The reform party has agreed to continue the triple lock

BlueBelle

No they need to take a long jump, they are vile, misogynist, far right, racist and a huge blot on our country, they could give me a million pounds and I d still never feel different.

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Fallingstar

I agree with what everyone has said so far.
We don’t want a Trump or Oban running our country, is bad enough that they have seats in Parliament.

Yes!!

Whitewavemark2

If anyone does support them - and lots of people must do - I’m really keen to know why they support reform, and also how do they manage to reconcile their vote with Reforms corruption, incompetence and mediocrity, and support of Trump, Putin, Orban and other far right politicians throughout Europe.

Those who support Reform are the knuckle draggers who really believe that Farage will stop the boats the moment he crosses the threshold at No 10.

It won’t matter, because if anyone is silly enough to vote them in and they get overall control of any other councils they’ll bankrupt them all! Those running have zero experience in running anything.

Sarnia

Well said!

Whilst many of us want the boats to stop, for different reasons, I’ve heard zero about the “how” from Reform!

It’s great to see such a lack of support for Reform. Hopefully the poll that suggested they’ll win 20 seats in the Scottish Parliament is wrong

GemmaMack

Reform are dreadful and I would never vote for them 🤮. Also, the triple lock is unaffordable and shouldn’t stay. I might vote for a party that has the guts to say that

Absolutely ^

NO!!!

Reform is a corrupt, racist, misogynistic party. I will never vote for them.

Am hoping that the dreadful behaviour of Trump and the delight the people in Hungary felt at ridding themselves of Orban will have filtered through to those considering voting for Reform. The proof is in the pudding. And we can now see that proof in other countries.

ronib

Parliament has been downgraded under Starmer. Power is moving away from established principles. It’s no longer necessary for MPs to vote before we, as a country, realign with Europe.
If this continues, party affiliation will become irrelevant and redundant.

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I think you’ll find Johnson and his cronies managed that long before KS became PM.
Brexit has been a disaster. The quicker the UK realigns with the EU, the better.

Are you a new poster, Infoman?

Cossy

Sarnia

Well said!

Whilst many of us want the boats to stop, for different reasons, I’ve heard zero about the “how” from Reform!

Indeed.
And of course we shouldn’t forget that Brexit made the small boats situation a hundred times worse due to ceasing cooperation with the EU. And who masterminded Brexit - the snake oil salesman himself.
He hasn’t clue how to deal with the small boats issue and in true Farage style will probs just make matters worse then blame others, like his best buddy Trump.

A promise by the reform party. I would not believe that unless I see it written on the side of a bus.

Sarnia

Whitewavemark2

If anyone does support them - and lots of people must do - I’m really keen to know why they support reform, and also how do they manage to reconcile their vote with Reforms corruption, incompetence and mediocrity, and support of Trump, Putin, Orban and other far right politicians throughout Europe.

Those who support Reform are the knuckle draggers who really believe that Farage will stop the boats the moment he crosses the threshold at No 10.

Pretty well it, unfortunately.

No. I will definitely not be voting for reform and so glad to see others will not either.

Yobs in suits. I'm never going to vote Reform. They would decimate the NHS, cut social services, deport those granted asylum and pretend to run local councils.

I wonder if it will have the opposite effect to the one intended? Older people likely to vote Reform will, I expect, have already made up their minds to do so, but younger people who might have voted Reform, but don’t agree with the triple lock, (a lot of younger people think it penalises working age adults) now won’t. I think the younger vote is much more likely to change than the older one.

Grantanow

Yobs in suits. I'm never going to vote Reform. They would decimate the NHS, cut social services, deport those granted asylum and pretend to run local councils.

Farage is Oswald Mosley mark 2. Never ceases to amaze me how many fall for his man of the people act.

I am beginning to wonder who does support Reform. Clearly lots of people do but either nobody on GN is prepared to admit that they do or maybe the reality is that nobody on GN does support Reform.

If the latter is true and if GN is in any way representative of the pensioner voter, Nigel is wasting his time dangling the triple lock as an incentive to vote for Reform.

Not in a million years. We had a Reform candidate knock on our door and we told him just that.

Casdon

I wonder if it will have the opposite effect to the one intended? Older people likely to vote Reform will, I expect, have already made up their minds to do so, but younger people who might have voted Reform, but don’t agree with the triple lock, (a lot of younger people think it penalises working age adults) now won’t. I think the younger vote is much more likely to change than the older one.

I did think this, I know the you get generation tend to feel cheated by the fact that the triple lock is preserved year on year whilst their financial situation is precarious. Obviously Farage believes most voters for Reform will be us oldies whereas most younger people will presumably think differently. Think on Farage.

No I would not. The party is vile as is their leaders, the smarmy Tice is as bad.
It pains me to say it about my age group but the views we express on here are not the views of alot of pensioners. I have heard quite a few on the local news saying they will vote reform.

Basgetti

Are you a new poster, Infoman?

No he isn’t, he regularly posts info or asks a question.

No, the offer of the triple lock wouldn’t persuade me to vote Reform, tho am not quite pensionable yet anyway.I expect the Conservatives will likely say the same thing before the next GE as well.
The younger generation may not like the triple lock but since a lot of them also like Zack Polanski and his crazy ideas/ policies I don’t know what that says about the 18-24 year olds😱

Have any of the local councils now under Reform control seen any pre-election promises successfully delivered - big savings made, for instance? Or any noticeable improvements at all?
Im certainly not aware of any in our area. And judging by the moaning on social media, I'm not the only one. Worryingly though, a lot of those complaining seem completely unaware that Reform are responsible for their grievances, and are blaming Starmer!!!

Despite that, I am hoping that enough people will realize that Reform has nothing positive to deliver at any level. Not things that will benefit the vast majority of ordinary folk, anyway.