Showing posts with label Reform UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reform UK. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Reform UK MP Wants to Kill the NHS by Opting Out?

Jan 14, 2025 | Is the NHS safe in the hands of Nigel Farage and Reform UK? Well, according to Rupert Lowe MP, it is a beast on the backs of British people and they should be allowed to opt out of what he called a centrally planned system. However what Reform would like is something akin to what is in place in the US, a private health insurance model which see thousands go bankupt due to medical bills each year.


Clearly, Rupert Lowe is an ignorant man! An ignorant man in a party led by a numbskull!

So, if this man opts out of the NHS, what happens to him if he is involved in a car accident? When a person is in a car accident, regardless of whether he/she has private health insurance or not, the person is taken to the NEAREST NHS HOSPITAL. There is no time to drive the injured patient to a private hospital of his choice. Even if the injured person has the most expensive health insurance available, he/she will be driven poste haste to the nearest NHS hospital – and free of charge. By contrast, when I once needed an ambulance in the States to take me to the nearest hospital which was only five miles down the road, I ended up with a bill of approximately $650 — that was about thirteen years ago — for the one-way trip. At the time, I could have flown from Boston to Heathrow second class cheaper! So much for the American private healthcare system!

The NHS is no longer as good as it used to be, largely because of Cameron and his Conservative henchmen who imposed austerity on the nation, but it can be improved again. And it will. It must be. Let the Americans have their hugely expensive private healthcare system, and we’ll stick to the NHS. Even with an NHS, it is still possible to have private medical care on top of it. But this is usually used for elective medical care rather than for emergencies.

It seems to me that all that was good about this country is under attack now from the far right. We must resist their attempts to destroy the UK. – © Mark Alexander

Friday, January 10, 2025

Twelve Reform UK Councillors to Resign over Nigel Farage’s Leadership

THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: Departures will add to pressure on party leader after Elon Musk said he was ‘not up to the job’

A dozen Reform UK councillors have given notice of their intention to resign en masse in protest at Nigel Farage’s leadership.

The resignations could come as early as Friday evening and will add to pressure on the Reform leader after Elon Musk said he was “not up to the job”. They are timed to overshadow the party’s south-east conference this weekend.

The councillors alleged the party was being run in an “autocratic manner” and accused Farage of “disloyalty” to long-term members. There are splits within the party over the jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who is supported by Musk. » | Ben Quinn | Friday, January 10, 2025

Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Musk's Dad: Tommy Robinson Will Lead Britain, He's Like Mandela

Jan 7, 2025 | “History will tell you that there's a very good chance that Tommy Robinson will one day be the prime minister of England.”

Tommy Robinson’s imprisonment will lead to him becoming leader as it did with Nelson Mandela after he was sentenced to life in prison in South Africa in 1964, says Elon Musk’s father Errol Musk.



Tommy Robinson understands the problem this country and the West has with Islam pretty well — Did he read my book years ago, I wonder? — but he is hardly prime minister material.

Why is this Musk family interfering in the political affairs of other countries? Who do the Musks think they are? Having loads of dosh doesn’t give them the right to steer the politics of Western nations to the far right!

As an aside, it is pretty obvious to me that the Musks have got far more money than they have class (or common sense)! My advice to Musk and his father: STFU! – © Mark Alexander

Friday, December 27, 2024

The Problem with Nigel Farage's Membership Numbers

Dec 26, 2024 | Reform UK has beat the Tories in 'membership' numbers, but there are a few problems with that. Nigel Farage celebrated the figures while he was at a Boxing Day Hunt as a true man of the people, and he claimed the figures saw a rise of the new and a decline of the old. However there are some problems with these numbers.


Once upon a time, clowns joined circuses; these days, clowns go into politics! – © Mark Alexander

Sunday, December 22, 2024

The Threat of Elon Musk's Money

Dec 22, 2024


That hypocrite Nigel Farage doesn’t care about “loss of sovereignty” now, does he? As long as the money is going into his coffers, he doesn’t give a damn about loss of sovereignty.

