Could Farage Returning Destroy the Tories?

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In this video, we’re going to look into the possibility of Nigel Farage returning to Reform UK and whether this could, in turn, damage the Tories even more at the next election.
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[@superhumantrueman]

14 years of the tories destroyed the tories.

[@dftfire]

Absolutely. It's crazy to think they had an 80-seat majority under Boris and have seemingly done nothing with it. What a waste. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ASocialistTransGirl]

oh my god it’s actually been 14 years, jesus christ

[@superhumantrueman]

@@ASocialistTransGirl I am afraid so. Time flies when you are living crisis to crisis.

[@maccagrabme]

That's only because the New Labour party are so awful that they couldn't win an election in all that time even with an awful Tory gov. It's only now that the Tories are so far gone that Labour gets in by default, not because they are going to improve anything. This is the end of the UK as we know it, a decade of New Labour with Bliar pulling the strings is the end.

[@JupiterThunder]

I only have one thing add, i.e. f*** the Tories.

[@jameslewis2635]

Farage will not end the Tories. It is only the Tories that can do that and it is hard to say that they have not made an enthusiastic effort to make that happen when the next election comes around.

[@jonmould2946]

Jail time for replacement sympathizers.

[@Max88-xl2si]

Only old and undeducated people vote for farage. I hope they are not that many

[@JD-Media]

Here's what will happen. The Tories will take a pounding at the election, Labour will win a majority and Reform may perform well cutting into the Tory vote however they won't gain many seats due to the FPTP system, the same thing that happened to Ukip in 2015. The Tories will become the opposition but will be heavily weakened and there will be talk of the party dying or splitting. That won't happen, however. Then after a decade of Labour's rule, the Tories will eventually rebound in voter opinion because voters will grow tired of Labour eventually. The same thing that happens with every two party system.

[@bluebull399]

@@JD-Media I don't think this could happen. Think about the economic situation of the UK 10 years down the line. The UK would have added at least another 5 million to its population through immigration. Immigration was pretty much the single point issue the Tories were supposed to have fixed but didn't. Housing and infrastructure will be far worse off. We will most likely be facing a far right party at that point. Reform are right but not quite far right (yet). However, we don't know what events will take place in the UK. There could be sectarian violence between communities, a new round of terrorist attacks plus scandals within the ranks of Labour. Labours upcoming term will be last term served by the Duopoly. The Tories will not bounce back from this.

[@TheRealUSArmy]

Well Farage running the Reform Party and taking votes from the Tories is going to harm the Tories a lot. They could be driven to extinction soon

[@graycurties6479]

Tories don’t need any help they have destroyed themselves from within

[@MrAvant123]

True

[@urlauburlaub2222]

no. however, farage would change them and it's pretty random, in which direction. The overall system remains stuck.

[@edwardduff4746]

People are absolutely mental if the vote for labour or conservative again. David Kurten Heritage Party We are now in our fourth year since we launched as a party in autumn 2020. This is a vital year for us as there is likely to be a General Election at the end of 2024. We will also be contending local elections in England and the London Assembly election next May. In the UK, the old political parties continue to work in lockstep together to allow perverse materials into classrooms for Relationships and Sexuality Education, permit open borders with unprecedented levels of both illegal and legal immigration, and make war on motorists with increasingly onerous restrictions on travel for ordinary citizens such as LTNs, 15-minute cities and the ULEZ. The Heritage Party is the only UK-wide party that will end the climate emergency hoax and lift all restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions. We will ensure that people can continue to buy and use petrol and diesel cars and keep gas boilers in their homes. We will repeal regulations that require homes to have SMART meters and meet impossible new building emissions criteria, designed to force the abandonment of older buildings that are a precious part of our heritage. We will introduce a Child Protection Bill to protect children from propaganda that attempts to confuse them with gender ideology or groom them into early sexual activity. We will also control our borders by pushing illegal boats back across the Channel and introducing strict caps on student and work visas while ensuring we train enough young British people to do the jobs that need to be done in this country. I Edward say that if anyone votes Lib/Lab/ Con or any other left wing parties they need their head examined. Heritage could, with your help make Britain great again. Anyone who votes labour or tory or any other left wing party need their head examined

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Just like the establishment Republicans.

[@LemiKillmister.]

The tories are already finished and they done it all on themselves.

