[Tubby Isaacs]

Meanwhile in Kent.

Reform UK expels two Kent councillors accused of ‘undermining’ its interests
Robert Ford, subject of an ‘unofficial complaint’, and Bill Barrett, suspended after leaked meeting, removed via email

[Tubby Isaacs]

Hadn't heard from Tom Harris for a while. Here he bravely takes on the evidence of an actual election last week which suggested Reform might be overstated, with a sample of two friends.

[Youngian]

Sounds highly unlikely that Tom Harris still has friends in the Labour Party.

[Abernathy]

Farage on Pochin :

“ Asked during a press conference on grooming gangs if he accepted Pochin's comments were racist, Farage said: "I am unhappy with what she has done...
"I understand the basic point but the way she put it, the way she worded it, was wrong and was ugly.
"And if I thought that the intention behind it was racist then I would have taken a lot more action than I have to date."

Piss-poor attempt to be jesuitical. So What Pochin said was wrong, and ugly, but she didn’t say it with racist intent. So that’s okay. Right. She said that it “drives her mad” to see black people and brown people appearing in TV commercials. Certainly sounds pretty bloody racist to me, and if it wasn’t intentionally racist, lord knows what would be.

But Farage thinks it was okay. Cunt. What he really means of course is that Pochin should not have said the racist thinking out loud.

O’Brien was very good on this this morning. He was having none of this pussyfooting about, trying to debate whether it was racist or not. It just IS. Obviously, plainly, unambiguously. And Pochin is obviously racist, as is Farage, and the whole Reform shit-show.

[kreuzberger]

In his now regular Monday audience with his press, he is pushing the agenda that being racist isn't at all racist. "It's just calling it like it is".

I wonder if he is trying his hardest to move into the snake-pit that is the "deplorables" shit show. (None of these discussions should overlook the fact that hoachin' Pochin slithered home by a margin of six squalid votes.)

[AOB]

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Sounds highly unlikely that Tom Harris has friends.

FTFY

[Andy McDandy]

Is it just me, or does Pochin always appear to be half cut?

[Tubby Isaacs]

In his now regular Monday audience with his press, he is pushing the agenda that being racist isn't at all racist. "It's just calling it like it is".

I wonder if he is trying his hardest to move into the snake-pit that is the "deplorables" shit show. (None of these discussions should overlook the fact that hoachin' Pochin slithered home by a margin of six squalid votes.)

Shame that Pochin overshadowed his doubtless totally constructive on the grooming gang inquiry.

Talking of which, the two Reform-linked survivors... I thought that nobody could have any sort of role in anything if they'd ever said anything "political" because that made them "activists". What's the difference?

[kreuzberger]

I'll cut these women all due slack, but the "He's my new boyfriend, and he truly cares about me" vibe is riding in to town with flashing lights, blaring whistles, and a 99 flake.

The Vichy-Squeeze must be twitching and texting her mates for updates.

[davidjay]

In his now regular Monday audience with his press, he is pushing the agenda that being racist isn't at all racist. "It's just calling it like it is".

I wonder if he is trying his hardest to move into the snake-pit that is the "deplorables" shit show. (None of these discussions should overlook the fact that hoachin' Pochin slithered home by a margin of six squalid votes.)

Shame that Pochin overshadowed his doubtless totally constructive on the grooming gang inquiry.

Talking of which, the two Reform-linked survivors... I thought that nobody could have any sort of role in anything if they'd ever said anything "political" because that made them "activists". What's the difference?

You can only be a political activist if you're on the left. On the right you're active in the community.

[mattomac]

Apparently he wants to run the inquiry through Parliament as it will save time and speed up the process.

That or he wants to libel the Muslim population, running anything through Parliament will increase the time by ten fold.

Then again he doesn’t attend much.

[The Weeping Angel]

[Yug]

A councillor who quit the Conservatives to join Reform UK earlier this month has stepped down from the party after 20 days.

Grantham councillor Mark Whittington will now sit on South Kesteven District Council as an unaligned independent member.

He left the Conservatives on 7 October, telling the media the party was "over" and had failed to deliver change.

Whittington said his reasons for leaving Reform UK were personal and "related to my Twitter and Facebook posts regarding my recent health issues".

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Whittington is recovering from a mini stroke and bleed on the brain he suffered earlier this month...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn51kpzz1vro

While I wish him well over his health issues, I think something doesn't ring true here. His health has been affected to the extent that he has to quit the party he felt was the best fit for him, but not so great that he can't continue sitting as a councillor.

Some months ago that Reform councillor in Bridlington quit, saying she wasn't getting any support from the party and, reading between the lines, they had been a pretty toxic bunch to deal with. Since then, all the quitters have cited "personal reasons" for leaving. Is this because they have genuine fears of harassment for themselves and their families, threats of violence, and even death threats if they spoke out and told the truth? I think this is highly likely.

[Watchman]

I’m not a medic, but I would have thought carrying on as a local councillor is not the best way to recuperate, after a stroke/ brain bleed

[Tubby Isaacs]

Apparently he wants to run the inquiry through Parliament as it will save time and speed up the process.

That or he wants to libel the Muslim population, running anything through Parliament will increase the time by ten fold.

Then again he doesn’t attend much.

So an independent inquiry is run through Parliament?

It must be that he wants to spout shit himself and get publicity.

[Yug]

I’m not a medic, but I would have thought carrying on as a local councillor is not the best way to recuperate, after a stroke/ brain bleed

Yes. That's what made me think perhaps Reform quitters are being leaned on to not tell the truth about why they've quit