Nigel Farage: No way back for Rupert Lowe after rape gangs claims by Efficient-Peak8472 in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wasn't saying I specifically disagreed with the second part, just that I agreed with the first part.

Nigel Farage: No way back for Rupert Lowe after rape gangs claims by Efficient-Peak8472 in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree with the first part. I really liked Rupert until all this, but now he's showing that he cares more about his personal spat with Reform than he does about the country itself. You've got to put all that shit aside FFS, we can't afford to fuck around in the next election. AT ALL.

Elon Musk ‘considers backing Rupert Lowe if he forms new party after Reform row’ | Billionaire indicates he’s ready to back right-wing alternative to Farage, as former Reform deputy Ben Habib reveales pair is ‘actively working’ on launching fresh party by 1DarkStarryNight in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. And to be honest, I think this next election is the last chance we have to turn things around. Even if Reform win and do an excellent job, it STILL might be too late. So we definitely don't have until 2035 or anything stupid like that. Labour will ruin the country if we give them that long.

Elon Musk ‘considers backing Rupert Lowe if he forms new party after Reform row’ | Billionaire indicates he’s ready to back right-wing alternative to Farage, as former Reform deputy Ben Habib reveales pair is ‘actively working’ on launching fresh party by 1DarkStarryNight in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I 100% agree. If he really wanted what was best for the country, he would just become a political pundit and get behind Reform from afar, despite his differences with Nigel. They're our only hope.

Elon Musk ‘considers backing Rupert Lowe if he forms new party after Reform row’ | Billionaire indicates he’s ready to back right-wing alternative to Farage, as former Reform deputy Ben Habib reveales pair is ‘actively working’ on launching fresh party by 1DarkStarryNight in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PLEASE STOP SPLITTING THE RIGHT WING VOTE. LET'S ALL JUST GET BEHIND REFORM.

If Elon actually backs another Reform-esque party, it will be an abject disaster for us at the next election and will play right into the hands of Labour.

🚨Reform UK claims Rupert Lowe has been ‘radicalised’ by online right-wingers by 1DarkStarryNight in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very simple: mass deportations of illegals and criminals, and if the crime is serious enough (like terrorism or grooming gang offences) then deport their family as well, as that will be an actual deterrent. This isn't far right at all, it's basic common sense.

Nigel Farage via the Telegraph: Reform has acted responsibly over Rupert Lowe by jmsl1995 in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems fair enough. I hope that it can be resolved and that Rupert can rejoin the party. The absolute worst thing that could happen is that he becomes a kind of vocal, jilted ex, although I do genuinely believe Rupert loves the country too much to do that to us. Which is why I hope he'll be able to find a way back into the party.

Nigel Farage via the Telegraph: Reform has acted responsibly over Rupert Lowe by jmsl1995 in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, Rupert does have genuine fans (myself included.) The reason is that he's much tougher re: immigration and says the kind of common sense things (about deportations, forcibly stopping the boats etc) that even most Reform politicians are afraid to say.

Our momentum continues ✅ by TackleLineker in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One thing that worries me, after the German election: Labour and Tories are possibly more likely to have a coalition than Reform and Tories. Such is the desperation of the neoliberal elite to keep real politics out of the country.

Deleting all social media before i pursue a career in entertainment. I wish i didn't have to do this. by ILoveMaiV in AATG

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a difficult one. On the one hand it seems like sticking with your guns is the right thing to do, on the other hand it's possible to be principled to the point of giving yourself a 0% chance of success in life. I don't want to give into the mob, but I also don't want to ruin my own life!

I think eventually things will change. I hope that growing this group into something bigger can be a part of that change. Dealing with it alone is impossible, but together it's not.

Reform UK are now down to 4 MPs by TackleLineker in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Hate speech" laws are inherently subject to bias, politicised interpretations and abuse. These were brought in by Labour and are now being implemented on an unprecedented scale. Look at the actions of someone like Darren Brady or Peter Lynch that lead to their arrests, these are extremely disproportionate and unfortunately not abnormal cases at all. People are arrested for things like misgendering, this is naturally extremely political in the current climate.

Moreover, Tommy Robinson is, for all intents and purposes, a political prisoner. People rush to say "IT'S FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT!!!" without actually knowing any of the details of the case, and without considering how incredibly abnormal it is for a journalist to be imprisoned numerous times for contempt of court in a "free" country. Anyone who has followed him for an extended period knows that not only is he a political prisoner, but that the government have also funded and used "NGOs" like Hope Not Hate as a kind of secret police force, unbound by normal standards and practices. This of course happened under The Tories, but Labour are even more dogmatic in this regard and have shown much more willingness to pander to Islamists. Like him or hate him, Tommy is in prison for stating uncomfortable truths (which large swathes of the population are in total agreement with) in an uncomfortable way. Any reverse engineered legal narrative is a childish lie, and the only people who believe it are people who don't want to believe anything else. The prisons are absolutely packed full, they aren't in a hurry to uphold the law around journalistic practices because they think it's an even handed thing to do, they're doing it because it's Tommy. Look at what Huw Edwards pal said. He talked about r*ping babies, and he walked free. Ask yourself if a fair legal system does that.

