"...but little is achieved until the Nigerian is deposed .."
Why do you write such tosh?
You might not like her or her politics, you might not like the fact that, like you, she was born in the UK. So far as most informed people are concerned, she is actually of British nationality.
Yes, Kemi is if Nigerian heritage but then, with a name like mine, I'm of Welsh heritage. And, I'm not that partial to Rugby or leeks.
You write like many of us, to partially influence and educate people's opinions especially their political views. You'd be better off, might I politely suggest, to steer away from the thinly disguised ad hominen attacks on the Leader of the Tory Party and get back to detailing how the Homeland Party and it's associated brown shirts are going to be a political force for good in this country of ours.
Why do you have a problem with her being described as a Nigerian? She was born to Nigerian parents and raised in Nigeria as a Nigerian and describes herself as a Nigerian. She is a first generation immigrant by her own admission.
Because of the pesky facts - sure she's of Nigerian heritage which she and others don't deny or dislike. The fact that she was born in the UK, was here legally, makes her as British as you and I.
To begrudge her Britishness seems churlish at best and, bluntly, discriminatory at worst. I guess it all depends on whom you want to keep in your company. I was an early subscriber to your substack - keen to remain, but writing with a modicum of courtesy isn't too much to ask - or is it?
Born in the UK and whisked straight back to Nigeria, where she spent all of her formative years until arriving back in the UK at 16. If she had been born a few years later she probably wouldn’t have been able to acquire British citizenship so easily.
The problem here is that we both have very different views about what constitutes someone’s nationality. You view it in the strictly legal sense, whereas I think there is much more to it than just where one happens to have been born. If I had been born in Japan whilst my parents were there on holiday and then taken back to the UK just a few weeks old, it wouldn’t make me Japanese, although presumably you think it would. In fact, being born in the UK isn’t necessarily the most important thing.
IF the Conservative Party is to be replaced it has to be Reform. It’s a waste of time bothering with fringe parties such as Homeland, Reclaim etc.
Ideally I’d like to see the Conservatives recover in their traditional areas and Reform to take seats from Labour in Wales, Scotland & the parts of England.
You could realistically see a Con-Reform coalition which not perfect would be better than what we have had and better than a Labour-LibDem-SNP alternative. It all depends on whether there are any serious politicians left who will place country ahead of their own egos.
Is Reform not also a fringe party? Here the Tories came second in the GE. Reform was an also-ran among seven candidates. Homeland did not stand. If one is going to join a party it might as well be the Tories. People vote for them even though polling stations do not provide vomit bowls.
I think many of us are looking at the USA and wishing we had someone like Trump waiting in the wings to oust Starmer and Labour.
For me, a nationalist politician, a patriot, who'd put the country first and vow to round up and deport illegal immigrants, no questions asked, would get my vote.
He/she wouldn't need any other policy.
I'll tick that box.
I jest, and think for right wingers Reform is probably the only party likely to win an election.
To dilute those chances by suggesting the Tories, led by KB, are worth a punt and likely to be different from Sunak's model, isn't terribly convincing. Sadly, I can't see Homeland establish itself into a meaningful alternative in the near future.
I agree Farage cannot afford to sanitise Reform.
It needs to be more robust in policy as far as immigration and the economy is concerned and now, given Labour's abysmal reign, is just the time to make a noise and promote a rigorous Reform manifesto.
He needs to stand in vociferous opposition now, as do Reform MPs. Incessant and convincing rhetoric is needed to win over the millions of ditherers who'll moan but not stand up to be counted come the revolution...er, next election.
There has to be a revolution of sorts. We need a strong right wing party. The perpetual Labour/Conservative see-saw is not worth a light. It has been best described as "two cheeks of the same arse."
The time is right for a decent and worthy right wing party to emerge. Farage and Co cannot rest on their laurels, nor can they afford to soften their stance on immigration, to deliver a wishy washy, words-only policy which will change very little. I completely agree that Reform has to toughen up.
Deportation is the issue which will decide the next party to govern, yet most politicians seem to be running scared of the word.
I agree we can't trigger a general election, but what if Labour MPs refuse to attend their surgeries, don't do their jobs and resign in fear for their safety? Apparently the hate is strong enough, as the cabinet slowly alienates every single voter. It's not a great solution, but I can't contemplate another 4 years of seeing Starmer's and Reeves' faces everywhere in the 'meeja' spouting incoherent ideological cr*p.
All gloom, quite rightly. Two more factors to contend with. In zero growth Britain the credit will run out and Labour will struggle to make serious spending cuts, which will inflame its activists; second, mainland Europe will become more hostile to migrants and push its unwanted masses to Britain and Ireland.