[@Letsthinkaboutit-mb7nn]

They kicked all the "moderates" out of the party and unlike the US where 50% of the public are crazy It didn't work

[@JuliusFawcett]

Tory lack of interest in the people they serve ended them

[@thegoat11111]

They serve the rich and they have served them well at our expense.

[@willumbermarchant5510]

Tories can't even be loyal to the Tories, let alone the people

[@zacharybohlman4069]

They serve the rich and always have.

[@johnwright9372]

They never served the people. They served themselves.

[@MisterSplendy]

Yup!!@@thegoat11111

[@DrLogical987]

Cameron only called the Brexit referendum to avoid a Tory split. So? What's the point of Brexit now?

[@markwebster243]

What’s the point? good call! None of us have seen a benefit from leaving because WE HAVENT LEFT YET, shitty politicians shit scared do actually work and do due diligence and actually work for their constituents and country? More interested in illegals or diversity the two most shittiest things society is interested in.

[@brianharris7243]

End the Tories? Farridge won't but the Tories will

[@terenchion1]

FARAGE not FARRIDGE

[@DanePavitt]

​@@terenchion1I'd have thought he'd prefer Farridge tbf. Farage sounds a bit French, a bit foreign

[@jonsmith5058]

Why tf is Blunkett the most popular politician and how the hell is Starmer second?

[@injest1928]

People loved that Blunkett was such a visionary

[@jackmonaghan8477]

@@injest1928 "Visionary". Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Obviously you've never spoken to a British Muslim that was on the receiving end of his Islamophobic, dogshit policies. Honestly, New Labour were at times no different from the Tories (so, what else is new?).

[@marksavage1108]

The poll was done freely and fairly, they only asked Owen Jones. LOL.

[@marksavage1108]

@@injest1928 You are blind if you think the same joke told over and over gets any funnier.

[@injest1928]

​@@marksavage1108I see what you did there.

[@davidhall7744]

David Blunkett? Where did he come into this? 😂 Nice man but I cant believe he is the UKs most popular politician 😂

[@ActuallyJamesS]

He's a popular politician whose record was never tarred by being in the top job. Still only 32%

[@davideyres955]

Dosnt the fact you described a politician as a nice man say it all. You can’t describe many of them like that.

[@johnwright9372]

Plunkett was able and honest, a too rare quality today.

[@injest1928]

Blunkett was a Visionary

[@johnrandall125]

He had a nice dog and that goes a long way with the British public. But I still think his dog had more vision than he did!

[@MrNPC]

What you left out was Tice giving reform a bunch of money, he's not as disposable as you might think.

[@archvaldor]

Farage has his money. He can find money elsewhere if he needs to.

[@jrobs1133]

So someone makes an investment and the return on that investment could be higher if Farage leads the party.

[@davidstacey1449]

The Reform "Party" (that isn't an actual party) owe Tice a lot of money, that's how Tice has as much control of it as Farage. If the Tories had a few brain cells between them their main strategy would be to create friction between Farage and Tice. In the long run Reform will drop like a stone as most of their supporters are elderly or they are fickle individuals who will jump on any new band wagon coming into town.

[@synappticuser7296]

'Will Farage end the Tories?" - One can only live in hope!

[@edwardduff4746]

A better choice would be Heritage Party We are now in our fourth year since we launched as a party in autumn 2020. This is a vital year for us as there is likely to be a General Election at the end of 2024. We will also be contending local elections in England and the London Assembly election next May. In the UK, the old political parties continue to work in lockstep together to allow perverse materials into classrooms for Relationships and Sexuality Education, permit open borders with unprecedented levels of both illegal and legal immigration, and make war on motorists with increasingly onerous restrictions on travel for ordinary citizens such as LTNs, 15-minute cities and the ULEZ. The Heritage Party is the only UK-wide party that will end the climate emergency hoax and lift all restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions. We will ensure that people can continue to buy and use petrol and diesel cars and keep gas boilers in their homes. We will repeal regulations that require homes to have SMART meters and meet impossible new building emissions criteria, designed to force the abandonment of older buildings that are a precious part of our heritage. We will introduce a Child Protection Bill to protect children from propaganda that attempts to confuse them with gender ideology or groom them into early sexual activity. We will also control our borders by pushing illegal boats back across the Channel and introducing strict caps on student and work visas while ensuring we train enough young British people to do the jobs that need to be done in this country. I Edward say that if anyone votes Lib/Lab/ Con or any other left wing parties they need their head examined. Heritage could, with your help make Britain great again. Anyone who votes labour or tory or any other left wing party need their head examined

[@WeatherManToBe]

​@@edwardduff4746thanks for the laugh

[@jaycartwright1170]

@@edwardduff4746not reading allat bro

[@edwardduff4746]

That's why Btitain is on its knees. People like you are laughing at their own demise

[@edwardduff4746]

@@jaycartwright1170 can you explain what you are trying to say?

