Let me try to put this in the simplest terms possible.
Do you want mass deportations that go beyond just illegal migrants?
Reform doesn't want it. So why do you support them.
Do you want to stop the Islamisation of Britain?
Reform depends on their future votes. So why do you support them.
Are you worried about the demographic change in Britain?
Farage is not bothered about it, Tice as he said would be long dead before that happens so they don't care. Why do you support them?
Are you concerned that Brexit is not really completed unless we have resolved the Northern Ireland issue?
Well, Farage thinks the unification of Ireland is inevitable. He is already okay ceding territory. So, why do you support them?
Do you oppose Digital IDs?
We have heard from at least one Reform MP how she doesn't really understand all this fuss about digital IDs, she is okay with it and I suppose many of the Tory wets and liberals will be okay with it as well which have flooded Reform recently.
Do you want real change in this country with proper plans laid out on how to achieve them?
Reform has no concrete policies beyond talking points that can get them into power, and unless they have things in their manifesto, any attempts of change will get rejected by parliament and house of lords even if they do win power. As they are trying to appease the liberal they dare not put those things in their manifesto. So, this myth of, oh once they are in power they will change their tone would have no real effect in terms of bringing the required change.
I could go on and on and on. But I really don't understand this level of cognitive dissonance at this point. It sort of shows why parties like Labour, and Liberal Tories have been winning elections. People don't really dig deep and so they keep getting hoodwinked by these incompetent politicians and parties. Oh, but Reform is the only hope - hope for what? - hope for maintaining the establishment blob. Anyone but Labour or Tories you cry now? Then why vote Liberal Democrats/Wet Tories in Reform clothing? What are you expecting?
Once we are in power we can change from within? That will be harder to go as opposed to when you are not in power. Once in power, and the formula for getting in power had been established as kowtowing to liberals and shutting out real change, then that would be impossible to change. There will be many people whose livelihood will depend on maintaining power at all costs. They will simply kick out any real reformers. Over time this is exactly what happened to Tories post Thatcher, because they thought they can't win by going anti-Blair so they thought they will become a "better version" of Blair. This is what Reform are attempting. Inside of being what Conservatives should have been, they are trying to become the "better version" of Liberal Tories. A disaster in the making.
I propose that we back lions instead of foxes, and in doing so become the lions ourselves. And in whatever way this fight takes shape, we fight it like lions.
This is the problem as I see it by making politics so tribal. Away from policies and so personality focused. I don't know in what other words I can tell you, but in voting for Reform you are essentially voting for a better version of Liberal Tories, not even the Conservative Tories. And yes, they will be better than the current lot, but their short term half arsed fixes will mean the problems will come back and they will come back bigger when the demographics change in the next few decades because of inaction to reverse it.
There are many Reform Propaganda anon accounts out there as well. And I would be wary of them if I were you. Here is a recent Twitter / X exchange with one of them who eventually ended up blocking me and running away. I will post the screenshots but you can see it on X as well:
https://x.com/theworldofmomus/status/1963191300187881733
And you will also see more Reform propaganda accounts or foolhardy liberals doing their bidding for them. In response to my points above posted on X, a former follower and current blocker posted, if you want all those things vote Reform. Even though I highlighted how Reform want none of the things that people want.
I think you can see from the actions of hardcore Reform supporters why Britain is in this mess in the first place. Why people fell for the lies of Labour and Tories. The dumbing down of the public was done for a reason and these people exemplify it. Voting is tribal for them and they are completely unwilling to engage critically. The cognitive dissonance and lack of critical thinking is a real problem throughout the West. As I said, it was done for a reason, and Reform are just taking advantage of it.
I do not wish these people ill will and I certainly don’t want them attacked for their behaviour. But these people and accounts are just exemplifiers of why we are in this mess. A huge part of the effort has to involve re-education of the public and increasing the intellect by discouraging tribal behaviour and encouraging critical thinking. I hope these two accounts and many other like them see the wood for the trees eventually.
So. Coming to the logical conclusion of all that I have said so far. As far as I see it it we have two options. Either back a party like Advance UK which is gaining a lot of traction in membership numbers and says they will do the things required without going unhinged crazy, or we have a revolution. Personally, I would try to exhaust all ways of resolving this and having a peaceful revolution by using Restore Britain and Advance UK before entertaining the idea of revolution being the only way out of it. But I also think it is important that we do not shy away from the talk of or need for a revolution.
In just under 2 months, Advance UK, is at 28k members and pushing towards their self imposed 30k mark. Ben Habib is going to officially launch the party on 27th of September and it seems like they have the support of Elon Musk - whether it is financial support or not we will wait to see. At the time of 2024 elections, Reform were at around 30k membership mark which took them few good years to amass.
In terms of small party growth this is unprecedented, completely unheard of in British politics. Most of my readers will know that I have been a member of SDP for a while because to me they were the only ones working properly on deliverable policies for the British public in the British interest, even though I was not fully onboard with their political philosophy. I have since left SDP and joined Advance UK because not only I align more with Advance UK’s political philosophy but also they have enough number to actually make something happen. Even if the general elections were called today. And since the elections are 4 years away, a lot more ground can be gained in that time.
Labour will not call early elections, and the King will not ask them to do so, because Labour are ideologically aligned with the current monarch. Yes. What a scary but true thought. Starmer might resign, but he will be replaced by another, and Labour will maintain power. They have a majority in parliament right now that they know they will never have again or at least won’t have for a very long time. So, in these 4 years they will try to push through as many of the Blair’s and Gordon Brown’s socialist pet projects as possible, the chief of them being digital IDs.
Overall, I think, Advance UK really is the last chance of avoiding a full fledge revolution in this country. It won’t stop series of civil unrest that is to come in the next 4 years as Labour remains in power and goes from one phase to another. But it will be there to give a political home to all the voices of discontent, and be able to harness that into a political victory in 2029. That would get us the desired and required change - or rather the start of change as it will take some time to fully implement the change - and stop the further disintegration of this country. If that doesn’t happen then the path to destruction of Britain as we have known it will not be altered and the existential threat will become more apparent.
I do however think that some form of civil unrest is inevitable. But we do have to create platforms that give the dissident voices a home so the unrest does not become too unhinged that it blows into all out violence and destruction in the long term.