As for Musk and his gazillions, let him shove his political donation where the monkey shoves its nuts! The UK is enough of a plutocracy as it is, and our democracy is very weak already. We don’t need these tech-billionaires to come here and weaken it still further. – © Mark Alexander

Friday, December 20, 2024

The Guardian View on Elon Musk and UK Politics: Interference In Plain Sight

THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: American tech billionaires are no more entitled to meddle in British democracy than other foreign oligarchs

Under most circumstances, a British politician seeking cash from a foreign oligarch would make the approach discreetly. Recipient and donor would worry about the relationship looking improper even if the deal could be done without breaching UK electoral law.

Nigel Farage has no such qualms. The Reform leader has boasted of his recent meeting with Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Nick Candy, a former Conservative donor and now the Reform party’s treasurer, was also present. Photographs and statements from the British visitors testify to their eagerness that the meeting – and the fact that money was discussed – attract maximum publicity.

Mr Musk has denied reports that he is considering making a multimillion-pound donation to Reform. But he has a proven appetite for meddling in British politics. He has used his X platform to attack Sir Keir Starmer, amplify radical rightwing rhetoric and post inflammatory remarks, including a forecast of civil war in the aftermath of riots over the summer. » | Editorial | Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Monday, December 02, 2024

Britain Is Not for Sale: Don't Let the Likes of Elon Musk Meddle in Our Democracy

Dec 2, 2024 | For all those eligible to sign, PLEASE SIGN this PETITION in order to keep Musk OUT of BRITISH POLITICS. It is an OUTRAGE that this man is pumping money into the Reform UK Party. This is not how British democracy is supposed to work. This might be how corrupt AMERICAN POLITICS works, but not OURS! – © Mark Alexander

Please sign HERE. As I said yesterday: Trunp is POISON. Musk is too.

Donald Trump ist für die Politik des Westens Gift. Musk auch!

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Nigel Farage Stirs Tensions in Reform UK as He Ousts Deputies

THE GUARDIAN: Co-deputy Ben Habib ‘concerned about party control’ as Farage replaces him with MP Richard Tice

Tensions within Reform UK have spilled over after Nigel Farage ousted its two longstanding deputy leaders and made other changes at the top.

Ben Habib, a former Brexit party MEP, who had been co-deputy leader since March 2023, said he was considering his position after Farage told him on Thursday that he was being replaced by the Reform MP and former leader Richard Tice.

“I have long held concerns about the control of the party and the decision-making processes,” said Habib, in an apparent reference to the unusual structure of Reform UK, which means there is little or no input from members, nor brakes on Farage’s decisions.

The millionaire businessman Zia Yusuf, who has emerged as one of Reform’s most significant new funders, has been named as the party’s new chair. » | Ben Quinn | Thursday, July 11, 2024

Friday, July 05, 2024

Farage Wins First Seat as His Upstart Right Wing Reform UK Party Gains Ground

CNN: Nigel Farage, a driving force behind Britain’s Brexit movement and a confidant of former US President Donald Trump, has been elected to parliament for the first time, as his upstart right-wing Reform UK party looks to shake up the country’s politics.

Farage becomes a member of Britain’s parliament on his eighth attempt after winning with 46.2% of the vote in the heavily pro-Brexit Clacton, a seaside town on England’s southeastern coast where Reform UK had polled well.

With most of the votes now counted, results indicate Reform UK has won at least four seats in the House of Commons, with 14.4% of the vote, a comparatively strong showing in Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system where smaller parties often struggle to translate their national support into parliamentary seats. » | Helen Regan, Rob Picheta and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN | Friday, July 5, 2024

Saturday, June 29, 2024

Week 5: Farage Is Not a Joke - Racism and the Reform Party

Jun 29, 2024 | Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu talks with Executive Editor Peter Jukes and Chief Reporter Josiah Mortimer about the week's development as the 2024. General Election reaches its climax.

Reform UK's Nigel Farage and Green's Adrian Ramsay Grilled by BBC Question Time Audience | BBC News

Jun 28, 2024 | More UK political party leaders faced challenging audience questions in an additional BBC Question Time Leaders' Special. Reform UK's Nigel Farage was challenged over campaigner's racist comments while Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay was asked about transport infrastructure, immigration and comments made by some of his party's candidates.


