Robert Jenrick, Reform’s shadow chancellor, has been grilled on GB News - and almost every line he gives clashes with things Farage has previously said.
All politicians have, some admittedly more than others, a celebrity mindset and of far too many are simply totally incompetent - David Lammy for example.
So even the supposed good ones like Jenrick are good at rhetoric but not so good at detailed planning.
The people are being short changed by their politicians but then they do very little to change things.
I reached out to Habib when he was chairman of Reform. He was receptive and obviously took some of it on board, but then he was ousted. No point trying to tell it to Farage. Many have tried and failed. Not interested in Restore since Lowe and Farage, attitudinally, are peas in a pod.
Asking a commentator if they've "reached out" and offered help is kind of missing the point. Pete, or any one of a number of political observers could formulate policy and submit it, only to get it knocked back as "not quite the thing that we're interested in" by Reform or Restore Britain.
Policy has to come from *within the party* not outside, to ensure buy-in from leadership and members.
And even then, the party must be able to enforce the talking points and plan the rebuttals to ensure that policy doesn't break up under questioning. Something that The Right, from the Conservatives and right-wards, have spectacularly failed to do since the 1990s!
Pete, please stop talking about the 'slop' right. What does the 'slop' right mean? It looks like you are reluctant to find a meaningful phrase to describe your disgust with them. After all, 'slop' is usually disgusting - similar to pig 'swill'.
Also I understand your frustration, but there is no 'perfect' party and there never has been. The Whigs became extinct, the Tories and Labour are likely to follow. You like neither Reform nor Restore nor Advance. Who or what would you vote for, given none of us get the perfect answer to our needs?
We are still years off an election and Starmer gives every indication that he'll hold onto power for as long as he can. It may be frustrating, but until there is a fully written manifesto on the basis of which they (or indeed any party) will be campaigning, these "commitments" are really policy ideas to float in front of the populace to see which have traction and which are dead in the water, or like May's dementia tax, actually election losing. Sure you can try and use focus groups, but do they really reflect what you actually come up against when faced with the media and public opinion?
Trying to make waves where there are none. MP’s of the same Party can disagree about certain things - it’s healthy that they are not afraid to debate issues and opinions. The key is to ensure that there is cohesion when voting or on specific policies. Jenrick hasn’t been in Reform long - what I have seen of him and certainly in his recent press conference, he is closely aligned with the rest of us.
All politicians have, some admittedly more than others, a celebrity mindset and of far too many are simply totally incompetent - David Lammy for example.
So even the supposed good ones like Jenrick are good at rhetoric but not so good at detailed planning.
The people are being short changed by their politicians but then they do very little to change things.
Have you reached out to reform or restore to offer any help in this area?
I reached out to Habib when he was chairman of Reform. He was receptive and obviously took some of it on board, but then he was ousted. No point trying to tell it to Farage. Many have tried and failed. Not interested in Restore since Lowe and Farage, attitudinally, are peas in a pod.
Asking a commentator if they've "reached out" and offered help is kind of missing the point. Pete, or any one of a number of political observers could formulate policy and submit it, only to get it knocked back as "not quite the thing that we're interested in" by Reform or Restore Britain.
Policy has to come from *within the party* not outside, to ensure buy-in from leadership and members.
And even then, the party must be able to enforce the talking points and plan the rebuttals to ensure that policy doesn't break up under questioning. Something that The Right, from the Conservatives and right-wards, have spectacularly failed to do since the 1990s!
Pete, please stop talking about the 'slop' right. What does the 'slop' right mean? It looks like you are reluctant to find a meaningful phrase to describe your disgust with them. After all, 'slop' is usually disgusting - similar to pig 'swill'.
Also I understand your frustration, but there is no 'perfect' party and there never has been. The Whigs became extinct, the Tories and Labour are likely to follow. You like neither Reform nor Restore nor Advance. Who or what would you vote for, given none of us get the perfect answer to our needs?
Lowe is a curmudgeonly person whilst Habibs personality is more amiable.
But the country is in trouble.
Lowe is a leader who retains control.
What’s more he has the ear of Elon Musk which is a massive plus.
Advance are being run by their executive.
Who are they? What’re are they up to? Why are they such control freaks?
Thanks to Paul Burgess of climate realism for relating his experiences whilst working with Advance.
It’s going to be an interesting couple of years leading to the next election!
The irony here is that 'policy' on the Right is literally "pub-bore slop"
We are still years off an election and Starmer gives every indication that he'll hold onto power for as long as he can. It may be frustrating, but until there is a fully written manifesto on the basis of which they (or indeed any party) will be campaigning, these "commitments" are really policy ideas to float in front of the populace to see which have traction and which are dead in the water, or like May's dementia tax, actually election losing. Sure you can try and use focus groups, but do they really reflect what you actually come up against when faced with the media and public opinion?
Trying to make waves where there are none. MP’s of the same Party can disagree about certain things - it’s healthy that they are not afraid to debate issues and opinions. The key is to ensure that there is cohesion when voting or on specific policies. Jenrick hasn’t been in Reform long - what I have seen of him and certainly in his recent press conference, he is closely aligned with the rest of us.