General British politics discussion thread

How do you know Corbyn doesnt care about Gaza? He may have some fringe policies but he has been anti establishment mp for most of his life. I doubt even his harshest critics in politics would say he was unprincipled or disingenuous in his policies.

Reform UK remind me a bit of the Conservative Party as it was in the Thatcher era, except protectionist and opposed to EU membership. Thatcher opposed European integration after the 1987 Single European Act though. The anti-DEI policy has echoes of Thatcher's Section 28 of the Local Government Act.

A report in The Guardian divides Reform UKs electorate in 2024 into the following categories:

• “Working Right” — economically insecure, anti‑elite.
• “Squeezed Stewards” — concerned with fairness and public services, not just immigration.
• “Hardline Conservatives” — socially conservative and traditionally affluent.
• “Reluctant Reformers” — disillusioned with mainstream parties, desire change.
• “Contrarian Youth” — younger voters, more ideologically mixed.

• Reform’s support increases with age quite strongly: among voters 50–64 and 65+, Reform tends to be strongest, according to Statista in late 2025.

• Among younger voters (18–24 / 25–34), support is much weaker — other parties (Labour, Greens, Liberal Democrats) tend to lead there.

• But it’s not entirely absent among younger people: there remains a small share (though often dwarfed by other parties).

The party seems quite hostile to the Equalities Act, passed in 2010 by the Labour government, which made it unlawful to discriminate against people with the following "protected characteristics":

1. Age
2. Disability
3. Gender reassignment
4. Marriage and civil partnership
5. Pregnancy and maternity
6. Race (includes nationality & ethnic origin)
7. Religion or belief
8. Sex
9. Sexual orientation

Farage has also recently said that the introduction of same sex marriage was "wrong". Reform UK councils have been taking down LGBT flags and also Ukrainian flags.

Farage would be a terrible PM. He's a populist and total spoofer with no leadership qualities and tends to fall out with people. Having said that, I think he may very well be the next PM, so it might be 'get the popcorn out' time

Their express wish to restrict abortion is definitely not supported by all of their voters.

Some party‑internal commentary suggests 58% support among members for things like a “heartbeat bill’’ (a stricter abortion limit) or generally more restrictive abortion laws.

On the other hand, 46% of Reform UK voters say current abortion rules are "about right" with 25% disagreeing. This is similar to the views of Tory and Labour voters.

Can't see the Conservatives as the smaller party in a coalition but if they can claw back enough for a shared PM situation like Ireland has then yes Farage can be PM.

I still think Labour have enough time to at least become popular enough to defeat the party that destroyed the country and a bunch of cobbled together fascists. It does look like realisation is starting to dawn for Labour.

Long way to go yet. Might not even be the same PM and cabinet by then.

I'd rather watch the Lettuce again than sit through that cretins muttering.