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[WTFH]

Betfair: Nigel Farage is odds-on favourite to win Clacton seat

https://betting.betfair.com/politics...30624-205.html


Its going to happen, wtf wants to vote for the Tories this year except to keep Labour out. But that wont be an issue in Clacton if enough people see that he has a good chance of coming first.

If you love Clacton so much, why don't you move there?
Sounds like it's full of people who agree with you.

[Fraidycat]

If you love Clacton so much, why don't you move there?
Sounds like it's full of people who agree with you.

I will be voting Reform locally for sure. Wasn't going to vote at all until this morning.

[SueEllen]

If you love Clacton so much, why don't you move there?
Sounds like it's full of people who agree with you.

I learnt this morning there are some in Durham.

I think it's better to keep them apart from each other due to the 'information" and "news" they hear from social media.

[hobnob]

I'm not so sure about that. My money (although I hope I'm wrong) is on them having a good showing due to a) Neither of the top parties are any good and b) they focus heavily on what people are getting more and more angry about. Their policies are ridiculous and god help us if they every get near power but as you can see across Europe the right/nationalist parties are gathering momentum. We right off reform and other types but they are growing as nothing is being done about immigration etc.

The Brexit party (and the Green party) did well in the MEP elections, but that's because they were based on PR. However, both parties have struggled with the "first past the post" system. I think you're right that there are a lot of people who will vote for Reform, but I reckon they'll be too spread out to actually win any seats.

From the Reform website

Immigration Savings	£5B
Energy Savings - tax subsidies & scrap Net Zero	£30B
Benefit Saving - 1 million plus back to work	£15B
Transport & Utilities Savings	£5B
Slash wasteful Government spending
incl govt depts. quangos, commissions	£50B
Stop bank interest on QE reserves	£35B
Cut foreign aid by 50%	£6B

By my count, that adds up to 146 billion (rather than the 156 billion that they claimed). So, even if you take these figures at face value, they show a lack of attention to detail.

[Fraidycat]

By my count, that adds up to 146 billion (rather than the 156 billion that they claimed). So, even if you take these figures at face value, they show a lack of attention to detail.

LOL, well done for spotting that, i wondered if anyone would bother to add up the numbers.

The other 10 billion is projected to come from increased tax revenue's from the GDP growth of these policies.

More details here:

https://www.reformparty.uk/funding-of-reform-uk-plans

[Fraidycat]

The Brexit party (and the Green party) did well in the MEP elections, but that's because they were based on PR. However, both parties have struggled with the "first past the post" system. I think you're right that there are a lot of people who will vote for Reform, but I reckon they'll be too spread out to actually win any seats.

He odds on favourite to win Clacton and the party could possibly win another 3 seats according to YouGov

Nigel Farage could win Reform UK as many as four seats at general election, says YouGov


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2556460.html

[vetran]

I had the Labour candidate round today Tan Dhesi who seems a fairly honourable man, I tackled him on Palestine and a few others it was obvious he felt a little hampered by central office's stance. Not going to vote for him though.

[SueEllen]

I had the Labour candidate round today Tan Dhesi who seems a fairly honourable man, I tackled him on Palestine and a few others it was obvious he felt a little hampered by central office's stance. Not going to vote for him though.

Big Brother is watching him...

He can be deselected at any time.

[Fraidycat]

Reform UK has pulled to within two points of the Conservatives, according to the latest YouGov poll of the election campaign for Sky News.

The latest exclusive weekly survey, conducted on Monday and Tuesday before the head-to-head TV debate, puts Labour on 40%, the Tories on 19%, Reform UK on 17%, the Liberal Democrats on 10% and the Greens on 7%

[Fraidycat]

Nigel Farage has driven the Tories to a state of near-total psychological collapse

We could be just days away from a tipping point in the polls when Reform overtakes the Conservatives

Any crossover would inflict a near-lethal psychological blow on the Tories: Sunak’s most powerful argument to Right-minded voters is that a vote for Reform is wasted, and tantamount to supporting Labour. A crossover would invert this equation, allowing Farage to claim that voting Reform, not Tory, is the best way to keep Labour out, and triggering another collapse in the Conservative floor in a classic self-fulfilling doom loop.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...-farage-hands/