you think he's climbed the social ladder 🪜

[@jonathandnicholson]

@@johnsprott5173 How is Hon Nigel Farage MP a criminal?

[@ricardosmythe2548]

Weve elected criminals every 4 years for a long time

[@jameschesworth]

Explain how he is a criminal? And with facts. Not political bias.

[@vincentjackson167]

"Labour are terrible communicators" Maybe they are just contemptious of the British public.

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

I see it that way too 👍

[@billB101]

I think they're just contemptuous of the ( calculated ) social media feeding frenzy there's been against them since the day they took power. Look behind the curtain and step away from the noise though, they're actually doing some good things.

[@rogueceska]

Nope they just have a pretty uncharismatic leader, who doesn't seem to be able to communicate on the level most of this country needs, we need a good working class lass to run the country.

[@haydentrudgill]

Aaaaaaand this is why Reform will continue to gain popularity. No one in this video seems to know why Reform is so popular. Instead, we get this snobby, metropolitan review on what they think Reform and Reform voters are and what they want. You see Reform as this Boogeyman that we need to be terrified of (same rhetoric towards Trump) yet we don't see anything remotely comparable to Labour. The best you'll get is "They're idiots and they don't care" where it is Labour and Conservatives that have suppressed freedom of speech and democracy more than anyone. I haven't even mentioned the complete lack of respect towards the culture, heritage, and well-being of Brits (yes, that includes non-white citizens). We see biased news coverage from state-funded broadcasters, insane levels of censorship to mute views that oppose the status quo, and wanting to dilute democracy by seeding more and more power to unelected European bureaucrats who have no accountability to British voters. The unbelievable levels of immigration (don't even get me started on illegal immigration). Say what you want about Reform but they answer questions, they don't hide from the conversation. They stand for something! You may disagree with them, but they are under no illusions about what they are and want. The main parties tip-toe and try to please everyone (and end up pleasing no one as a result). Put your flat whites with oat milk down and come to Luton; come to Birmingham; come to Telford. There are serious issues around the country outside of London and you can insinuate that we are knuckle-dragging oafs that are easily persuaded by demagoguery at your own political peril. You all thought Brexit wasn't going to happen... Then it did. You thought Trump wouldn't get elected... Then he did. You thought Nigel Farage wouldn't gather momentum... And he is. Leave your echo chamber and actually go out and speak to people rather than intellectualise how you think the world OUGHT to be and see how the country actually IS.

[@gareth4592]

You get it, gonna be hillarious to watch Labour fail and REFORM CLEAN UP

[@antcycli6633]

I have come to the same conclusions, many well off people living in safe parts of the UK, just don’t understand how the average person lives and what concerns them.

[@MatrixEvolution17]

perhaps the UK needs a Luigi Mangione

[@Joey-ct8bm]

A French revolution.

[@Discodave007licencedtothrill.]

@@Joey-ct8bmThey tried that in the summer and got laughed at.

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@Discodave007licencedtothrill. The far right's attempted pogrom wasn't a revolution.

[@beandinner1262]

@Discodave007licencedtothrill. I'm not sure a bunch of drunk racist gammons burning down libraries, businesses and asylum centres counts as a revolution.

[@danielcraig4974]

I agree 👍

[@RoMeO666uk]

I laughed so hard when she nearly sneezed hahahaha

[@RoMeO666uk]

I wonder if that will be edited out. How did that guy keep a straight face.

[@Demun1649]

Das Fuhrage came out with, "All I did was ask the question". Can I just ask a question? "How many PM's have been assassinated in office?" Just asking, no other intention, it is just a question about the past history.

[@alcbaz]

#1 priority for the electorate is the economy, nobody cares really about the other fringe issues as long as they can pay their bills. You can’t tax your way out of debt, and filling the country with immigrants is only a short-term gain. The solution is good investment, so with all that being said, who would you pick of the following if you weren’t manipulated by the media and looked objectively at the options: 1. The current government that’s trying to tax us out of debt and increase immigration. 2. An engineer surrounding herself with the very ‘student politicians’ she says won’t work. 3. An investment banker with his own successful businesses, 20 years experience as a European MP, and surrounding himself with multi-millionaire wealth creators. Yeah exactly. Not a difficult choice is it when you remove all your biases.

