[News] Nigel Farage and Reform

[BadFish]

But if Starmer runs his full term, Farage won't be PM until June/July 2029, he'll be 65 then - the oldest PM since Churchill. What opportunities will he have for feathering his nest when he's in his 70s? Just over a decade after becoming PM, Churchill was in a mess - to such an extent that his strokes were being covered up by his colleagues.

I am sure he will manage, my guess is that he'll do the work while in power and then reap the benefits with a bit of consultancy work, newspaper column and of course the full salary pension, I believe they all enjoy.

I also expect he will continue to fleece his marks through Reform PLC.

He'll do alright I am sure.

 

[Eeyore]

Ouch! Reform REALLY haven't got a clue , have they. But then they don't care, as they know their supporters only read the headlines, no matter how false.

Same playbook as across the pond. Say what you like, then move on to the next outrageous lie...

It was clear straight away that it was wrong. Even to a dumb dumb like me. So I would have to be even dumber than I am to go with this political group,

That's a lot of dumb dumb and even dumbers that must be around.

 

[WATFORD zero]

It was clear straight away that it was wrong. Even to a dumb dumb like me. So I would have to be even dumber than I am to go with this political group,

That's a lot of dumb dumb and even dumbers that must be around.

You need to be gentle. A lot of dumb dumb and even dumbers are snowflakes too and you don't want to upset them

 

[Chicken Run]

It was clear straight away that it was wrong. Even to a dumb dumb like me. So I would have to be even dumber than I am to go with this political group,

That's a lot of dumb dumb and even dumbers that must be around.

You’d have to be Dumb Dumb to waste a vote on Retard UK however a number of posters in here are discussing the possibility of Farage being PM one day, now that is either incredibly dumb or they know something the rest of don’t

 

[TomandJerry]

You’d have to be Dumb Dumb to waste a vote on Retard UK however a number of posters in here are discussing the possibility of Farage being PM one day, now that is either incredibly dumb or they know something the rest of don’t

To be fair, Reform are currently same odds as Labour for the next general election. And betting sites don't just pluck numbers out of thin air, suggesting it'll be tight

 

[Chicken Run]

To be fair, Reform are currently same odds as Labour for the next general election. And betting sites don't just pluck numbers out of thin air, suggesting it'll be tight

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A lot can happen in 4 years, no chance will they have anymore than 10 MP’s

 

[Weststander]

Lay bet Reform winning most seats, that's printing money.

They'll get bugger all in Scotland bar a fishing village, whilst in England the right wing vote will be split in constituencies allowing Labour and LibDems in.

 

[Pevenseagull]

New Reform MP gives maiden speech. Chair calls it dumb.

Reform MP's burka ban call was dumb, says party chair

Reform UK's newest MP called for restrictions on the wearing of the full-scale veil during PMQs.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[A1X]

To be fair, Reform are currently same odds as Labour for the next general election. And betting sites don't just pluck numbers out of thin air, suggesting it'll be tight

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Correct, they're mostly driven by the amount of money being placed on outcomes rather than the likelihood of those outcomes

 

[Gwylan]

You’d have to be Dumb Dumb to waste a vote on Retard UK however a number of posters in here are discussing the possibility of Farage being PM one day, now that is either incredibly dumb or they know something the rest of don’t

I don't think it's likely that Farage becomes PM but it's certainly a possibility. My question was: why would he want to be, seeing that it would seriously damage his earnings? How many of us would want to take an 80 to 90% pay cut, no matter how prestigious the job is?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Lay bet Reform winning most seats, that's printing money.

They'll get bugger all in Scotland bar a fishing village, whilst in England the right wing vote will be split in constituencies allowing Labour and LibDems in.

Precisely. If they get an average 32% of the vote (they won't - it will fall in 4 years as people see how shit the Reform councils are, and get bord with toad face and his anonymous chinless acolytes) this 32% will be spread evenly across the country, this will win few seats because the other parties will get 68%, and this typically distributes to 50% to one party (mostly Labour or Tory, with the occasional yellow or green in places like the West Country and Brighton) and 18% to the rest.

