@steevc You deserve all you will get, my friend.

I blame people for not understanding that the vast majority are unhappy and, at the very least, offering them a solution that isn't guaranteed to anger them even more.

On the whole, the majority of the British public is happy to be treated like shit. I'm not saying that's right; I'm simply saying they've been used to it for over twelve hundred years; it's in our DNA, so what the Tories did during COVID angered the voters, but they forgot about it two weeks later. What the British public doesn't like is squeezes on their money and services so that when the BBC reports two, three five hundred boat people at a time landing on the UK shores as a way of embarrassing the government, it actually has a different effect and makes the voter listen more and, more to the likes of Farage who tells them the reason there are no appointments and less money in their pockets is because of all the immigrants "Coming over here and taking all our jobs."

If more people stood up to be counted and said they only backed legal immigration, Farage wouldn't have a leg to stand on, but all these people championing boat people are too dumb to realise they're actually the ones helping Farage's cause.

Remember what I said to you: "The problem with Farage is what he says has an element of truth to it." blustering, beating one's chest, and gnashing one's teeth actually makes him stronger. We need to take away his ammunition, I would say, by getting behind the Stopping the Boats campaign and temporarily placing illegals on barges because nothing enrages Brits more than when they see illegals put up in the Holiday Inn while UK citizens can't even get a council house.

Neither of us is dumb, and we both know the Tories are architects of their own downfall. I also don't believe Farage's current success is race-related. He's talking the language of a much bigger majority than the tiny majority that hates his guts; it's as simple as that.

@neil I'm convinced (For the minute) ReformUK will be the opposition. That's still "In" in my book.

What needs to be taken into consideration is that parties like the Greens are picking up [tactical] votes. I'm really worried the Tories could be fourth or worse. Some might naively think that's good, but it will be terrible for the UK, in my opinion. This country needs an experienced, established opposition.