[@Mickg1969]

1. The current govt doing its best to redistrubute wealth after 14 years of the conservatives expecting trickledown economics to put more money in the common persons pocket. 2. A spent force 3. Reform PLC. He spends most of his time in the US cosying up to insurance companies and evengelical pro-life groups from what I can tell. How you going to feel paying £300 a month for basic health insurance that only cover 80% of your bills? Or if one of your relatives needs an abortion? Honestly, go and read some of the testimonies of people in the US who's relatives have died while waiting for insurance companies or have gone bankrupt after getting sick in middle age and need ongoing care. Reform have no real policies. Immigration? France will fix it (they won't). Have you read their policies? I have and you know what, I agree with almost all of them. They are broad brush stroke polices that are hard to disagree with, but when you look at how they are going to achieve them, nothing of substance. Westminster would be awash with US advisors imo. Their figures just don't add up. Dont' beleve me? How about the The Institute for Fiscal Studies? ifs.org.uk/articles/reform-uk-manifesto-reaction "Even with the extremely optimistic assumptions about how much economic growth would increase, the sums in this manifesto do not add up." And what happens when it all starts to go wrong? Think Liz Truss level of failure but this time it goes on for 4 years. Who are you going to blame when there is a govt shutdown becuse a buget can't be agreed and your bins arent collected for 2 months? They can't even take responsibility for the loss of 5% GDP (fact) because of brexit. Which played directly in to the hands of Russia btw, don't believe me? Read this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics And I quote..."The United Kingdom, merely described as an "extraterritorial floating base of the U.S.", should be cut off from the European Union"...written in 1997 and taught in Russian Military Accademies. I really dont see anything patriotic or sovereign about that! We are all poorer now, 2021/23 exports down 27%, imports down 32% and all because we made it hard to do business with ourselves. We cut ourselves off from a market of 500 million. Every man woman and child in the UK is feeling that. That doesnt seem like a good business practice to me. source: www.aston.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-09/Full%20Report.pdf They are selling snake oil mate and are not the answer to this countries problems. EDIT - I have a question for you @alcbaz. As far as social media is concerned, I have this and Insta. On both platforms there are accounts in support of Reform but none of them ever show their faces or names. On Insta they are mostly anon accounts with 0 followers 0 posts and half a dozen name changes. What are you all scared of? Shouldn't you all be proudly showing yourselves?

[@TotusMcGoatus]

Free markets, strict borders, lower regulation, smaller government... REFORM Britain! ❤🤍💙

[@Nice0n3]

Free markets = Bye Bye NHS Strict borders = No doctors or carers for the elderly Lover regulation = Excrement in rivers, no workers rights, more money for the rich Smaller government = No public services Sounds great. Keep the comedy show rolling mate. Make sure you vote him in!

[@Eshika-qo9rk]

How's that privatised water system doing?

[@Oceanvanguard58]

@@Eshika-qo9rk Bunged up with the effluent of a 15% increase in population living in houses built on flood plains because we're running out of places to put them.

[@Philljag]

I doubt it very much most people in wales think he’s a snake

[@paulkavanagh8240]

'Most people in Wales' are very astute.

[@ftumschk]

@@paulkavanagh8240 If only that were true. The Brexit referendum, and the two general elections which followed it, suggest otherwise.

[@Pagey1981]

Why are Reform polling first in Wales then?

[@Philljag]

@ no it’s not Plaid Cymru is 🤦‍♀️😂😂

[@lewis123417]

​@@Philljagplaid cymru 😂😂😂😂

[@thucydidescallas525]

I saw the headline and almost got a heart attack before Christmas.

[@roddychristodoulou9111]

My take take is either the Reform Party will become the official opposition , or they will merge with the Tories . This is all depending on the establishment not destroying Farage if they come to the conclusion he's too much of a hot potato .

[@geoffpoole483]

Reform have 5 MPs. In order to form the next government they will need to gain 321 seats. British politics often has a populist right-wing fringe party. Reform is just another one of those.