Nigel Farage has done more damage to the UK economy and the sense of unity in the United Kingdom than any politician I can think of in my lifetime. It is only because of Farage that we had that ridiculous and impoverishing Brexit. Brexit has done more damage to our economy than anything since the Second World War. Now, Farage is causing divisions in other ways, too. Must we really put up with this nonsense? Does the nation really have to do what this man says? Do we really have to be guided by this man's erroneous thinking? Why are politicians running scared of him? They should not. They should confront him, they should challenge him, and they should shut him up. Once and for all! The man is a menace to societal cohesion and to the prosperity of the nation. – © Mark Alexander

Friday, June 28, 2024

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage Responds to Today's Shocking Headlines | Loose Women

Jun 28, 2024 | Reform UK’s latest leader, Nigel Farage, is joining us as part of our leader interviews in the run-up to the General Election in just over a week. Our panel will be challenging him on the matters closest to our viewers’ hearts and he’ll be responding to this morning’s shocking headlines reacting to Channel 4’s undercover investigation into some of Reform UK’s canvassing candidates. But most importantly, we want to hear about the person behind the politics and get a greater understanding of who Nigel Farage truly is.

Rishi Sunak Says Reform Activist's Racial Slur 'Too Important Not to Call Out'

Jun 28, 2024 | Warning: this footage contains a racial slur


Read more here.

We Brits were once famous throughout the world for gentlemanly behaviour. There is nothing gentlemanly about using this sort of language. Name-calling is never a good idea. Using racial slurs is worse still. It is regrettable indeed that the tone of this election campaign has been reduced to such vulgarities. We Brits can surely do better than this. – © Mark Alexander

Racist and Homophobic Comments Unsettle U.K. Election Campaign: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak denounced a slur used against him by a man campaigning for Reform U.K., the anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage. »

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Ridiculous Reform UK Policy Called Out by Yanis Varoufakis

Jun 19, 2024 | Former Greek Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, clashed with Reform UK's David Bull over international law on asylum and immigration but Yanis also had a warning for both voters and Labour about what could happen in the future.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Tories Alarmed by Threat from the Right as Reform UK Focuses on Pro-Brexit Seats

GUARDIAN EUROPE: Successor to the Brexit party is gaining support in red wall seats, senior Conservatives warn as they demand more radical policies

Conservative MPs are warning that their party risks being wiped out in the red wall by an emerging threat on its right flank, amid alarm after two disastrous byelection losses.

The right of the party is seizing on the dire results in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth – two supposedly safe Tory seats – to demand a harder line on immigration and tax cuts designed to nullify the threat posed by Reform UK, the successor to the Brexit party.

With senior Tories stating a “battle for the soul of the party” is now under way, the right is also targeting chancellor Jeremy Hunt this weekend. They accuse him of being “captured by the Treasury” in his opposition to tax cuts which they blame for loss of loyalty among core supporters. » | Michael Savage, Policy editor | Saturday, October 21, 2023

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Reform UK: Eine neue Rechtspartei bedrängt die britischen Tories – und könnte Nigel Farage zurück in die politische Arena locken

NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Nach der Ukip und der Brexit Party erhalten die britischen Konservativen erneut Konkurrenz von rechts: Die Protestpartei Reform UK gelobt, die diskreditierten Tories bei der nächsten Unterhauswahl von der Macht zu vertreiben.

Richard Tice, der Präsident von Reform UK, sagt den Tories bei einer Pressekonferenz Anfang Januar in London den Kampf an. | Imago

Grossbritannien ist mit einem Kater ins neue Jahr gestartet. Die Gewerkschaften legen das öffentliche Leben mit einer Streikwelle lahm, das Gesundheitswesen ist am Anschlag, und die Inflation hält sich im zweistelligen Bereich. Zwar hat Premierminister Rishi Sunak von der Wirtschaftslage bis zur irregulären Migration über den Ärmelkanal Verbesserungen versprochen. Doch die Umfragen zeigen, dass die Tories mit einem gravierenden Vertrauensdefizit kämpfen. » | Niklaus Nuspliger, London | Dienstag, 10. Januar 2023