My patriots! Kent is in good hands.
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The above is a link to an archived version of an LBC article about a local branch of Reform posting a very obviously antisemitic cartoon image of Zack Polanski. For some reason itās since been deleted.
Using the search term āzack polanski reform brighton antisemitic postā didnāt turn up a single mainstream news source referencing this (besides a link to the now deleted article above). Weāre not just talking about how prominently the story may be featured on their websites, as far as I can tell they literally donāt exist.
I refuse to believe that this would be the case if it was an offical account of a left wing party posting this about a zionist. Imagine the headlines if this happened in the Corbyn era. Thereād be 5 Guardian opinion pieces within the space of a a day and itād be the main topic of discussion on Newsnight and all of the sensible dad politics podcasts. Hell, thatās what used to happen when nobody had even actually been antisemitic lol.
You might think, like I did for a second, āitās just a local issue, this wasnāt Reformās main account, it was just the Brighton and Hove account, you wouldnāt expect news outlets like the BBC to devote resources to writing a story about something like thisā, but then you realise that itās possible to find stories theyāve published that give updates on out of service lifts in your local area
Faulty Southend housing lift is 'on the list', says council - BBC News
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The media in both the UK and US have been complicit in the rise of the far-right. Normalising what isnāt normal. The reason Farage is so popular is that the BBC felt the need to put him on our screens as some sort of far right-wing counterbalance in an attempt to show fairness, however, there isnāt a far-left equivalent. I canāt even think of any remotely famous far-left wingers let alone remember any that have made 100s of TV appearances.
Corbyn was just left-wing. His policies were popular with people like me who identify as centre-left. Owen Jones, just left-wing (he now votes the same way as me, for the Green Party).
Maybe Iāve forgotten someone but I still donāt think thereās a single far-left equivalent to the millionaire āman of the peopleā Hedge Fund capitalist Farage. That this example of far-right anti-antisemitism has been buried confirms my fears that the internet and the media continue to be complicit in the inevitable rise to power of a far-right leader in the UK like what has happened in the US.
Zionist media. They donāt understand that this is why they are so hated
Another staple of the previous Government who failed miserably defecting to Reform.`
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Its pretty laughable what reform is turning out to be, essentially BJās tory party of 2019 but with more shameless careerists and massive egos without any good governing experience.
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There has to be diminishing returns to accepting these Tory defectors.
The stench of Boris Johnsonās government hanging about. Either through the Tory leader or these runaway weirdos having a arbitrary epiphany about their āerrorsā just around the time itās beneficial to do so.
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I mean they were never a credible party to begin with but at least they had the distinction of being a right wing party detached from the Tories.
They donāt have that anymore and itāll bite them big time because the public voted them losers out in a record loss.
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Yep, should reject them. Not sure what they think the gain is, they bring zero credibility - in fact the opposite.
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āRefugee joins Reformā should be the headline
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Tax dodging boriswave prick.
I canāt believe they are letting these chancers in. This will be so bad.
Reform could have gained more from publicly rejecting him.
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Will he get more votes being a Reform MP? I mean, heās got one of them foreign-sounding names and their core voters tend to take a dim view of such things.
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What a wanker. Didnāt want to contest the last election where he was guaranteed to lose his seat and now looking to ride some coattails as a way back in.
Would actually be funny if he loses out to a tory.
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I started off thinking this way, but Iām not sure I agree anymore. IMO, committed Reform voters havenāt got anywhere else to go. They may not like some of the establishment Tories joining Reform, but I donāt think that will outweigh everything they like about Reform.
In the case of Zahawi, weāve got a (formerly) committed Tory who once said Farage was being racist and that heād be afraid to live in a country run by him, now saying that the country needs Nigel Farage as its leader. I think the benefit of that sort of apparent radical shift in Zahawiās opinion of Farage is that it may well start to convince a lot of soft/moderate/āreasonableā right wingers (probably the single biggest voting demographic in England), who previously considered Farage and Reform to be cranks and extremists, that Reform is a legitimate choice at a future election. Especially given the fact that nobody sincerely believes that the Tories have a chance of winning the next GE, so if you want to get Labour out of powerā¦
I think accepting Tories may well be a net benefit, attracting more moderate voters than it will repel committed Reformers/hard right wingers.
I think this may well be a canny move on Farageās part.
Purely speculation though, in this volatile political climate making strong predictions is probably a mugās game lol.
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Maybe but when this goes tits up they will blame the likes of him and reform will never get in again. But it makes me think this is a one and done concerted effort.to get in then fuck as much stuff up as possible.
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As opposed to it going tits up and everyone blaming Farage personally instead?
If itās inevitably going to go tits up itās better for Farage to have easy scapegoats who his nasty base will have no problem instantly turning on, like a non-white, refugee, vaguely Muslim, vaccine pushing, former Tory like Zahawi.
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Huge January transfer. Bigger than Semenyo. Yep, I donāt know who he is. Must be some decent money over at reform.
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Russian oil money definitely
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