Reform UK makes disruptive debut as Senedd opposition, prompting walkouts
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has a massive problem with women, and @carolvorders.bsky.social helped expose exactly how deep it runs. No wonder they’re furious - she made them look small, cowardly and contemptuous.
The Lady Lucy 🏴🇪🇺🇬🇱🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐾🐕18Tbf to Reform, Carol didnt do that. They were always small, cowardly and contemptuous, its sort of their USP to the women haters, xenophobes and racists.
Wonder Mutt12No. They ARE small, cowardly and contemptuous. She only refused to cover that up.
John10Which, of course, they are. Cowardly, Contemptuous, and I'll add: Corrupt.
dirkelee.bsky.social7That's the same excuse the high school administration used when told about the sexual assault done to my granddaughter...pissed us all off no end...🤬
Dave6There are men who think they are centrist liberals who dont get how and why men are a greater problem to children, women and other men than women. Many reside on this platform, their inability to look at the world through someone else's eyes is stunning.
Helen Stirling-Lane5I had the misfortune to learn about Farage nearly 12 years ago, at a show by Jonny and the Baptists at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Farage has not gone up in my opinion at any point in those years. Safe to say my opinion of him has gone down
Reece Dinsdale175Excellent read, as ever, from @bearlypolitics.co.uk @carolvorders.bsky.social exposed the misogyny of Reform… a ‘party’ who want you to believe that the safety of ‘are women’ is at the forefront of their anti immigration stance & yet they continue to sexualise them & treat them with contempt.
The Bear90Comments like this will be instantly blocked. This the first and only warning.
Teq78"She documents, asks awkward questions and refuses to let them slink away under the usual damp tarpaulin of “banter”, “plain speaking” and “common sense” that so often gets rolled out to try and cover up weapons-grade misogyny." I wish some of the "journalists" at the BBC would do the same.
Niall Ó Conghaile49Really good. But the broader point is not just Reform, it's that our democracies suffer if women are abused, marginalised and threatened out of public discourse. It's up to all of us, incl. men, to make the space safe.
Nicola 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️40"Vorderman went well beyond just criticising Reform and their candidate - she did the worst thing you can do to an insecure group of men. She made them look small."
Kev De Faoite4“… that Farage thought along these lines tells us that Reform’s political imagination is filled with small men who feel humiliated, displaced, wronged by equality… …Men who have been told the world was built for them and are now furious that someone has dared to make space for anyone but them…”
Randolph.3Reform is not friendly towards women Farages just another woman hater as many of his colleagues followers. Carol vorderman has proven that herself farage is fuming..
Kev De Faoite2“… a stark warning to Reform… …a warning that when women organise, speak, write, campaign and flat-out refuse to let misogyny be laundered as banter, it can change the political weather…”
Rob Nelson2Farage is not good for GB.
Chris Gough2As ever, Bear, a rollicking good read. A splendid analysis of how fundamentally revolting Farage and his chaps are...
Farage & Co. received £24m from donors with fossil fuel interests 💰 Why are Reform so vehemently against climate action? It's a complete mystery...🤔 Join.greenparty.org.uk
myposeygirl.bsky.social5This “ant-climate” party is like our American Republican Party; bought and paid for by fossil fuel barons. These parties never work for the people, only special interest and I’ll never understand why the people vote for them. We have high property insurance rates here even. Makes no sense.
Kate4Corporate capture has debased the political system, it holds democracy mid air by its tail. For anyone in doubt as to why Greens bang on about deconstructing the wealth vacuum in favour of freedom, equity & survivability, I would encourage a deep dive into the nature of ripoff in UK. It’s this.
Michael3Funny how all these far right parties are in bed with oil companies, but we're expected to not link them with being evil.
J3Cash for future policies 🤦♂️.. Just like labour now, kneeling to zionism, big business, and fuel giants.
HT4Ecosocialism7Corporations buy politicians, and they’re so easily bought.
Joseph Wells3Like anything... #Austerity will continue under a Labour Government regardless of whos Prime Minister in the Labour Party! The two old parties have destroyed our country enough! #NoMoreCuts #DontTrustLabour #DontVoteLabour
Sam3He who pays the piper plays the tune...
