Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[briantrumpet]

Hopefully The Times has some more stuff to come out in the next couple of weeks, to keep him rattled.

 

[Pblakeney]

It really is going to be interesting whether Farage puts in any appearances where he can be questioned, and just how probing the questioning will be. He's obviously shit-scared of being pressed on all the dodgy/illegal funding he's been getting, and doesn't want to be pushed to explain it at all. But that's going to leave CB (and others) to hijack the 'narrative'. He's caught between a rock and a hard place. Yeehaw.

...of his own making.

 

[BoldonLad]

Which makes it even more odd that Labour and the Tories keep chasing their policies

Quite, I also find it odd that, instead of extolling their own "virtues", Labour supporters in particular, but, Tory, Green etc supporters too, give Reform so much "coverage" on Social Media, almost always negative and critical, it is true, but, it gives them a degree of attention far in excess of their actual importance.

 

[briantrumpet]

There is more to come:

 

[rakkor]

I do like the slow drip of pain inflicted by the FT one old Frog Face

 

[Beebo]

I do like the slow drip of pain inflicted by the FT one old Frog Face

Boiling the frog.

 

[C R]

Boiling the frog.

If only they had done this 15 years ago.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

If only they had done this 15 years ago.

It is the same old mistake isn't it, populists tend to get laughed off in the early years then events conspire to give them credibility and then we all find ourselves in a position where someone like Farage could end up as PM because they weren't properly scrutinised and sent packing from the outset.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

It really is going to be interesting whether Farage puts in any appearances where he can be questioned, and just how probing the questioning will be. He's obviously shit-scared of being pressed on all the dodgy/illegal funding he's been getting, and doesn't want to be pushed to explain it at all. But that's going to leave CB (and others) to hijack the 'narrative'. He's caught between a rock and a hard place. Yeehaw.

Do we think he is just going to rely on his name recognition to see him through? I can't see any other option. A few very carefully managed and scripted appearances perhaps, but largely absent from proceedings.

 

[Pross]

When was the last time he was on Question Time? Has his residency ended?

 

[briantrumpet]

When was the last time he was on Question Time? Has his residency ended?

Zia Yusuf seems to have been the go-to Reform person lately.

 

[briantrumpet]

Do we think he is just going to rely on his name recognition to see him through? I can't see any other option. A few very carefully managed and scripted appearances perhaps, but largely absent from proceedings.

Yes.

 

[Beebo]

Zia Yusuf seems to have been the go-to Reform person lately.

He’s not even an elected politician.
I think we should all start using his full proper name. Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf. It’s what the Reform voters would want.
It’s the sort of pathetic tactic that Trump would use.

 

[monkers]

Ninety four year old man puts Farage stooge straight on his own doorstep.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c42QfkVe50

 

[Beebo]

Ninety four year old man puts Farage stooge straight on his own doorstep.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c42QfkVe50

It’s great stuff. But he doesn’t sound like an average Clacton resident.
It’s a deprived area with poor levels of education and literacy. The average voter won’t push back against the lies, because they simply won’t know anything about parliamentary investigation procedures.