[@Ilovemywifeshessogreat]

@@geoffpoole483 5 MPs but also won 14% of the vote and over 4 million votes which isn't a fringe party

[@clairee4939]

If Reform merge with the Conservatives, they should be renamed Conform! 😉

[@simonbamford8441]

Pigs might fly. Farage just slithers.

[@jamesgardiner8624]

With labour delivering more of the same, Farage will 100% be the next PM. Unless there is actual change, something, ANYTHING different. Genuine noticeable reform of SOMETHING, is urgently needed to have any chance of getting a second term.

[@TheGava4]

New EU referendum on next election

[@TaZ101SAGA]

Ha ha, we can only hope! People are tired of the two main parties, every consecutive government just gets worse and worse. People want a new option. It's not hard to understand.

[@SocietalDefibrilation]

So, snake oil?

[@Arckitekt]

Might as well vote for Count Binface...

[@JohnRowsell]

Vote Reform and get our country back

[@1aatlas]

Binface is just another lefty in a cosplay outfit.

[@clairee4939]

I fear his intergalactic focus is a threat to our national sovereignty! 😅

[@josho1994]

I really hope so, honestly hes the last hope for our country. Im 19 and I've just officially joined REFORM UK.

[@aaroneus5479]

I am sorry but your takes are some of the worst I've ever seen.

[@matthewcoyle3315]

I’m not an optimist but I can’t see how a Reform government is in any way possible.

[@morgs4mountains]

All you have to do is ask yourself a simple question. Can you afford to pay for healthcare cover that will provide you with the level of protection that you have come to expect from the NHS. If the answer is no, then you know whether you should vote for Reform UK or not. And, don't expect your NI contributions to be removed to cover the cost. The cost of healthcare cover around the world is expensive and there are reasons as to why some people have poor health based on their inability to pay for their needs. The NHS worked under Labour from 1997 to 2010 and there is no reason to suggest that it cannot work again.

[@VincentBreen1970]

Distrust in institutions is what fuels the radical right. That’s a failure of the institutions. The electoral is massively complex and we are led not just here but by politicians who think 20th Century rather than 21st Century.

[@cgroovy]

No spoilers for the podcast!

[@dc3584]

we can only hope

[@benwarnock]

Fingers crossed 🤞

[@Ayresplastering]

Nothing worse than a sneeze that never comes!

[@hjm9586]

This country need another Guy Fawkes.

[@jakeholland9502]

What a failure? Guy folks failed like brext lol

[@lewis123417]

What a Catholic revolution? 😂

[@dominiclawson5362]

When politicians talk about a "threat to democracy," they mean liberalism.

[@mike7002]

Farage has fewer MPs than the SNP. Who remembers the BNP as a party that had its leader on BBCQT? They are nowhere today, as will Reform.

[@geoffpoole483]

Spot on.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Reform are just another name for the BNP and all the other far right parties. They're not blatantly racist. They're suggestively racist.

[@Daniel-py6rd]

Look at the polling numbers for reform. They are way ahead of where bnp ever were. Reform are a far more serious outfit.

[@sacredandthepropane]

The King of wishful thinking. Tories won't get in again, and this, bar a miraculous turnaround, will be the Labour party's last rodeo. So what next? The feeling of the nation has changed. 9/10 people I talk to are saying the same things. Reform are the only party near enough trying to offer solutions to those issues. You may be right though, 4 and half years is a long time, and another populist party might have spawned by then.

[@priyaakajedimindtrickdragon]

My family and I talked about this over Christmas and we genuinely discussed selling up and we would all move abroad if this happened. There is no way that I could live in a country where Farage was the PM. I think there would be a mass exodus.

[@jamescroxford7258]

Farage is an absolute joke, how can anyone take the man seriously

[@Simonsimon-fy3hq]

And you take the Labour Cabinet seriously?

[@andybrice2711]

Love him or loathe him, he does a very effective job of representing his supporters.

[@scottbrierley6183]

Crikey you’re in for a shock

[@Daniel-py6rd]

Do you take the last 50 years of politicians seriously? Many reasonable people are behind farage.