Reform are likely to do best in seats where the vote is typically a close run thing between 3 parties.

I'd be surprised if they get as many as 30 seats in the next GE.

 

[nicko31]

A lot can happen in 4 years, no chance will they have anymore than 10 MP’s

I think their success is more down to what happens to be Tories, they will get through at least one more leader after Badenough. Maybe in time the rohypnol bloke might make a comeback

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I don't think it's likely that Farage becomes PM but it's certainly a possibility. My question was: why would he want to be, seeing that it would seriously damage his earnings? How many of us would want to take an 80 to 90% pay cut, no matter how prestigious the job is?

Yep. The bloke is simply venal, not an egotistical narcissist (*cough* Johnson *cough*).

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Yesterday, the new Reform MP, Sarah Pochin, got her very first opportunity to ask the Prime MInister a question, in PMQs. A very important time in an MP's career.
Was it a pressing problem in Runcorn, as she has been voted to represent them? Something of national importance?

She asked the PM to ban the burqa in the interests of public safety. The PM wisely steered away from the question.

Today the chair of Reform, Zia Yusuf, called the new Runcorn MP, dumb for even asking the question as it isn't even Reform policy.

Reform UK chairman calls Farage’s newest MP ‘dumb’ over burqa ban calls

Zia Yusuf said it is ‘dumb’ for the party to urge Keir Starmer to do things Reform UK would not

www.independent.co.uk

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Look forward to tactical FPTP voting where people would rather have the Tories than Deform.

 

[Weststander]

Look forward to tactical FPTP voting where people would rather have anyone but Deform.

Adjusted.

It will be at unprecedent levels.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Richard Tice has announced that new employees in the 10 councils now controlled by Reform UK will not be allowed to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), and that existing staff already in the LGPS will get lower pay rises to compensate for their generous pensions.

As someone stated on X

More howling at the moon.

1. They don’t have the power to prevent new appointees becoming automatic members of LGPS.
2. Pay rises are a joint venture btn the Council & National Joint Council for Local Government Services (NJC). It’s based on nationally determined pay scales.

Unison are already onto it.

 

[BadFish]

Richard Tice has announced that new employees in the 10 councils now controlled by Reform UK will not be allowed to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), and that existing staff already in the LGPS will get lower pay rises to compensate for their generous pensions.

As someone stated on X

More howling at the moon.

1. They don’t have the power to prevent new appointees becoming automatic members of LGPS.
2. Pay rises are a joint venture btn the Council & National Joint Council for Local Government Services (NJC). It’s based on nationally determined pay scales.

Unison are already onto it.

Way to represent working people Richard!!

 

[nicko31]

The Reform pub owner that regrets voting Brexit even though Nige lied to him.

What's more he now wants retire to Spain with Euro28k in the bank, I'm sorry but I don't think he's that bright

Cheap pints though, £2.60

 

[WATFORD zero]

Richard Tice has announced that new employees in the 10 councils now controlled by Reform UK will not be allowed to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), and that existing staff already in the LGPS will get lower pay rises to compensate for their generous pensions.

As someone stated on X

More howling at the moon.

1. They don’t have the power to prevent new appointees becoming automatic members of LGPS.
2. Pay rises are a joint venture btn the Council & National Joint Council for Local Government Services (NJC). It’s based on nationally determined pay scales.

Unison are already onto it.

Totally ignoring the complete and utter incompetence of announcing stuff they can't legally do

I see all Reform MPs have dived straight into their MPs’ generous, and expensive, defined benefit pension scheme of £9,206 a year, fully inflation-linked, for every full term served. And Farage hasn't given up his publicly funded £73,000 a year MEP pension even though we are no longer members.

“Whether people like it or not, we should not be employing people on defined benefit contribution schemes,” multi millionaire Tice told The Telegraph. “It’s an outrage – the public can’t afford it. It’s absolutely ludicrous, and this is why the country is going bust, and it’s all got to stop.

But at least they 'tell it like it is', Reform MPs get it all, whilst workers need to give up their pensions to fund it.

And I do hope the Reform chairman stops calling Reform MPs 'dumb' or it'll trigger all the snowflakes on here again