On the subject of Reform, I still think US style civic patriotism, based on flag and family has some traction, and maybe Farage has seen enough of this in the US to think it will work here. If combined with a brake on new/illegal migration, then that is the only show in town for now. A new party that gets two councillors in Hartlepool c 2034 is not going to solve our problems.
Conservative apologist! Trash reform all u like they are the only hope. The tories are finished finally sent to their rightful fight by installing badenough. The prospect of labour is too much to bear and a move to the US would be a nice option were my wife and I young enough to be accepted. Creating a new political from scratch is a project and requires honing and polishing and thus takes time. They have another 4 years to make a difference but let’s hope liebour don’t last that long. Presenting complete negativity as you do doesn’t help if you genuinely want change. What you want it seems is a Tory resurgence and a new acceptable leader. Are you Boris Johnson?
As a tangent, re the Manchester Airport assault you mentioned in the introduction, Reform has now instructed a private prosecutor's firm to investigate and gather the evidence (where possible) with a view to commencing a private criminal prosecution.
It'll be interesting to see how that goes. I believe that if a private prosecution goes ahead, the DPP can still 'yoink' the case away and use the State Prosecutor to handle it - including dropping the prosecution altogether.
So from a political point of view, since the CPS appears to be stalling on this one so far, it will be interesting to see if the old two-tier system leads to the aforementioned yoinking and dropping of the case; or whether it'll be a yoink and push on with it.
Here's a clip of Black Belt Barrister talking about it:
"...but little is achieved until the Nigerian is deposed .."
Why do you write such tosh?
You might not like her or her politics, you might not like the fact that, like you, she was born in the UK. So far as most informed people are concerned, she is actually of British nationality.
Yes, Kemi is if Nigerian heritage but then, with a name like mine, I'm of Welsh heritage. And, I'm not that partial to Rugby or leeks.
You write like many of us, to partially influence and educate people's opinions especially their political views. You'd be better off, might I politely suggest, to steer away from the thinly disguised ad hominen attacks on the Leader of the Tory Party and get back to detailing how the Homeland Party and it's associated brown shirts are going to be a political force for good in this country of ours.
Why do you have a problem with her being described as a Nigerian? She was born to Nigerian parents and raised in Nigeria as a Nigerian and describes herself as a Nigerian. She is a first generation immigrant by her own admission.
Because of the pesky facts - sure she's of Nigerian heritage which she and others don't deny or dislike. The fact that she was born in the UK, was here legally, makes her as British as you and I.
To begrudge her Britishness seems churlish at best and, bluntly, discriminatory at worst. I guess it all depends on whom you want to keep in your company. I was an early subscriber to your substack - keen to remain, but writing with a modicum of courtesy isn't too much to ask - or is it?
A dog can be born in a barn, but it doesn’t make it a horse…
I’d prefer to describe the Nigerian as a ineffective, useless, Gove puppet. How’s that for you?
puerile.... you're the type to give the village idiot a bad name 😚
Nobody's having a go at Benadach. It's the entire LibLabCon sh!tshow.
It wouldn't make much difference if the Tories walked into Downing Street tomorrow saying that they were going to fix everything.
People want change across the board. We're sick and tired of being sold a pup.
It's a bit more than that, sadly.
I struggle to understand why certain people or types of people have it in for Nigerian's, or for that matter, British people like Kemi Badenoch.
I've always been taken with " judge each person on their merits" - I don't see why it can't be applied to HM Leader of the Opposition 😌🤔
Badenoch Nigerian or not, it makes no difference. Her policy outlook is never going to bring about the massive change Britain needs.
She sits in the middle of the political beltway where everything stagnates and maintains the status quo, she's a dud.
Born in the UK and whisked straight back to Nigeria, where she spent all of her formative years until arriving back in the UK at 16. If she had been born a few years later she probably wouldn’t have been able to acquire British citizenship so easily.
"Born in the UK " ... yep.
If she was born a few years later....she wasn't.
Get over it she's British. End of.
Gotta deal with reality as it is - not as you'd like it . Next.....
The problem here is that we both have very different views about what constitutes someone’s nationality. You view it in the strictly legal sense, whereas I think there is much more to it than just where one happens to have been born. If I had been born in Japan whilst my parents were there on holiday and then taken back to the UK just a few weeks old, it wouldn’t make me Japanese, although presumably you think it would. In fact, being born in the UK isn’t necessarily the most important thing.
Spot on. John Jones is wrong.
IF the Conservative Party is to be replaced it has to be Reform. It’s a waste of time bothering with fringe parties such as Homeland, Reclaim etc.
Ideally I’d like to see the Conservatives recover in their traditional areas and Reform to take seats from Labour in Wales, Scotland & the parts of England.
Why does it have to be Reform? And what good would that do?