[@timothydexter4027]

Richard Tice lent £1 million to Reform, so he does have some power.

[@mikefish8226]

He's a part owner of Reform in conjunction with Farage.

[@aaronclarke6796]

Latest polling was at 15% for Reform I believe...?

[@dannyblanchflower1882]

Yes. YouGov. In England they're polling at 17% vs the Tories at 19%. In north England, they're already beating them.

[@cyber_rachel7427]

​@dannyblanchflower1882 thats both hillarious and terrifying to me as a Northerner lol Thatcher really screwed this area up if the poorest region of the country is insisting on voting for people even further right than the Tories

[@dannyblanchflower1882]

@@cyber_rachel7427 The Tories are the party of high tax, open borders and wokery. It isn't hard to be further right than them.

[@alexsteck10]

@@cyber_rachel7427the tories are far left now

[@michaelparkinsonsfreeparkerpen]

@@cyber_rachel7427 Reform differ from Thatcher on a few things According to their manifesto they support nationalisation and are against the privatisation of the NHS for example

[@Nahasapasa]

That's what you get when you insist upon the undemocratic "first past the post" system

[@ResoundGuy5]

At FPTP is more likely to lead you to one party majority rule. Proportional voting systems are more likely to lead to coalition governments. And coalition governments are the worst

[@colmivers]

​@@ResoundGuy5 heaven forbid the government should reflect the views and proportions of the voters

[@SkinUpMonkey]

​@@ResoundGuy5ya the last one give us brexit.

[@Infinitystar225]

​@ResoundGuy5 because parties being forced to cooperate with each other is sooooo bad.

[@dftfire]

"The EU is amazing, everything they do there is wonderful" "Most countries there don't use FPtP, but some form of PR" "..." "The EU is mostly amazing, most of what they do there is wonderful" 😂😂

[@crapmalls]

Hopefully yes. Zero seats for tories. Get a new party

[@edwardduff4746]

People are absolutely mental if the vote for labour or conservative again. David Kurten Heritage Party We are now in our fourth year since we launched as a party in autumn 2020. This is a vital year for us as there is likely to be a General Election at the end of 2024. We will also be contending local elections in England and the London Assembly election next May. In the UK, the old political parties continue to work in lockstep together to allow perverse materials into classrooms for Relationships and Sexuality Education, permit open borders with unprecedented levels of both illegal and legal immigration, and make war on motorists with increasingly onerous restrictions on travel for ordinary citizens such as LTNs, 15-minute cities and the ULEZ. The Heritage Party is the only UK-wide party that will end the climate emergency hoax and lift all restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions. We will ensure that people can continue to buy and use petrol and diesel cars and keep gas boilers in their homes. We will repeal regulations that require homes to have SMART meters and meet impossible new building emissions criteria, designed to force the abandonment of older buildings that are a precious part of our heritage. We will introduce a Child Protection Bill to protect children from propaganda that attempts to confuse them with gender ideology or groom them into early sexual activity. We will also control our borders by pushing illegal boats back across the Channel and introducing strict caps on student and work visas while ensuring we train enough young British people to do the jobs that need to be done in this country. I Edward say that if anyone votes Lib/Lab/ Con or any other left wing parties they need their head examined. Heritage could, with your help make Britain great again. Anyone who votes labour or tory or any other left wing party need their head examined

[@christaylor8956]

Hold all other trains of thought for just a minute... why is David Blunkett topping the most popular politician poll??? Think this deserves its own video entirely lads.

[@injest1928]

People liked his vision

[@Zantorc]

That is such an obvious troll that I can't see how anyone can take the poll seriously.🤣

[@stephenmullan321]

It’s Jeremy Corbyn by a landslide , that is just TLDR trolling us

[@generalno181]

Nobody really knows who he is and aren’t against him, those that do know him support him

[@LoLLOL-kt9fk]

ZERO SEATS!

[@gsugesuio]

Tories destroyed the Tories. This is what an uncontested Tories majority looks like, doesn't get better than THIS...

