The Reform UK Party (latest nigel farage vehicle) is it to be laughed at or not

[bimble]

did a search, couldn't find a thread, i'm sure there is one but search is weird.


So Nige, having tried selling patriotic gin and phoning your mum for money, has now announced very loudly that the Reform Party intends to stand a candidate in every parish in the land at the next GE, to stop the immigrants and save brexit from those who are plotting against her.


Will there be make britain great again hats? probably.
But will people actually vote for them in significant numbers?

Seems possible to me, can imagine the fury about the fact that immigration numbers are now at record highs after we 'took back control'.
But i don't know. Who would fund them this time, not aaron banks.
I think this will do for the tories, but what if they get actual big numbers.

 

[The39thStep]

The World Cup is on bimble

 

[alex_]

They aren’t going to get big numbers, in two years time brexit voters will be hard to fine. This will Fuck the tories however.

 

[bimble]

The World Cup is on bimble

sorry. Is Ghana gonna win, i almost care about that but not much.

 

[marty21]

Tbf , I don't think this will do for the Tories , a general we've had enough , a natural end , the Tories are in the same position as they were in 1964 & 1997 , (and Labour were in 2010) politically spent, even the Tories think they're going to lose the next election. Reform will not benefit at all.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Is this different from the last REFUK?

 

[moochedit]

Is this different from the last REFUK?

Same party isn't it? Been around a few years now. "Brexit party" renamed. I thought Farage had quit them as leader though or is he back again?

 

[Yossarian]

Looks like they borrowed Hillary Clinton's campaign logo.

 

[Raheem]

Looks like they borrowed Hillary Clinton's campaign logo.

And Trump's slogan. So they're centrists, really.

 

[Pickman's model]

Tbf , I don't think this will do for the Tories , a general we've had enough , a natural end , the Tories are in the same position as they were in 1964 & 1997 , (and Labour were in 2010) politically spent, even the Tories think they're going to lose the next election. Reform will not benefit at all.

Tbh in 1964 and 1997 the Tory party had some credible and indeed able politicians. I don't think you can say that of them now

 

[Pickman's model]

Is this different from the last REFUK?

Refucked

 

[moochedit]

Tbf , I don't think this will do for the Tories , a general we've had enough , a natural end , the Tories are in the same position as they were in 1964 & 1997 , (and Labour were in 2010) politically spent, even the Tories think they're going to lose the next election. Reform will not benefit at all.

If next election is 1997 and not 1992

 

[Pickman's model]

did a search, couldn't find a thread, i'm sure there is one but search is weird.
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So Nige, having tried selling patriotic gin and phoning your mum for money, has now announced very loudly that the Reform Party intends to stand a candidate in every parish in the land at the next GE, to stop the immigrants and save brexit from those who are plotting against her.


Will there be make britain great again hats? probably.
But will people actually vote for them in significant numbers?

Seems possible to me, can imagine the fury about the fact that immigration numbers are now at record highs after we 'took back control'.
But i don't know. Who would fund them this time, not aaron banks.
I think this will do for the tories, but what if they get actual big numbers.

They won't get actual big numbers save in the size of their lost deposits

 

[Pickman's model]

If next election is 1997 and not 1992

Didn't John major have something like 20 bastards? That might be the size of the entire cpp next time

 

[stavros]

Is this different from the last REFUK?

 

[bimble]

They won't get actual big numbers save in the size of their lost deposits

why do you think that? I mean you're probably right but show yr workings.

 

[stavros]

Who would fund them this time, not aaron banks.

The BBC will possibly provide lots of free exposure on their political talk shows to Farage.

 

[Pickman's model]

why do you think that? I mean you're probably right but show yr workings.

Even at its most popular ukip got fuck all in parliamentary elections, they only did well in the euros. Farage has polled so poorly in a variety of parliamentary elections that I don't see him doing well, and he's likely to fare better than the other ~649 candidates he promises to stand

 

[The39thStep]

sorry. Is Ghana gonna win, i almost care about that but not much.

Might win their next game

 

[Pickman's model]

The BBC will possibly provide lots of free exposure on their political talk shows to Farage.

I don't think that'll increase their vote

 

[bimble]

Might win their next game

Is this a trick answer.

 

[The39thStep]

I don’t think they are a spoiler for both parties and I don’t see them having the impetus . They’ll take votes off the Tories .

 

[Pickman's model]

I don’t think they are a spoiler for both parties and I don’t see them having the impetus . They’ll take votes off the Tories .

I don't think they'll take many votes from anyone

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

why do you think that? I mean you're probably right but show yr workings.

I don't think they'll do well because the current Tory party is slap bang in the middle of their turf. I wouldn't back Farage in a mouth foaming contest against Suella Braverman tbh. So what's their market now? The subset of those loons who can't deal with Rishi Sunak's ethnic background I reckon.

 

[bimble]

I wouldn't back Farage in a mouth foaming contest against Suella Braverman tbh.

But Farage can say (and will say) look they have failed, we have more immigrants now than we ever had before. Which is true.

 

[The39thStep]

Is this a trick answer.

No not at all . Portugal beat them in their first game .

 

[Raheem]

Farage's power doesn't come from how many votes his party will get, but from Tory MPs being terrified of him standing a candidate in their constituencies. Enough of them will sing whatever tune he asks in return for him taking the threat away.

 

[bimble]

No not at all . Portugal beat them in their first game .

ok. I have no idea how football works, thought they were out now, until the next world cup, and i don't trust you and can't be arsed to google about football so the mystery remains.

Farage's power doesn't come from how many votes his party will get, but from Tory MPs being terrified of him standing a candidate in their constituencies. Enough of them will sing whatever tune he asks in return for him taking the threat away.

Exactly, the main impact will likely be the tories trying even harder to be a simulacrum of whatever Farage is pushing that they feel threatens them, to get his natural audience to vote for them, as we have seen for the last many years.

 

[Pickman's model]

ok. I have no idea how football works, thought they were out now, until the next world cup, and i don't trust you and can't be arsed to google about football so i still don't know.


Exactly, the main impact will likely be the tories trying even harder to be a simulacrum of whatever Farage is pushing that threatens them, as we have seen them do for the last many years.

Surely farage is now to the left of the tories

 

[The39thStep]

ok. I have no idea how football works, thought they were out now, until the next world cup, and i don't trust you and can't be arsed to google about football so the mystery remains.



Exactly, the main impact will likely be the tories trying even harder to be a simulacrum of whatever Farage is pushing that they feel threatens them, to get his natural audience to vote for them, as we have seen for the last many years.