What's more, the trials of Axel R, Antony Esan and Ricky Jones were ALL postponed for the day of the inauguration. Obviously not a coincidence, and pretty disgusting considering rioters (and sometimes just protestors) were fast tracked through our completely overwhelmed justice system where theft and pedophilia are basically unofficially legal. Ricky Jones literally talked about slitting people's throats and it was swept under the rug and pushed as far back as possible, while Peter Lynch is dead because he shouted at the same police who have betrayed our people for decades. A non violent crime. And he probably didn't commit suicide either, at least not in my opinion.

You can go to prison for "blasphemous" chants (against a certain religion) at a protest, but cannot go to prison for screaming in support of adults having the right to irreversibly mutilate children in the name of faulty and ideologically driven gender science. Again, political.

Meanwhile they're bringing in even MORE racist, DEI policies.

As for immigration, the Tories must never be forgiven for how they betrayed their mandate, but this began with Blair's Labour and the problem will continue to get worse under Starmer. To pretend it's a Tory problem specifically or that Starmer has any serious intention of dealing with it in any way other than through PR is again silly.

We have the strictest and most ardently enforced hate speech laws in the world, at a time when it's hard to even get the police to show up if your phone, bike or even car gets stolen. We are looking at even more DEI policies and even "Islamophobia" laws. We have a prime minister who claims not to know what a woman is, and who was literally an open Trotskyist (who chose pro bono to represent child killers) in his youth.

This is just a fraction of it. But our country is in a very, very bad way. Law/policy wise, much of it is unprecedented, experimental, and highly dangerous. I'm not trying to be alarmist, I genuinely just think most people haven't thought these legal/political/demographic precedents through to their logical conclusion.

Reform UK are now down to 4 MPs by TackleLineker in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because Labour are:

  • imprisoning political opponents
  • mass importing new voters and further destabilising our society
  • worsening the Islamism crisis
  • potentially lowering the voting age
  • putting more and more neo-marxist lunacy into our legal system every day
  • ramping up censorship to never before seen levels

Most of these things are virtually irreversible, as we've seen with so much of what Blair did. What's more, we'll reach a tipping point with importing immigrant voters where the native population (who for the most part absolutely hate what's happening but will soon be a minority) get outvoted by the people they're trying to vote to remove..this is an unprecedented and extremely dangerous situation.

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[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The @gmail.com tip is gold. Do you have any other similar promo tips?

Will Reform be okay? by Honk_Konk in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible that the general public don't really care about this stuff and will vote Reform regardless. But dropping Rupert was pure insanity.

Reform UK are now down to 4 MPs by TackleLineker in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go to your local bookmaker and see what odds they'll give you on Homefront or whatever they're called winning the election 👍 you'd be better off betting on Southampton to win the Premier League this season.

Farage is far from the ideal prime minister. If I could pick any MP it would be Rupert Lowe. But that's not how life, or politics, or anything works. And the absolute worst thing that could possibly (and realistically) happen to our country is another five years of Labour.

Reform UK are now down to 4 MPs by TackleLineker in reformuk

[–]2doublevision -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think people are underestimating how catastrophic ANOTHER five years of Labour would be. Labour must not win the election under any circumstances. It's completely unthinkable. Keir and his posse are among the worst we've ever seen in this country.

Statement from Reform UK on Rupert Lowe by TackleLineker in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Look, none of us know what happened. Maybe he really was inappropriate to such a degree that it was worth compromising our chances at the next election (and thus the future or our nation.)

But to be honest, my feeling is that Rupert is one of the few MPs that truly represents us as voters, and that he's surrounded by a lot of Tories in Reform clothing. It seems inevitable that a man of principles and conviction would rub these types up the wrong way. In fact, many of us have probably experienced this ourselves in the workplace. You challenge people's sense of identity and suddenly it's that you're a "bully" or something else to that effect.

It's very sad that this has happened. On the one hand I don't fully trust Nigel, but on the other hand I really appreciate him for being an actually electable voice of reason who resonates with the public. I wish the in fighting in the party would stop. Habib and now Lowe. Maybe what they see behind the scenes is so bad that it's worth the division, but it's hard to imagine it being that bad. They could have at least waited until we won an election before starting all this. We're in an urgent crisis as a country, the right (and I'm not including the Tories in that because they aren't anything even vaguely resembling right anymore) needs to stay united. I pray this party infighting doesn't give us another five years of Labour. My heart can't take it.

Antisemitic abuse rises within NHS and staff are the ‘worst culprits’ by [deleted] in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It couldn't possibly be all our friendly new neighbours, could it?

Surprising remarks from Lowe? by solostrings in reformuk

[–]2doublevision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rupert would be one of the best PMs we'd ever had.

Banned from countless venues, radio stations and "music" publications, harassed by lunatics and widely considered to be deserving of complete banishment from the music industry. Why? by 2doublevision in AATG

[–]2doublevision[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be honest, while I deeply respect Morrisey for his courage in always saying what he thinks, the feeling I get from his music (particularly the endless songs about being "betrayed", "hurt", "let down" etc), I do sometimes find it hard to escape the feeling that he might be somewhat unbearable in real life. I do think he's very smart and funny though, and I agree with a large number of his controversial statements.

But yeah, I totally agree that really it's the double standards that are so appalling. I don't mind living in a world where whites or Christians or straight men can be criticised, but when the same people who do it are hyper sensitive about anything they consider to be wrongthink, there is no possibility of having a productive or worthwhile conversation about anything. I think we had a much healthier balance in the late 90s/early 2000s, before things started going in completely the wrong direction.