[@billykotsos4642]

WE CAN ONLY HOPE

[@geoffcropper1410]

I didn't know there were any popular politicians in this country.

[@aperfectlycromulentusername]

UK needs to scrap FPTP voting and replace it with preferential voting

[@reginaldamoah8608]

David Bunketbis the most popular politician have I missed something?

[@zxdgaming927]

I was shocked at starmer 😱😱😱😱

[@nickmellorphotos]

I don’t see it

[@thejibberjabberwookiee8604]

Why is David Blunkett so popular atm??

[@DanielEarlester]

Because he keeps quiet and is never seen

[@jesush.tap-dancingchrist7328]

Kimberley Quinn was in charge of the survey

[@Aegmog]

Starmer in at number 2 😂 Yet to meet a Labour voter.

[@superhumantrueman]

@@Aegmog "Yet to meet a Labour voter." - weird, since Labour are storming ahead.

[@Aegmog]

@@superhumantrueman strange that.

[@nick9669]

David Blunkett is the most popular politician in Britain? Did I miss something?

[@openflanker]

"If we take him at his word"... Just leaving that there.

[@Sock1122]

4:46 You even got his cadace on point here 😄

[@simonmockford7090]

Farage speaks his mind and that is very appealing. When was the last time sunak had an interview that wasnt contrived or with spin. Not saying im a fan-still on the fence.

[@BingBuddy]

Farage is defending the UK, doing what is necessary - whereas people like the Indian billionaire (with a British passport) are not mentally and culturally connected to the UK, but to support their small peer group, some lobbying and for fame and self-promotion. Same some CEOs they come and go.

[@magicalmelon]

REFORM 2024

[@simongardner3766]

The thing that Sunak and Co. don't understand is, it is the Conservative party that has changed, not their voters. It is why the chant, 'a vote for reform is a vote for Labour', doesn't work. Right of centre voters view Reform UK as the real Conservative party, and the actual Conservative party as basically 'New Labour', virtually identical to the current Labour party.

[@superhumantrueman]

Real conservative party, fake conservative party - they are all just the same grifters.

[@laurentdrozin812]

I think you got it backward. The voters have changed and shifted right, but the Tory leadership has not acknowledged the shift.

[@doughnutdevourer5667]

Agreed, only makes it more absurd considering that the conservatives stoked this by bringing up immigration every time things went wrong thinking it was a vote winner for them. It was literally spamming the news days after the Liz Truss debacle after it hadn’t been brought up in the mainstream for years. It being a conservative vote winner used to be true, but then a new party came along to snatch up those voters. But the conservatives just couldn’t adapt their strategy, so here we are.

[@razorbird789]

@@laurentdrozin812 OP is completely correct. Voters are not shifting right at any scale. The political goalposts have moved millions (the majority) of the country "right". They are accused of moving right but they haven't changed their views in decades. Look at the recent Irish referendum. Did the Irish move right? No. They were foistered with a ridiculous notion and rejected it the same way they would have in 1950 or 1985.

[@davidstacey1449]

The Tories are more right wing than ever. They have lost more voters to Labour than Reform. A segment of the electorate that is mainly composed of elderly people and people who have far less than five GCSEs at Grade C or above have moved much much further to the right after being targeted by a campaign from the far right that is mainly online and from four newspapers owned by elderly white billionaires. You could add GB News to that list, but nobody that.

[@hogg8984]

It’s good to remember that Reform/Brexit massive support at the last election and Nigel made a deal with Boris and stood down Reform / Brexit party to not split the vote. Support for Reform is a win for labour due to our system.

[@GDP-hm5ey]

Good. If Labour win a huge number of seats (like 80%) despite only getting 40% of the vote. That opens real questions up about our electoral system. We need proportional representation.

[@davidbettney785]

Glad you mentioned the SDP, as just under 50% of the original party voted to not join the Liberals in the 80s, and they are now back with over 100 candidates at the next GE, with a none aggression pact with Reform in some areas :)

[@rochne]

So everyone already forgot about his misleading promises about Brexit and willing to give him a "second chance" to "make UK great again"? Wtf Britain?

[@cheesebiscuits6323]

“Funny I’m a celeb man. Me vote.”

[@Part_Time_Catboy]

Which promises did he make that were misleading?

[@GhostRider659]

Putting the failures and missed opportunities around Brexit on him is a little strong. Victory in the referendum did not come with a parliamentary majority, instead all the Brexiteers could rely on was an at least partially skeptical and reluctant Tory party. Conservative voters in the UK may remember and punish them for their conduct.

