General British politics discussion thread

This must be one of Reform's lowest poll ratings this year:-

Election Maps UK on X: "Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 25% (-3) LAB: 20% (+2) CON: 19% (+2) LDM: 15% (+1) GRN: 15% (-2) SNP: 3% (-1) Via @YouGov , 21-22 Dec. Changes w/ 14-15 Dec." / X

Perhaps Farage's past and personality is beginning to catch up with him.

in reality most people know 8 times farage is a shyster, grifter and a con artist, tice is as thick as pig crap and the rest are a bunch of slobbering mouth foaming shysting grifting dregs.

the majority of british people know reform will wreck the place if they got in to government just like they are wrecking the councils they are running.

but yeah, man of the people something something.

Apologies for commenting in a forum that generally caters for serious political issues but just watched an episode of “ Yes prime minister “ last night and it was hilarious.
It’s the episode where Hacker actually becomes prime minister. The dialogue particularly by Sir Humphrey is classic.

Bookies do think a Reform / Tories coalition is quite likely. We're still a long way away of course….if Farage was no longer leader of Reform, chances of that would hugely recede.

A Reform/Tory coalition would be much the same thing as a Reform govt, TBH. The problem is that the more seats Reform get, the less the Tories do, so there's an element of diminishing returns there. Plus they could split the right-wing vote in certain places and let in a Lib Dem.

Reform strikes me as a more extreme version of a natural governing party for England. There is a harsh truth for unionists in Scotland, Wales and NI that has been the case for many years but has only really come out of the shadows in a big way since Brexit and that is England in general doesn't really care about them very much.

The biggest consequence of a Reform government could be the end of the union because in my opinion they are the most repellant stereotypical English nationalist party it is possible to have and if that happens and you're Scottish you've some choices to consider about whether you want your future determined by an unapologetic English government led by Nigel Farage.

I had a Labour candidate (Monica Lennon) for the Scottish parliamentary election in May 2026 at our door about 3 weeks ago canvessing. When I told her that I would not vote for her because Labour refuse to allow a referendum on Scottish independence, she seemed quite resigned to my vote going to the SNP. Her last question was interesting though and she asked me if I am considering voting for Reform. I, of course, said no chance.

You are right that it brings the question in Scotland, Wales (and to a lesser extent NI) about the state of the 'union' into sharp focus.

You don't think the prosecutions of Kneecap, Bob Vylan, Palestinian Action etc are the actions of a right wing government? Given the context of them seemingly having a major issue with anyone who criticises the far right state of Israel, it would be difficult to reach another interpretation.

It's very unclear how a member of a rap group shouting 'Up Hezbollah, up Hamas' at a raucous, rowdy gig could constitute a "terrorist" offence and result in him ending up before the UK High Court.