[Youngian]

Seven ex-Reform councillors in Kent have joined Lowe's Restore Britain group.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg1d551weko

If only Kemi said that, the Tory poll numbers might have moved upwards.

A Reform UK source said: "Restore are welcome to our dregs.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Bringing back the two child limit seems to be what's called a U-TURN when Labour do it.

If Reform are indeed a government in waiting, with a "shadow chancellor" and all that, then where's the outrage?

[Spoonman]

Jenrick says Reform UK would only allow British nationals to claim benefits

Lots of people who claim them are long time, legal residents, who have paid NI but aren't citizens. This is the Goodwin tactic of making it sound like they're people who've popped over 5 minutes ago with no connection to the country. Won't they just take citizenship?

Might there not be a problem with this in Northern Ireland?

Might, might not. UK nationality law currently confers British citizenship in NI the same way it does in GB in that it is automatic at birth where applicable and the UK government regards it as such - even if someone nominally rejects having a "British" identity. Apart from the Emma De Souza case I've yet to know anyone born in NI actively giving up their British citizenship for a (solely) Irish one.

[satnav]

Many of Reform's spending plans are meant to be funded by savings on welfare and cuts to Net Zero spending but many of these savings will take years to achieve. Changes to benefits require lots of time in parliament and even after they have passed all the parliamentary hurdles there is a usually a transitional period before benefits are stopped.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Someone's drawn my attention to another, presumably, howler. If these people are never going to be entitled to benefits, presumably they can be left off a chunk of NI?

[Boiler]

I assume your average Reform voter would be quite happy if the "triple lock" was deemed unaffordable and consequently scrapped to save money for tax cuts then?

[davidjay]

I assume your average Reform voter would be quite happy if the "triple lock" was deemed unaffordable and consequently scrapped to save money for tax cuts then?

The average Reform voter would eat grass if the forrins were sent back where they come from.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

It would be an improvement on the shit they are prepared to swallow now.

[Youngian]

'The moronic stop-Farage voting base,' better known as 60-70% of the electorate.
Liddle is right though. If giving both barrels to Farage every week doesn't register with his supporters, it can galvanise those who loath him to vote for the main challenger.

[Tubby Isaacs]

So if Farage doesn't win that's the worst by-election since 1938? George Galloway winning in Rochdale was surely worse according to Liddle's own views?

[davidjay]

Funny how the will of the people doesn't matter when it's the wrong people.