Proud Lefty CW💚🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇮🇷🎧2Hasn't Reform been Proscribed yet?
John Munro2@zetkincollective.bsky.social: "Every time a European far-right party denies or downplays climate change, it makes a statement about immigration."
Well...👀 "The Reform UK leader fumes as few seem to be buying his answers to repeated questions over his windfall from a crypto-billionaire" https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-gift-donation-nhqtvc8l9
Paul Russell9He’s lived a charmed life so far (with a lot of help from the media). It’s well past time for his luck to run out.
sergeantpluck.bsky.social3It's off to the US next, shilling for people who like denying health care to vulnerable people. Just like his job in the UK, really. #farage #rentagob
207michael.bsky.social2Doesn't help when his story has changed so often. But simply his position is indefensible he took what is essentially a bribe
David1What happened to the claims of Russia hacking his phone ?
JohnnyB1Nobody appears to be asking if there are other "gifts" that we don't yet know about. Or even how much "profit" he might be creaming off the other donations to his company???
Peter Lugg1He keeps saying he is the most physically attacked MP. Why don't the commentators ask if he remembers Jo Cox or David Amess? The man just talks bollox and no one picks him up on it.
Can we please stop pretending Reform UK is any less extreme than Restore Britain? You can see here ⬇️, they're saying the exact same things, but just in different ways! It's the oldest con in the book: Good Cop; Bad Cop! youtu.be/uNIm2iqT3Fk
Wayne Stuart1Farage likes to make a point that he drummed the far-right out of politics. What he actually did was taught them how to present far-rightedless in a way that wouldn't spook the normies so much. So indeed, they are two cheeks of the same arse. Or 3 cheeks if you count Badenoch's Tories.
Jonathan Callaway1Bad cop, worse cop, surely?
counterjoint.bsky.social1A racist is a racist...
Former PM Sir John Major has slammed "ragbag" Reform UK for its scapegoating of Muslims and migrants, claiming the party has nothing positive to offer Britain.🇬🇧💯 He's not wrong... #GetFarageOut
Andrew S. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌈 🏳️⚧️3Whatever you think of Major's Tory government, he's now a voice of sanity. I miss those days of relatively sane politicians.
lanare 🦋🏴🇪🇺🏁🇺🇦2The days when we had decent honourable politicians
meribel123.bsky.social1Reform have got to be the worst thing for Britain since German Sausage and Belgian chocolate. Absolutely nothing to offer our country. And Farage can beggar off back to Belgium where he lives or Florida where he can find a nice swamp to crawl backinto.
Sunderland Reform UK votes to ‘rescind’ climate emergency declaration Reform cabinet minister said the “so-called climate emergency distorts the spending priorities of councils” northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
hornist24.bsky.social11These lunatics will only be "happy" when the planet is burnt to a cinder. Well on the way this week. Which of the fossil industries is sponsoring this particular council? We know that their "lord and master," Farage is funded by them, as well as Tories, but are individual councils also profiting?
Mike Metcalf7I listened to 10 seconds of this debate and my brain almost melted at the stupidity.
Mamho5As a former elected member who is still involved in local government, i can confirm nothing disrupts a budget like climate related adverse events. In my last year on Council our energency roading budget ran out 3 months into the financial year. And the adverse events kept coming.
None so blind as those who will not see
wardos.bsky.social3Oh dear, what do they think this is?? Got to say it…….twats!!
Chris Fac2131It's known as The Dark Place or the Village of the Damned for a reason.
FFS Burnham isn't talking about devolving power to Manchester. Do the Tories and Reform have to work hard at being this silly?
Nigel Farage urged to take ‘break’ from politics by former Reform UK chair
aldo3Not before he explains the £5million bribe for Brexit
Stuart Fuller2That implies that he’s actually been doing some politics.
Meg1Take a break? That’s his modus operandi
FANSCAPES1Clacton should say he has
Wayne Stuart1Presumably to escape any sort of scrutiny until 2029 when he can rise like a phoenix ready ascending to power with his disinformation machine armed with a ready made dismissal of the £5 mil as yesterday's news that we should all just move on from and focus on the dinghies again? That about cover it?
Jimmycumiskey1He’s took a blow from Clacton and the HOC for the past 22 months!
