Throwing stones and glass houses spring to mind here.
Nigel Farage accused the suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe of “damaging the party”, calling his behaviour “disgusting” in leaked messages that reveal the antipathy between the two rightwing politicians.
Farage had sent the private WhatsApp messages to someone who had worked for Lowe in recent years. His criticism came after Lowe called Reform a “protest party” and Farage “messianic” in an interview with the Daily Mail in March.
You might argue that Lowe was inopportune with his remarks to the press, but he has stated repeatedly that he had tried to address the matter internally and had been rebuffed. There’s a pattern here, and it is Farage. Once again, we are seeing a man who has form for plucking defeat from the jaws of victory. Who surrounds himself with capable people and then alienates them when they dare to offer constructive criticism. In this case, though, Lowe isn’t going quietly.
Lowe isn’t the problem here. Ben Habib wasn’t the problem either. Farage is, and he is doing to Reform what he did to Ukip. He has become a liability. Given the structure of Reform, the only solution I can see is for the people who support its aims to get out and form a new democratic party under the leadership of people like Lowe and Habib. Reform isn’t about to reform any time soon, and neither is Nigel. Shame. It was all looking so good for a while. The uniparty must be pleased.
My neigbour joined Reform week before all this crap started.
To me it seems Nigel is OK with the Islamist invasion. Fuck him.
If I believed in conspiracy theories I would believe that Farage is a double agent. I don’t so I just think his pride is stronger than his love of his country.
I’m genuinely in two minds about this.
If it is just Farage, and the reform party organisation that is being built locally – which is what appears to be in progress – is “good” (I think everybody knows what I mean) and largely of good people (again), then the solution should be quite simple.
But there is still something that nags at me here. The demonization of Farage – yes, I can see why some people are – but the assumption that he must be “owned”, that it has to be a stark black and white dichotomy. Well, that seems a bit too contrived for my liking.
It remains to be seen if support – votes, the poll that actually matters – will be impacted. Let’s see what happens in Runcorn and in those council elections that haven’t been cancelled.
If Farage is “bought”, I would ask when. I would still give him the lions share of credit for getting us out of toytown Austria-Hungary. Can’t see how that fits in with globo-filth plans. Of course, the globo-whores have done their damnest but just imagine if we still in that prison, particularly as its imperial delusions seem to be ballooning. Like the duce – its politburo seems to imagine itself to be some reincarnation of the roman empire!
Or maybe more like tsarist Russia (with more than on tsar!) obsessing with imperial delusions while crumbles from within.
Yes, that could be blighty as well!
Did I say how much I HATE der sturmer?
I’m in the fragile ego camp, mostly.
It always seems to me that Farage got us Brexit through UKIP, then UKIP disappeared after farage left.
Now we have a truly viable alternative to the big two, and again because of Farage
The success of both parties were down to farage alone. It could be now that we have some people in Reform who want the success of that party to be less about him and more about their own egos
Maybe
Actually, Tice and Habib had steered Reform pretty well prior to the election without Farage. He definitely gave it a boost, but they were doing pretty well without him up to that point.