3 June (Part 2) - 40 minutes of passion!
Well that has thrown the cat among the pigeons hasn’t it? Nigel Farage
has taken over Reform UK and will stand for election in Clacton.
I dismissed all thought of voting Reform several years ago when their Leader
Richard Tice became a Covid control freak. Masks and compulsory vaccinations for
all. Where does he think he is, North Korea?
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours between two cricket matches with a former Reform UK supporter who dropped out
after the hate group, Hope not Hate, successfully intervened in Reform policy
when actual Members have no say in it at all. Reform is not a political party, it is a company
that accepts donations. If it was otherwise I may have joined. Maybe the Cricket
fan will have second thoughts although unlike me, nothing has changed for him.
When Nigel Farage was in Bexleyheath eight years ago I saw Conservatives
among the crowd including a former Cabinet Member fan who swore me to secrecy
about revealing his name. Nigel has a very wide appeal. This afternoon's speech
was the first I had heard since the election announcement which was in any way inspiring,h
Mr. Farage said he had only seriously stood at a General Election once before,
In Thanet where he lost to a Conservative whose agent had cheated and went to
prison for it. (My cue to champion the late Michael Barnbrook who
single-handedly shamed Kent Police into bringing suitable charges after they initially refused to do so.)
Until this afternoon I was moving towards voting Conservative in Erith &
Thamesmead which has gone strongly Labour with an MP who is not in the slightest
bit interested in me, but now there may be an outside chance of damaging her.
Something to be considered very carefully in the coming days,
Will Reform UK find any decent candidates? So far I have only noted a few who
should ever be allowed anywhere near a position of power.