I cannot support Reformโฆ
1) They talk as if stopping Labour will solve all our problems, secure our borders and end illegal immigration. It will not. They say leaving the ECHR will stop the boats. It will not. What both these things would do is remove an obstacle to dealing with these challenges, but they still require highly complex and detailed solutions that Reform have not tackled in any serious way. As for two-tier policing, they think they simply have to axe DEI posts and give orders. Itโs far, far more complex than that. All theyโve done is what Labour and the Conservatives did - simply tell you theyโd do it, not how.
These things can definately all be done, but they require an eye for detail, highly complex analysis, a depth of strategic and operational planning and a grasp of the intricacies of State that Reform has shown no sign whatsoever of even grasping, let alone being interested in.
Theyโve convinced you these are all simple problems to fix. They tell you it just needs the will to act, and a Prime Minister prepared to give the orders. Yes, it needs both, but it also needs a great deal more. Reform is misleading you, because they donโt want you to ask for the detail. Why? Because they donโt know how to do the detail.
2) Reform acts as though they have a right to dominate centre-right and right politics. They do not. They demonstrate petulant arrogance when challenged on that. That suggests that if they did win an election theyโd be authoritarian, anti-pluralistic and anti-democratic. That worries me.
3) They tell you that if you donโt vote for them you are unpatriotic. Theyโre framing anyone who doesnโt vote for them as part of the problem. Theyโre creating an enemy out of you and anyone who worries that theyโre not right for government. How dare they! Thatโs fundamentally undemocratic. Again, indications of authoritarianism.
Their strategy is to frame everyone else as the problem, leaving them, by default, as the solution. They do that without presenting an actual solution, but just like an autocratic state, by making turning everyone else into an enemy. Thatโs why the right canโt unite - because doing so runs entirely against the Reform strategy that anyone other than them is the problem.
4) They tell you that only Reform can defeat Labour. Think about that for a moment. Itโs utterly false. You all know it is. You know that the party that wins is not written in the stars. The party that will beat Labour and form the next government is the party that wins the most seats. If everyone voted for the Monster Raving Looney Party, theyโd defeat Labour.
Donโt vote for Reform because theyโve told you only they can win - thatโs a lie. Vote for the party that presents you with the greatest integrity and honesty, the most credible and detailed plan for government (not just a list of bullet point intentions, but a serious, detailed and thoroughly comprehensive plan) and demonstrates convincingly that theyโre not driven by their own egos and love of the limelight, but by a genuine, sincere wish to serve the United Kingdom and the British people - a genuine and sincere wish to restore our country to what it should be.
Only that way will you get a government that stands a chance of not just winning, but of actually doing what it promises.