[@aperson22222]

4:15 Wait, David Blunkett is the most popular politician in the UK? Am I missing something? I didn't think he'd been relevant in years and years.

[@rogerwilson6367]

Sunak has done it for him.

[@user-xy9yd9ds6m]

Farage and Anderson.Come on,lets get theU.K. back.

[@roalddahl1623]

What - back, back in Europe?

[@jacquesmalherbe2586]

How is Farage seen as such an electoral bogeyman? Hasn't he failed to be elected to parliament like 7 times???

[@shirleyswaine4701]

What "like seven times" ? Is that six times - that's like, but not quite seven, sort of 'seven lite' or eight, which is like seven on steroids.

[@fragfmgill]

i mean FPTP is a crazy bad system for insurgent parties.

[@razorbird789]

You can throw this accusation at HUNDREDS of Lib Dem, Green, SNP and Plaid candidates throughout history, not to mention Tories, Labour or fringers like Monster Raving. I assume you would be one of the first to agree the complexity First Past The Post has on new parties as only two(Labour/Liberal) have ever broken through and it was 100 years ago. Remember that Reform UK, the Lib Dems and Greens all sit together in an electoral reform pressure group. I hope that if you are throwing shade at one you throw it at them all equally. He's a bogeyman because he has had the most significant effect on politics since Tony Blair and has a lot more to his political CV than most sitting MPs.

[@JBscripts]

​@@fragfmgill It's a terrible system all-round

[@andykerr4180]

He won two national elections in the European Parliament.

[@williambranch4283]

One can hope so!

[@electric_whelk1653]

I'm sorry - David Blunkett???

[@MoonatikYT]

In my opinion, it all depends on whether Reform has their campaign geography right. They absolutely could poach seats from the Tories if they target the right seats. But, if their vote share is spread across the country they may end up as spoilers with their project just like their UKIP predecessors did in 2015: 13% of the public vote and only 1 MP.

[@telmas7183]

High lighting the very fair voting system we have!? >3.88 million people voted UKIP and were represented by ONE MP. ~1.45 million people voted SNP and were represented by 56!! MP's. Ever feel you've been robbed?

[@Hunter664yt]

it all about who wins in that province snp has or had way more with less votes because they won more in provinces ukip did had a lot of votes only won 1 province this is because of our current voting system works who ever has the most votes wins simple yet does not give the proper representation, Switzerland has or had a system where it properly represented and divided the political system to make sure that dominant political party's wont get to much power, either way I hate the British government and the welsh government because they are dominated by parties who don't really care and only after their own best interest

[@telmas7183]

@@Hunter664yt Thank you Hunter! I'm fully aware of what you have written. You may have missed my sarcasm in the first sentence?! For that small percentage of the electorate to have 56!! seats in the government of 650 is for me, akin to the 'tail wagging the dog'. As for your last point; I agree, they all feed from the same trough and I'm convinced that when that returning officer states they have been elected as the MP for their constituency, their first thought is; not what I can do for my voters, but great! I'm on the gravy train with a gold plated pension of life!

[@Hunter664yt]

@@telmas7183 I wasn't even responding to you no offence but it is unfair for those 3.8 million voters to have 1 guy out of 650, now for the second there are genuine mp's and politicians who want to help the people but sadly the majority always agree it nicer to have a seat and just show up then get payed, my mp is actually genuine and wanted to get rid of the trouble makers in the province like a pedo as a headmaster or my favourite a corrupt council which I had experience with

[@michaljuran7106]

Zero seats! Zero seats!

[@bloodmagiclord8253]

UKIP took more votes from Labour than from the Tories in 2015. It's a common myth that they only split the Tory vote - not actually true at all. Presumably the same will be true of Reform. Edit: I see this was touched on later in the video. I still think in a general election without the backdrop of Brexit influencing people's votes, Reform has the potential to take votes from Labour just as UKIP used to do. The parties have a similar target electorate after all. And this is something they will need to do if they are going to win any seats.

[@freddysw]

Reform is a much more right-wing Party than UKIP. A lot of the polling is based on their supporters. It’s very heavily conservative supporters

[@blazzz13]

You said it yourself- the Brexit factor. That doesn't exist anymore and actual science from I don't know- polls- shows your claims to be nonsense in today's political environment. Reform is taking more votes from the Tories than Labour. You seem to operate on the premise that the electorate can't change their minds.

