by bArray | 2025-10-02 12:22:54+00:00
> Tice being the Deputy. Of course the First isn't going to admit to it, but if the second implies it; that pretty much sets the tone of the parties agenda. With the added Mayor I would conclude that the party is anti-climate change.

I think that Reform attract a variety of views, the party is formed by the politically homeless. The Mayor of London being anti-Trump for example does not represent Labour's official position, which is one with open arms for Trump.

> The UK will never be a leader again, we were once but threw it all away to privatisation and stripping of industries. You're only the leader when you actually produce, we rarely do that anymore.

It could be a leader again, but it will require large political will. Part of being a leader is for the UK to not have rules dictated to it. The EU is really struggling with economic productivity itself, largely due to the red tape that the UK is now well positioned to remove.

The UK should produce more. From a climate and tariff perspective, it should not be cheaper to get something made with few/little environmental standards in China and then shipped across the world. It is also mad that the climate activists do not jump on this point more.

> Besides "cheap reliable" is an oxymoron. Anything cheap is not reliable, anything reliable isn't cheap. Nuclear = Reliable but expensive, Renewable = Cheap but unreliable (in comparison).

The UK had a hybrid just going back a few years that was more reliable and cheaper, and even that could have been better optimised. The UK should not have higher energy costs than the EU, for example.

> Why isn't there focus on national citizens, or can we do no harm?

National citizens are a problem, but they are a problem the UK is stuck with. The UK should not be importing the economically unproductive from elsewhere too. At the same time, a great focus will need to be applied to national citizens that are economically unproductive. Some 3 million 16-64 are apparently permanently sick and unable to work [1].

> That primary focus is bogus. I don't rule out that immigrants are not committing crimes, I don't have time to source the stats so I'll play the devils advocate and say maybe. Maybe it's more, maybe it's less but crime is crime.

Foreign nationals make up 12% of UK prisons [2], and the argument is that is should be ~0%.

> If it is truly immigrants, then why have we not been tackling immigration laws? Why is it suddenly a concern now when crimes have been reported and ignored for decades? The government(s) have documented cases of these gang-crimes for years.

The UK seems to have failed to introduce any real barrier to immigration into the UK since Tony Blair. The concern has been there for a long time, there was just no political will to deal with it. Immigration levels have continued to increase and the average person sees HMOs dispersed throughout the UK and on their doorstep.

> We will however go for the innocent folk who have really done nothing wrong though. I want privacy as the next person, "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" is as like "when the fun stops, stop!" a sponsored gambling anti-gambling advertisement campaign. When your an addict, there is no fun to stop.

Being innocent is not an argument to stay in the UK. The UK will need to figure out how to keep immigrants that are productive and integrated.

> I enjoy walking around my apartment naked when I wake up which is why I own curtains. The government can't watch me apart from my WiFi signal. McAdverts can't advertise to me boxer briefs and Doritos for breakfest; we did have window tax once, I'm sure curtain tax will be a thing too soon.

Well, privacy is valued, and maybe privacy is a lucrative new source of tax revenue. Yes you may have your curtains and your encrypted messages, but it's going to cost you.

[1] https://wecovr.com/guides/uk-sickness-crisis-1-in-5-britons-...

[2] https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04...