[@ademcfade]

A joke who arguably has been the most effective politician of his generation. Whether you like him or not, the fact is his campaign did remove the UK from the EU, it's hard to find any other politician from his generation who genuinely changed things to this extent.

[@mnh31113ah]

I could definitely see him as leader of the opposition. Labour could bring in PR, but they're too gutless, so as people turn away from the two party system, elections become more of a roll of the dice.

[@JakeyBaby6]

Frustratingly I think they feel threatened by Lib Dem, I would wager if people felt Lib Dem could challenge properly a lot of their vote would shift to them. I voted Labour only because Lib Dem have no precense where I live.

[@dariuswong9764]

Well unfortunately it wont be a race btw labour and reform as much as this channel hopes. It will be a race btw reform and the tories, labour will be all but obliterated

[@scottbrierley6183]

Let’s hope so. Time to take our country back.

[@MiataBRG]

There's no need for a title like that this near to Christmas🎄

[@ac4486]

Harriet Harman is amongst the last people Labour should be trotting out on the telly if they want to rescue a shred of optimism and good will.

[@CustardCream14]

“Threat to democracy” 😂

[@munchuriancandidate]

12:24 Ava’s right to be worried. I only wish we could spend less time watching the clown show more time building an anti-clown platform 🗽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🙏 great coverage

[@tatt-g2h]

A political manifesto, within reason, should be made a legally binding contract. To do a complete u-turn on it is not right imo. So sick of the lies and back-tracking.

[@Olyfrun]

That would be terrible news for Nigel

[@lewis123417]

Labour would be out of office already if that was the case

[@lewis123417]

​@@Olyfrunmore like terrible news for Labour

[@Olyfrun]

@@lewis123417 but labour haven't broken their manifesto... And in fact they seem to be finally doing the shit we asked Cameron to do 14 years ago

[@lewis123417]

@Olyfrun mate you can't be shilling this hard. Even big issue wrote about all his U turns and pledges being broken 🤣

[@chiefnama790]

How are they a threat to democracy?

[@ftumschk]

Because their entire modus operandi is based on lies, which is antithetical to democracy.

[@lewis123417]

It's a threat to labour and the tories controlling our democracy

[@TaZ101SAGA]

Just sensational garbage the left likes to throw about because they have no argument.

[@clairee4939]

@@ftumschk That can’t be it. Politicians lying is as old as Government itself.

[@ftumschk]

@@clairee4939 Not on this scale, and not with this much impact/damage to people's lives - in many cases, wilfully lying to the people who support them. Reform are also _spreading_ lies and misinformation by starting and/or fuelling conspiracy theories, which takes lying to a whole other level.

[@R53Hole]

I'm leaving, I've assessed the situation and I'm going.

[@clairee4939]

🕳️ 👀 hey … you down there? Can I get you anything? 😂

[@alllew7947]

Keir Starmer is useless.

[@graemehancocks4171]

Is that you Kemi?

[@derrickjacques8161]

Shourly it can't be any worse 😂

[@Dayrile123]

The media has a job here. Instead of legitimising Reform, they need to be challenged constantly and consistently on the facts.

[@lewis123417]

And they have been doing that, especially around the election and the racism scandals. But the media needs to be fair, if we have a situation like in america with CNN and MSNBC being blatantly rediculous in their attacks, it just feeds into reforms narrative that the "establishment" is against them and to a degree they'd be right if the media unfairly targeted them over the other parties just because we find their views distasteful. Democracy has to include everyone and we all have to play on an even playing field

[@Icy_Ambassador3291]

I’d imagine the young people voting Reform have grown up living in areas where the government (Labour and Tory) have completely gone against their people and want to see themselves protected against mass immigration, culture change, would like the ability to buy their own home, protection of Christian values, good business opportunities, good jobs and R&D

[@saz4484]

We can only hope he wins and reforms the country 🙏 And I am an immigrant

[@rafd3593]

We’re really going to have to start worrying about Reform if the right wing press transfer their allegiance from the Tories to Reform.

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

Only problem with this point is that all of the UK press except GB news are socially left these days so I wouldn’t worry too much…

[@jakeholland9502]

​@@lewismcnicholas2631thats a joke obviously.