[@Techiejt]

I agree with you for some of the red wall. Ashfield, North East Derbyshire constituencies I could see traditionally Labour voting (socially right wing/pro immigration control) people voting for Reform.

[@jamiemobilerepairnow5968]

You cant barrage the Farage

[@mr.netflix9149]

You can't throw cabbage at Farrage.

[@cheesebiscuits6323]

@@mr.netflix9149watch me

[@xpta]

tbh id prefer tory over labour any day of the year

[@megasin1]

you must have been pretty happy with politics for the past 12 years

[@xpta]

lets be honest, id rather live with high living prices then have shitty policies that lead the uk to shit permanently @@megasin1

[@megasin1]

@@xptawhat policies, immigration is up, prices are up, we're out of europe so free movement is down and we have less say on international politics since we cant even vote in the union, the nhs was bled, THEY SOLD THE LAND FROM HS2 so that labour can't continue the project, they elected lizz truss ffs. We're in higher debt per capita than when they started. Most of that shit is in fact permanent, especially paying back the debt and recovering from brexit.

[@googleisshittoss]

One can only hope

[@StrongKickMan]

Isn't that the guy who started the whole brexit thing?

[@farright118]

Uk needs proportional representation and regional parliments

[@ThomasBoyd-ex5vr]

Awesome. Brilliant content. Spot on. Does Labour party want general election over politically yes Thomas. Fed up waiting for it.

[@katzicael]

4:12 this is terrifying, no wonder the UK is falling apart lol.

[@injest1928]

Nothing destroys the Tories quite like the Tories.

[@nuttall47]

They've done it all by themselves, had a huge majority but thrown it all away.

[@Lighting_Desk]

Ill get the milkshake ready.

[@samh227]

The problem is the tories have been awful especially the last 5 years, but people aren’t voting Labour as they want Labour in like in 97 it’s more because they want the tories out. Whether people like Blair or not he had charisma and ideas, starmer is devoid of either or just struggles to get them ideas across to the electorate. Starmers main issue will be keeping the broadchurch that is the current Labour Party happy.

[@jetblackstar]

Checks for April 1 at. Realizes is not a joke. ... Feels slightly sick

[@stephenclark9917]

David Bluckett? Why do so many people think he is good?

[@Ruddpocalypse]

Me with my most monotone voice: no, stop, don’t split the tory vote, that would be so awful 😐

[@jamielees4763]

'Given none of the political figures mentioned could muster a 1/3 of the votes, the term 'Popular' is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

[@jenko6196]

popular is not necessarily defined by that person being successful, but making every effort to sound appealing to whatever voter they can without any tanglible explanation as to how their policies will make their lives better or how they will even be executed in the first place. popular seeks to appeal without anything to back it up, and are notoriously successful in duping people into voting for them. look at boris, trump and bolsanaro

[@tomd7372]

Farage is another clown like Johnson.

[@roalddahl1623]

The latter is mainly innocuous, the former ...

[@1verstapp]

but why would he need to? they seem to be doing a pretty good job of suiciding all by themselves.

[@roysimpson9711]

They destroyed themselves without any help

[@Censor-Target]

Final nail in the coffin maybe. But the Torys did it to themselves.

[@edwardlook970]

Wait!...approximately a third of UKIP supporters voted Libdem in 2010? Tactical voting? 🤔

[@edwardduff4746]

Heritage Party We are now in our fourth year since we launched as a party in autumn 2020. This is a vital year for us as there is likely to be a General Election at the end of 2024. We will also be contending local elections in England and the London Assembly election next May. In the UK, the old political parties continue to work in lockstep together to allow perverse materials into classrooms for Relationships and Sexuality Education, permit open borders with unprecedented levels of both illegal and legal immigration, and make war on motorists with increasingly onerous restrictions on travel for ordinary citizens such as LTNs, 15-minute cities and the ULEZ. The Heritage Party is the only UK-wide party that will end the climate emergency hoax and lift all restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions. We will ensure that people can continue to buy and use petrol and diesel cars and keep gas boilers in their homes. We will repeal regulations that require homes to have SMART meters and meet impossible new building emissions criteria, designed to force the abandonment of older buildings that are a precious part of our heritage. We will introduce a Child Protection Bill to protect children from propaganda that attempts to confuse them with gender ideology or groom them into early sexual activity. We will also control our borders by pushing illegal boats back across the Channel and introducing strict caps on student and work visas while ensuring we train enough young British people to do the jobs that need to be done in this country. I Edward say that if anyone votes Lib/Lab/ Con or any other left wing parties they need their head examined. Heritage could, with your help make Britain great again. Anyone who votes labour or tory or any other left wing party need their head examined

[@morethanwords]

The statistics you showed of results after a poll asking if people recognise current UK politicians, makes it clear how politically ignorant many UK citizens are, and don't seem to care.