Achieving success for a new party is incredibly difficult and rare, Reform is the only realistic chance.
Please no. Farage is an entertaining man, but as we saw from UKIP, he is not a suitable leader. Sadly, he would be a disaster.
Oh, for God’s sake give it up with your Reform bashing fixation. Boring.......
You could realistically see a Con-Reform coalition which not perfect would be better than what we have had and better than a Labour-LibDem-SNP alternative. It all depends on whether there are any serious politicians left who will place country ahead of their own egos.
Is Reform not also a fringe party? Here the Tories came second in the GE. Reform was an also-ran among seven candidates. Homeland did not stand. If one is going to join a party it might as well be the Tories. People vote for them even though polling stations do not provide vomit bowls.
What's Galtierri, Pinochet, Mao and Chavez got in common?
They were all more popular than Starmer?
I think many of us are looking at the USA and wishing we had someone like Trump waiting in the wings to oust Starmer and Labour.
For me, a nationalist politician, a patriot, who'd put the country first and vow to round up and deport illegal immigrants, no questions asked, would get my vote.
He/she wouldn't need any other policy.
I'll tick that box.
I jest, and think for right wingers Reform is probably the only party likely to win an election.
To dilute those chances by suggesting the Tories, led by KB, are worth a punt and likely to be different from Sunak's model, isn't terribly convincing. Sadly, I can't see Homeland establish itself into a meaningful alternative in the near future.
I agree Farage cannot afford to sanitise Reform.
It needs to be more robust in policy as far as immigration and the economy is concerned and now, given Labour's abysmal reign, is just the time to make a noise and promote a rigorous Reform manifesto.
He needs to stand in vociferous opposition now, as do Reform MPs. Incessant and convincing rhetoric is needed to win over the millions of ditherers who'll moan but not stand up to be counted come the revolution...er, next election.
There has to be a revolution of sorts. We need a strong right wing party. The perpetual Labour/Conservative see-saw is not worth a light. It has been best described as "two cheeks of the same arse."
The time is right for a decent and worthy right wing party to emerge. Farage and Co cannot rest on their laurels, nor can they afford to soften their stance on immigration, to deliver a wishy washy, words-only policy which will change very little. I completely agree that Reform has to toughen up.
Deportation is the issue which will decide the next party to govern, yet most politicians seem to be running scared of the word.
Kemi was ok at the CBI on Monday
I agree we can't trigger a general election, but what if Labour MPs refuse to attend their surgeries, don't do their jobs and resign in fear for their safety? Apparently the hate is strong enough, as the cabinet slowly alienates every single voter. It's not a great solution, but I can't contemplate another 4 years of seeing Starmer's and Reeves' faces everywhere in the 'meeja' spouting incoherent ideological cr*p.
Yet another Reform bashing piece. Yawn..........
All gloom, quite rightly. Two more factors to contend with. In zero growth Britain the credit will run out and Labour will struggle to make serious spending cuts, which will inflame its activists; second, mainland Europe will become more hostile to migrants and push its unwanted masses to Britain and Ireland.
On the subject of Reform, I still think US style civic patriotism, based on flag and family has some traction, and maybe Farage has seen enough of this in the US to think it will work here. If combined with a brake on new/illegal migration, then that is the only show in town for now. A new party that gets two councillors in Hartlepool c 2034 is not going to solve our problems.
Conservative apologist! Trash reform all u like they are the only hope. The tories are finished finally sent to their rightful fight by installing badenough. The prospect of labour is too much to bear and a move to the US would be a nice option were my wife and I young enough to be accepted. Creating a new political from scratch is a project and requires honing and polishing and thus takes time. They have another 4 years to make a difference but let’s hope liebour don’t last that long. Presenting complete negativity as you do doesn’t help if you genuinely want change. What you want it seems is a Tory resurgence and a new acceptable leader. Are you Boris Johnson?
As a tangent, re the Manchester Airport assault you mentioned in the introduction, Reform has now instructed a private prosecutor's firm to investigate and gather the evidence (where possible) with a view to commencing a private criminal prosecution.
It'll be interesting to see how that goes. I believe that if a private prosecution goes ahead, the DPP can still 'yoink' the case away and use the State Prosecutor to handle it - including dropping the prosecution altogether.
So from a political point of view, since the CPS appears to be stalling on this one so far, it will be interesting to see if the old two-tier system leads to the aforementioned yoinking and dropping of the case; or whether it'll be a yoink and push on with it.
Here's a clip of Black Belt Barrister talking about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPYAuUj0o6Q&t=274s
This'll cheer you up, Pete
https://youtu.be/KP-jcJzGYC0
Britain is FUCKED…real HARD, no LUBE.
JOG!