[@rafd3593]

The Sun, The Daily Express, The Daily Telegraph, and The Daily Mail are all right wing papers. One or two of them could turn to Reform.

[@carolineobrien3692]

The Times did a puff piece on John Candy and reform on Saturday and there have been other positive articles on Reform. The Times seems to be supporting Reform quite strongly. This worries me as I always saw The Times as centre-right.

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

Reform are centre right - it’s just that the left have gone far left 👍

[@MrChristopherUK]

"they don't have anyone cool" how patronising, and a good example of why the establishment is going to get a almighty kicking in a few years. Stuck in the New Labour era.

[@danrattigan96]

The saving grace here could be that we’re going to live through 4 years of Trump unchained before 2029. I have no doubt the Americans will be done with MAGA after this sh*t show, and Farage has hitched his wagon to that horse - here’s hoping we learn the lesson

[@Xerus35]

I've got bad news for you. Delusional leftist politics is over. Nobody likes it, nobody wants it.

[@MultipleUselessness]

Have you already forgotten that Trump was already president? Americans tried Democrats for four years and then voted that Trump was actually better for them. I wouldn't be surprised if the same happens over here based on Labour's first 6months. The Consevatives were bad but Labour are worse, so what are people going to do? Protest vote Reform.

[@danrattigan96]

@@MultipleUselessness Trump won again because people have short memories, are easily misled by misinformation, and because Biden should have never ran again. Trump was a disaster, and this time will be way worse now that he doesn’t need votes. I could see the Tories winning again, but I think they’re too tarnished and there’s more space in our system for an outside party. Labour will likely do a lot legislatively, but, like Biden, are terrible messengers and so will allow the false narratives to sink them

[@Daniel-py6rd]

The big problem with your argument is that maga aren't as bad as you've been made to believe. They were already in power and the economy was good, no new foreign invasions and not as corrupt as the left establishment. People want more of it.

[@archie7218]

@@MultipleUselessnessYes but context is very important. Trump was not ‘better’ for Americans because of anything he personally did. He had a very easy economic ride from 2017-2020, before a poor response to Covid resulted in him getting booted out. Biden then bore the brunt of the economic aftermath of covid.

[@pcgaming1031]

By the time frog is a premier, I'll have been long gone from the country, I hope!!!

[@akosiamarillo]

If he is, he will not get my vote. He will be someone else’ PM.

[@lewis123417]

That's not how elections work lol

[@akosiamarillo]

@ what i give him my vote? how can he be my PM if i left the country?

[@lewis123417]

@akosiamarillo whether you give him your vote or not doesn't matter. If you live in the country and he's PM then he would be your PM, this isn't difficult to grasp. This "not my PM" american nonsense does not make any sense

[@akosiamarillo]

@he can be yours but not mine if live in a tropical island 😄

[@lewis123417]

@akosiamarillo some banana Republic more like

[@jenniferegan1675]

He's the only person appealing to the voter. I'm a swing voter but have been hugely let down by both conservative and labour over the last twenty years. Labour want to control society completely and that's what terrifies me. If we lose free speech our society is lost, offensive speech is subjective and needs to be protected for all sides. I really wish the left and right could have civilised debates without all the hostility, it's amazing how things look when people are open to other views, even for a moment

[@matty506]

If Migration doesn't drop drastically Reform win the next GE. I really hope Nigel isn't a main player at that point as I can't stand the guy but will vote reform anyway.

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

It should be about policies not personalities so you’re making the right call

[@floatingpeaks4584]

This is how Trump won

[@evelbsstudio]

Omg, reform will destroy the country

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

Yes because there is so much working currently with the uniparty

[@silvafox7719]

@@lewismcnicholas2631 Reform would be a disaster. Farage, Tice and Candy. All privately educated, wealthy and dangerous for the average person. They have no policy makers. They have no fresh odeas and no political talent. Farage is a fire starter. He simply sits on the sidelines shouting 'whataboutism' with no serious solutions. His dieas are dangerous, as they would benefit the billionaire class, and leave the average Brit worse off in every way.