[@VincentAlth]

As of today, the polling is even tighter than shown in the video

[@FrankB69]

Why Don’t the British major parties bring in preferential voting!!!!!!!!!!!!! It would stop splitting the vote problem !!!!! Because preferences would come back They conservatives & reform Together out pole labour

[@deniserowley8549]

Yes if he stands for Reform

[@blazeobaggins5228]

I would sincerly hope that both the tories and the labour party are finished but, the reality is that a majority of people rely on the red-blue political paradigm in the same way they rely on mainstream 'journalists'. The same thing happens every few years, again and again, it'll be no different this time. Some might call that the definition of insanity, others call it fair and free elections. So, coke or pepsi?

[@Nonixification]

Unbelievable, this Farage guy is still in spotlight after Brexit.

[@raynolan686]

The Tories have ruined it on there own

[@SkinUpMonkey]

Voting for a quiter makes no sense.

[@UdumbaraMusic]

It's alright, his fans have unsurprisingly forgotten him quitting, giving up, selling himself on cameo and never turning up to work while complaining about stuff he was supposed to sort out at work.

[@SkinUpMonkey]

@@UdumbaraMusic you not wrong, they do a good job at forgetting.

[@marksavage1108]

What did he quit from???

[@marksavage1108]

@@SkinUpMonkey What like forgetting nick (the liar) cleggs eu army dangerous fantasy,

[@SkinUpMonkey]

@@marksavage1108 everything

[@AdamWebb1982]

Hope so

[@richardgale1287]

Don’t credit Farage. All the Tories’ doing.

[@Micfri300]

Reform uk will go from strength to strength and will be the clear alternative at the election after this one.

[@superhumantrueman]

Then the right wings descent into swivel eyed lunacy would be complete.

[@Micfri300]

@superhumantrueman doesn't seem to be the case in Italy.

[@bad307207]

I do question the idea that Reform UK is only going to take votes from the Tories, Most of the people I know who plan to vote for Reform are working class men who either don't vote or vote labour! I think Nigel could sweep up the voters that Boris took from Labour with his one nation conservative...

[@davidstacey1449]

Farage a one nation Conservative? Really? The one nation Conservative group consisted of people like Ken Clarke, Rory Stewart, Michael Heseltine etc. Farage is just the National Front in a suit and a posh accent.

[@aaronpaul9188]

Thats not what he said per the quote you provided. He didnt say his goal was to harm the tories. He said his goal was to replace them. He specifically said he wont take control if its not possible to win seats. And based on first past the post that seems unlikely.

[@Andrew-pd6ey]

Just one point, using the 2019 G.E. as an example of why Reform is more popular with Tories voters than Labour is a little flawed, given the pact made for the election, it wans't actually representative of what many voters wanted. Lots of would be Labour rebels voted Tory in this election effectively because they were told not to vote for the Brexit party. Anyone else remember when the Tories and Brexit were neck and neck until Farage decided he wanted to play Kingmaker rathan than Parliamentarian.

[@clowncarqingdao]

Last time Farage did something similar he gave the Tories their victory at the last minute. He's basically a CU/VT.

[@iGamezRo]

The UK is weird. It is the only major country in the west that looks set to have the left wing party win 2024's election. Continental Europe leans right-wing, America (as much as a shit hole its politics are rn) leans right-wing, Asia leans right-wing, Africa is getting plagued by military nationalist coups. Britain will be a center-left oddity. Labour and Keir Starmer have no plan. They simply have to not do or say anything too radical/controversial and will win. Reform looks like the Party set to lead the UK into the right-wing trend.

[@MrNPC]

In the UK people mainly vote tribally, the average Tory voter hasn't heard of Reform, they are that disconnected from reality.

[@hankgreenfingers3371]

I mean the reason for the centre-left winning here soon is because we've had a right wing government for nearly 15 years whilst the opposite was the case for many EU countries. You are right that labour don't have a plan, they've backed off of every major policy promise, once again major parties don't want to govern, only be administrators of managed decline.

