Reform must move from being "none of the above" choice to credible alternative. That starts with getting their hours in order.
Prior to Zia's arrival we had been pretty effective in the election. His Chairmanship was a disaster, numerous sackings and no progress. I'm told by close observers that he is petulant, impatient and arrogant (no surprise given his background Goldmans and a tech start up). His speech was an embarrassment and he is not a people person. He should never have been chairman. We (Reform) now desperately need a proper one - Rupert Lowe being the obvious candidate.
As Frederick Edward writes, the Yusuf speech was indeed wooden and generic. You are correct - Reform have to do much, much more that raaah-raaah. Tice is a liability, Farage has done his job yet again - but must move on, and Yusuf never got out of the starting blocks.
Nigel Farage, in my humble opinion, has never been "the answer". He's far too old and establishment isn't he? He's one of the boys, old school tie network, wanker banker sort of a bloke. People support Reform because it isn't Labour or Tory not because they actually think it is a "proper" party with a proper manifesto, shadow cabinet or any real professionalism. It's just a vote for "none of the above". Rupert Lowe, like Andrew Bridgen, will get nowhere because he's not willing to grease palms and toe lines because he doesn't see politics as a stepping stone to the next career. I do think most politicians and commentators really don't see what the rest of us see - they are in such a bubble they can't see the reality. Of course Mr Yusuf witters on about dead white heroes because he wants the support of their descendants but he isn't British and doesn't really care about what went on before he arrived. Like all Muslims everywhere in the world, he is a follower of Islam and Islam has no country. It only has followers and believers.
I view Reform as the least bad option, so in the short term will continue to lend them my vote, laced with a bit of sceptism, until something better comes along.
Last February, when Farage gave up his shares in Reform ,75% of voting rights was transferred to a new company, Reform 2025 Ltd. It is 50:50 owned by Farage and Yusuf. Just saying.
I agree that Reform are not the answer but will do for now. However, I think the Reform vote is far from anchored to the party. It is an anti-uniparty vote, comprising of people who are rightly disgusted at their treatment by the political class over at least the last three decades. As such, I think it is an agile, mobile vote, that could be transferred en masse should a credible nationalist party rise with the policies to restore and protect our culture, and the resolve to implement them.
The one good certainty about Reform is their commitment to scrap Net Zero, the central plank of the globalists’ tyrannical Agenda 2030 leading to one-world governance. It helps that the USA is now going down the same anti-Net Zero path (“Drill baby drill”) under the Trump administration. Even the mealy-mouthed Conservatives are now saying “no Net Zero by 2050”, whatever that means.
The walls are closing in now. Digital control and laws that brand all who oppose the establishment as terrorists give no room for alternative opinion. Situations like this in the past were only overturned by war, sometimes after long periods of oppression, tyranny and hardship. Happy days 😎
I was led to believe that Zia Yusef was the bankroller of Reform's 38 employees so his short departure was a problem until another chairman with equally deep pockets can be found.
Interestingly there are three other large donors all of which support the religion of peace so party funding is already in the hands of those that wish to influence the next general election but not in the way those 230,000 or so "members were hoping for.
When Farage leaves, as he surely will, the party will become the one many have said will be in place by 2029 to accommodate the growing band of MPs from the various Islamic countries who now occupy the green benches and who believe they can dominate British life with their insurgent numbers and sharia law.
Unfortunately Reform 2025 Ltd as a private limited company will never democratise the party in the way Rupert Lowe and Ben Habib have expressed. Alas it is but a protest party lead by a snake oil salesman and able speaker but clearly lacking in policies and team players with governmental experience. As someone recently said it is a one man band with an iPhone but don't expect many to agree after sending their £25 pound fees and then finding out they were not able to even vote for the party leadership.
Reform must move from being "none of the above" choice to credible alternative. That starts with getting their hours in order.
Prior to Zia's arrival we had been pretty effective in the election. His Chairmanship was a disaster, numerous sackings and no progress. I'm told by close observers that he is petulant, impatient and arrogant (no surprise given his background Goldmans and a tech start up). His speech was an embarrassment and he is not a people person. He should never have been chairman. We (Reform) now desperately need a proper one - Rupert Lowe being the obvious candidate.
As Frederick Edward writes, the Yusuf speech was indeed wooden and generic. You are correct - Reform have to do much, much more that raaah-raaah. Tice is a liability, Farage has done his job yet again - but must move on, and Yusuf never got out of the starting blocks.
Nigel Farage, in my humble opinion, has never been "the answer". He's far too old and establishment isn't he? He's one of the boys, old school tie network, wanker banker sort of a bloke. People support Reform because it isn't Labour or Tory not because they actually think it is a "proper" party with a proper manifesto, shadow cabinet or any real professionalism. It's just a vote for "none of the above". Rupert Lowe, like Andrew Bridgen, will get nowhere because he's not willing to grease palms and toe lines because he doesn't see politics as a stepping stone to the next career. I do think most politicians and commentators really don't see what the rest of us see - they are in such a bubble they can't see the reality. Of course Mr Yusuf witters on about dead white heroes because he wants the support of their descendants but he isn't British and doesn't really care about what went on before he arrived. Like all Muslims everywhere in the world, he is a follower of Islam and Islam has no country. It only has followers and believers.
I view Reform as the least bad option, so in the short term will continue to lend them my vote, laced with a bit of sceptism, until something better comes along.
That's a nice one: "Tice-but-dim"!
Last February, when Farage gave up his shares in Reform ,75% of voting rights was transferred to a new company, Reform 2025 Ltd. It is 50:50 owned by Farage and Yusuf. Just saying.
I agree that Reform are not the answer but will do for now. However, I think the Reform vote is far from anchored to the party. It is an anti-uniparty vote, comprising of people who are rightly disgusted at their treatment by the political class over at least the last three decades. As such, I think it is an agile, mobile vote, that could be transferred en masse should a credible nationalist party rise with the policies to restore and protect our culture, and the resolve to implement them.
The one good certainty about Reform is their commitment to scrap Net Zero, the central plank of the globalists’ tyrannical Agenda 2030 leading to one-world governance. It helps that the USA is now going down the same anti-Net Zero path (“Drill baby drill”) under the Trump administration. Even the mealy-mouthed Conservatives are now saying “no Net Zero by 2050”, whatever that means.
The walls are closing in now. Digital control and laws that brand all who oppose the establishment as terrorists give no room for alternative opinion. Situations like this in the past were only overturned by war, sometimes after long periods of oppression, tyranny and hardship. Happy days 😎
Wholeheartedly agree with your every word!
I was led to believe that Zia Yusef was the bankroller of Reform's 38 employees so his short departure was a problem until another chairman with equally deep pockets can be found.
Interestingly there are three other large donors all of which support the religion of peace so party funding is already in the hands of those that wish to influence the next general election but not in the way those 230,000 or so "members were hoping for.
When Farage leaves, as he surely will, the party will become the one many have said will be in place by 2029 to accommodate the growing band of MPs from the various Islamic countries who now occupy the green benches and who believe they can dominate British life with their insurgent numbers and sharia law.
Unfortunately Reform 2025 Ltd as a private limited company will never democratise the party in the way Rupert Lowe and Ben Habib have expressed. Alas it is but a protest party lead by a snake oil salesman and able speaker but clearly lacking in policies and team players with governmental experience. As someone recently said it is a one man band with an iPhone but don't expect many to agree after sending their £25 pound fees and then finding out they were not able to even vote for the party leadership.
Well said
Yusuf, just do not trust him. Reform lost 3.500 members. It is not looking good at all for now. Lee Anderson needs to start kicking ass.