[@Bouncer_RF06]

Labour are the ones destroying this country

[@Xerus35]

The left already destroyed the country. Thats why we all hate you.

[@pd1596]

Maybe I'm stupid but if people vote in Reform, why is that undemocratic?

[@clairee4939]

👍🏻 No, that is a simple question, not a stupid question! That’s a down to earth question you ask when you haven’t convinced yourself that you are smarter than you actually are, such that you’d think your own bias is objectively true in the face of common sense! ♥️

[@stephenclipper]

I’ll be voting Reform

[@daveball137]

Get your health insurance ready. Hope you don’t have uninsurable conditions.

[@Daniel-py6rd]

​@@daveball137the NHS will be a joke anyway once we are living as a third world country undervthe current establishment.

[@Daniel-py6rd]

​@@daveball137we'll be in such decline under the current establishment that public health care won't be adequate anyway. It's already in chaos.

[@richardrodriguez9005]

If labour able to tackle immigration issues, particularly illegal immigration, i do not think nigel will win the next general election. My suggestion to labour is to combat nigel's popularity as early as possible.

[@lewis123417]

It doesn't seem like labours going to achieve much in that realm. I think we may have reach peak so numbers will naturally come down but they'll still be far too high for the publics comfort come 2029

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

Can’t wait 🎉 time for change - if the main parties kept their election promises and matched their rhetoric with action then it wouldn’t be happening

[@Gary-le7dz]

Polling 18% average maybe should ask the 82% who don’t want him anywhere near PM

[@martinrees4933]

Vote reform.

[@wheatley9601]

"threat to democracy" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@britbazza3568]

Nothing wrong with Farage being in number 10 we need a person who actual needs to take this nation to the right politically and actually put the people of these islands first

[@danielcraig4974]

He's a con man. Have you not figured that out yet?

[@raeraereadssometimes]

@britbazza3568 how is moving to the Right putting "the people" first? We've just had 14 years of the Right and the country is a shadow of itself and on the brink of break-up.

[@HazelBulyka]

@@raeraereadssometimesthe Conservatives are not to the right. That is why we need Reform. and why the real conservatives are defecting to Reform. Governments all across Europe are moving to the Right. The citizens of most European countries have had enough of the Lefts ideologies.

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

Bang on Bazza

[@Oceanvanguard58]

He doesn't want it. He's an entertainer. He'll be bored with his latest creation by Easter and it'll die away like his previous parties. By next Christmas he'll be presenting 'Spin the Wheel'.

[@raalph]

from a production point of view, it's mad that they left in that anti-sneeze

[@violinstar5948]

We love Saint Nigel of Clacton outside your London bubble. 🇬🇧 💪🏻

[@jakeholland9502]

Saint Bootlicker of Trump? You mean begging for crumbs. What has he done for anyone but himself

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

@@jakeholland9502any different to Starmer with scholz and Xi?

[@jakeholland9502]

@lewismcnicholas2631 but he was i lawyer helping others. Id like to see nigel fighting for the people of Clacton. Sorry he kept his promises with imergration with brexit 😆 🤣 😂

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

Once he is in a position of power things will get better as he will have the drive to make to work - the principle of brexit is fine it’s just the implementation has been disastrous as the uniparty don’t believe in it

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

Whilst important to support his local constituency I think he has some really vital things to do to save the west so I would cut him some slack but can see both sides of it

[@carter7944]

Are we just pretending that first past the post doesnt exist?

[@brackcycle9056]

Hope says ... The US public will see the damage trump does & turns against him & the the UK media gives up on its NF promo ... & Starmer actually improves the economy, & joins the Single Market in time to win next election.

[@supercadcc]

@brackcycle9056 my prediction is trump starts off well, then screws the whole thing up. Then he will run away to another country to hide, leaving everyone to pick up the pieces. That or civil war.

[@aaroneus5479]

Reality says none of this will happen - see the USA where they had this hope previously and it turns out the people actually hate the status quo and steady decline from the establishment. Also, most European economies aren't exactly faring well either, joining the single market again will likely do little to improve our situation.