[@znotch87]

Who te f is Blunkett and why does only 93% know Starmer?

[@rockallmusic]

He was the Home Sec during the Blair government. Completely blind since birth, a working class boy from a poor family in Sheffield, with a Sheffield accent. Comes across as genuine.

[@ArkadiBolschek]

2:05 "There's a significant section of the party that thinks that the current leadership is too centrist and no longer represents those on the Right." I'm sorry, _WHAT._ 😳

[@RonaldReagan84]

incorrect information about Tice, he's a major donor to Reform, at least £1 million

[@Superfoodcookie]

Amazing how people don't see the possible corruption of the reform. The fact it's run like a business and you have no choice who the CEO is only.the share holder is scary. You're just a passenger who has to place their full trust into something you have no power over. To even join them as a member you need to pay them.. they're the most anti democratic party system we've ever had.

[@jammiedodger7040]

We need proportional representation.

[@irenesmith5676]

Oh yes

[@mapokko5191]

Great videos but i honestly don't understand why your intros has such a high volume compared to the rest of the video

[@khar12d8]

The problem for the Tories is that there's a big divide between the traditional middle class pragmatic, more affluent than average, Tory voter and the white reactionary working class voter. These two sides increasingly cannot work together. However, Labour will potentially struggle with this divide too once in power when you have Lab MPs coming from whiter, more provincial towns and villages versus Labour MPs in diverse and younger cities. People can blame individual parties all they want but the truth is we are just a pretty divided country today on issues like diversity and immigration. No matter who is in power these divisions will shake politics. I'm old enough to remember how much trouble was caused in Labour over these issues post 2005.

[@gorgu08]

The fact that stage has a prominent place in the UK political landscape says all you need to know about a significant proportion of the English (not British) population

[@Tejiknasten]

The Tories destroyed the Tories. Farage only exploited on it.

[@R.J._Lewis]

A news company being sponsored by another, separate news company is odd to me. I can't tell if it's one of the more boss-level power moves I've ever seen or not.

[@timowagner1329]

How come a company can participate in a democratic election? Why is Reform UK not a party and governed by members (as in eligible citizens)? Isnt that a bit undemocratic?

[@myallotment1714]

Who's bothered it's the Reform Party policy's that British are listening too

[@thorstenschmidt21]

I am actually surprised that Farage is still alive. I thought he died, when UK left the EU😅

[@tomthumb2361]

The problem for Reform is that Farage is very unpopular. He may be the least unpopular politician in the country, but he's only very popular with a small minority. Even when he 'won' the EU elections, the headline total was about 33%, but the proportion of the electorate supporting him was nearer 11%. He will never be trusted by the really conservative part of the electorate as it's so obvious to them that he's a threat to stability. And most UK residents are essentially conservative-minded: they are essentially risk-averse and realistic. And Farage has amply demonstrated that he is willing to tilt at windmills.

[@182rObBiEmAn44]

How's David Blunkett got such a high approval rating 💀

[@acommenter]

The Tories doomed themselves, they kept a highly volatile voting system in place whist effectively shrinking their own voting block and growing labours - Poor COVID response killed the old - Keeping the housing bubble prevented home owners - keeping feminist initiatives and cost of living crises reduced the number of parents - keeping Immigration high (and commonwealth voting rules) increased the Muslim and ethnic minority vote and even taking in the demographic shot in the foot, they pretty much betrayed their own voters. - Lying about decreasing immigration cost them the poor somewhere - Poor business environment Brexit caused cost them professionals - Being weak on culture war issues cost them the culture warriors / traditional right. Tories don't need reform to lose, they only need the Tories to lose the election.

[@hjalmarfreidenvall1655]

Neat

[@hano-boy]

PR is required to change anything

[@21agdmnm]

Im just curious what will happen in Scotland, because SNP is as destroyed

[@jonibz1456]

Farage reminds me of a character from a comic i read as a kid, his name was Tortuous Convolvulus and was from Asterix and the Roman Agent. its was explained that a green eyed monster followed him where ever he went, and he was used to spread mistrust and anger through the little Gaul village.

[@0utd0wns0uth]

You stick to trusting the tories then mate, I can’t think of anything that made them untrustworthy and infuriating can you? 🤡

[@jonathantatler]

The tories distroyed themselves with infighting, dishonesty, ineptitude, brexit and lying. Unfortunately they have damaged our nation for 40yrs with their shenanigans but any help to their demise is always welcome.