It’s ridiculous. It’s bad enough not getting straight answers from Tories or Labour but Reform are just making it up as they go along, nothing adds up. People cheering them on from the sidelines, mainly because of the damage it will do to the Tories, just don’t get it. Theyre encouraging the rise of a populist party that will promise the Earth and continue to sow division in the country.
I can’t really blame some of the disenfranchised/left behinds looking at alternative parties and there are some of Reforms policies like raising personal allowance higher, which I think make sense, however, the country will be in a worse place if they continue to gain momentum.
The fringe parties should be under the same scrutiny as the big boys but they aren’t, so protest votes will go to parties and individuals that have unachievable aims and some underlying unsavoury policies/beliefs. We’ve only got ourselves to blame though, like many in Europe and also the US, large numbers just don’t feel like they’re being listened to.