[@jakeholland9502]

Gun laws common sense..... think

[@Pagey1981]

Socialism... improve the economy. 😂

[@jakeholland9502]

@@Pagey1981 nigel for the working class 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣

[@cambrica4108]

The problem is most of the British people aren't turned onto politics, and there isn't any good options really. Some of the smaller parties have decent people fronting them, such as Ed Davey and Ap Iorwerth, but the heavy hitters don't offer anyone real, just a bunch of out of touch power freaks, and the ordinary person with good intentions isn't able to get into politics because most of the media in the UK are incredibly biased to one party or another, but also because people are more worried about putting food on the table then helping others at the moment due to the cost of living crisis.

[@Discodave007licencedtothrill.]

🤣 No he won’t. Because BOTS 🤖 can’t vote. BOTS 🤖 can sign ONLINE petitions. But the CAN’T go to a polling station and VOTE. It’s that simple.

[@alexgarland2747]

4 million voters managed it last time, will be alot more in 5 years

[@MarKeMu125]

​​@@alexgarland2747 unfortunately so, he's the only popularist in town as Labour cucked theirs (Corbyn).

[@lewis123417]

This is such a cope comment.

[@MatthewHenry-ym6bb]

He's been elected by British voters to politics one way or another for about 30 years, a lot longer than most politicians in Britain.

[@spikeychris]

The electoral maths just doesn't work for Reform to end up as the largest party. In the labour seats with the smallest majorities the 2nd party is almost always the Conservatives. At the next election it's far more likely that reform will simply leech more votes from the Conservatives and in the end Labour will still be in the power. If anything the Lib Dems are the ones who are more likely to increase their seats as they have a very targetted in their approach and they also squeeze the conservatives. Reform got a lot of votes at the last election but it was very spread out (hence why they ended up with so few seats) and while a lot of people did vote Labour to get the Tories out I'm not sure that equates to them voting for Reform next time.

[@jasonhaven7170]

Also, only 12% of young men voted Reform. 12% voted Green

[@prismatic-elastin8244]

I kind of disagree as labour won't be tactical voting with lib dems this time as they need to defend instead of attack

[@spikeychris]

@@prismatic-elastin8244 Still wouldn't result in Reform winning a majority though. At worst it would end up with a Lib-Lab coalition especially if Kemy is still in charge of the Tories.

[@gefthetalkingmongoose]

Editor did Ava dirty with that sneeze attempt

[@STORRMUZIK]

Good he gave us Brexit, he deserves to be PM

[@maxwild1212]

Your comment is a little confusing because you appear to be acting as though him giving us Brexit is a good thing.

[@carltaylor-thompson8951]

If Cameron hadn't given the referendum to try and shut up the ERG the Farage would still be an MEP milking the European parliament for every penny he could squeeze out of it.

[@superharuhifan]

It is

[@graemehancocks4171]

@@superharuhifan in what way? all there is damage, decking living standards and more immigration. Thanks for Brexit and the tories/reform. Reform are a bunch of ********.

[@maxwild1212]

@@superharuhifan Why is him giving us a long-term policy which is entirely negative and not positive in any way a good thing?

[@refinedvintagerides9341]

Not sleep walking, two parties haven't listened, they need to be voted out.

[@AryanStapleton]

Why are the left so focussed on the influence of Musk and Rogan when it comes to UK politics?! Young people are going to vote further to the right because they want to see a dramatic change to their country and future, not because men in their 40s & 50s are big on social media.

[@raeraereadssometimes]

@@AryanStapleton they're both factors

[@lewismcnicholas2631]

Think you are selling young people out if you think they blindly folllow Rogan etc - think they have only experienced the challenges as opposed to the proposed benefits of what has happened over the last 25 years so I’d argue they have greater clarity

[@Daniel-py6rd]

What's so bad about rogan and musk? They are sane voices amongst the chaos.

[@unatwomey7112]

Stop private money in politics. Restart the coffee houses that started your democracy. Social media algorithms affect what you see and what you think. Even if you think you can't be led, it shifts the needle too much.

[@lewis123417]

Funny how we need to stop private money in politics as soon as it starts to benefit a third party 🤣