To date, despite his billing as a top thinker and intellect, I haven't seen anything interesting, challenging or original from Danny Kruger @ Reform. Seems like a dud.
Danny Kruger is my MP and I know him reasonably well. He's not the most inspirational of people. He has the best interests of this Christian country at heart but he is no orator. Fundamentally he is a good guy, but I think he is a little pedestrian. Mind you, he is a really nice, hospitable person.
Sadly politics seems to be more about entertaining the masses, these days. Get headlines - tell 'em what you think they want to hear, which might work, for a while. But when the debt balloon finally bursts, people will be angry with this rubbish.
Being sloppy doesn’t make you a multi millionaire, it makes you broke.
I hope I’m right when I say Lowe is building up a movement before he gets into the mundane requirements of a political party.
Lowe knows the enthusiasm of followers is as a result of years of let downs from the Tory Party, Brexit and Reform inaction. He needs to gather those lost souls.
Lowe and Musk have discussed the situation, I would think Lowe knows much of what the party’s organisation needs and financial costs are.
He can get people in to organise, but whoever arrives must be on the same page as Lowe.
I hear the concerns, time is running out, but another year of concentrating on recruitment should be OK.
Over all, as I've commented recently, I agree with your assessment of Restore Britain but I do NOT agree that you can describe Farage and Lowe as remarkably similar.
Yes neither have detailed policies worked out but at least if Lowe's bullet points do ever turn into policies they will knock spots off Farage's Wet Tory blancmange stuff!
Any newly elected party’s policies (or ambitions) are going to encounter reality tests. Look at the u turns labour has made. Did it stop them getting into power?
Yes, ideally every hitch would have been thought through beforehand but some will be unknown unknowns, at least to those without specific expertise as in your parking allocation example. The specificity of the knowledge across everything a government will come across is ver nigh impossible to achieve in advance.
But what is the point of getting into power - your first paragraph - if once in power, the vague promises turn to shit? Those responsible for the promises look, at best like clowns, at worst like they never intended to fulfil those promises. And the chance of getting re-elected? Close to zero.
No one (even Pete North) is asking for *every* hitch to be thought through beforehand - your second paragraph - but that some basic thought (oh my god! an actual plan!) is given to how any promise might be realised.
Two recent examples.
1) Reform and their flagship Kent county council. Promises made to “slash costs, cut red tape, get rid of all the waste”. Not happening. The reality, that anyone with any knowledge of local government knows is that spending is already cut to the bone and their only realistic option is to significantly raise council tax. Not only does this mean that next time round, Kent county council will cease to be Reform led, but opponents at both local and national level can use this as an example of Reform’s amateurish approach.
2) Labour and their “Stop the Boats” promise. Never any explanation of how they were going to do it, just a vague promise. The result? Boats not stopped, numbers of illegals higher than ever. Is this going to help them at the next General election? Obviously not.
Maybe the point is to get into a position to attempt to do things that other parties don’t even contemplate or do the exact opposite of.
To be fair to reform they’re running Durham County council adequately as far as I can tell. I’ve seen potholes being fixed on a Sunday! Was every aspect of what they are doing worked out before they were elected? They were given the opportunity and it seems OK.
However, Lowe and Farage have similar views but Farage is more pragmatic: he sees that without the muslim vote he won't get elected. Lowe thinks he doesn't need the muslim vote because they'll all be thrown out and he'll then be elected. Lowe cannot understand that if he is not elected, the muslims are unlikely to be forced to leave. I can't see Farage doing that: although I want to be an Islam-free country, I can't see Farage doing what it would take because it would, indeed, be like the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Without question.
Good content as ever. Again the problem is...the public.
People have become dumbed down to such an extent that they think this IS policy. There are plenty out there who read this slop and buy in hook, line and sinker.
The other significant problem here is that Rupert doesn't identify the 'triple threat' situation we are in. Institutions have been captured, the Blairite orthodoxy reigns supreme and corporates are on board with the cheap labour of mass immigration and myriad of new ways working people can get into trouble.
Where I was working they brought out a new social media policy last year and a chill went down my spine. I asked for the objective criteria against which it would be judged that an offence had been committed (incitement to violence, slander etc). The response was "it will be strict - and with a subjective element to it". Oh dear...
Corporates love this stuff - and the Thatcherite throwback Lowe seems to believe that rich/moneyed = good guy.
The right policies are the ones that are going to make it harder for individuals to be controlled through their rights or money - be that by the State, their employer, big companies etc. Maybe we're at the point where there are so few would-be politicians advocating for these things that there is no political solution.
To pinch from somebody else on here...maybe we can't vote our way out of this mess?
To date, despite his billing as a top thinker and intellect, I haven't seen anything interesting, challenging or original from Danny Kruger @ Reform. Seems like a dud.
Is Danny Kruger, Pete's Swindon man-baby? I'm assuming so.
I did enjoy his book "Covenant : The New Politics of Home, Neighbourhood and Nation" although it could have used a good editor.
Danny Kruger is my MP and I know him reasonably well. He's not the most inspirational of people. He has the best interests of this Christian country at heart but he is no orator. Fundamentally he is a good guy, but I think he is a little pedestrian. Mind you, he is a really nice, hospitable person.
Sadly politics seems to be more about entertaining the masses, these days. Get headlines - tell 'em what you think they want to hear, which might work, for a while. But when the debt balloon finally bursts, people will be angry with this rubbish.
I think you underestimate Lowe.
Being sloppy doesn’t make you a multi millionaire, it makes you broke.
I hope I’m right when I say Lowe is building up a movement before he gets into the mundane requirements of a political party.
Lowe knows the enthusiasm of followers is as a result of years of let downs from the Tory Party, Brexit and Reform inaction. He needs to gather those lost souls.
Lowe and Musk have discussed the situation, I would think Lowe knows much of what the party’s organisation needs and financial costs are.
He can get people in to organise, but whoever arrives must be on the same page as Lowe.
I hear the concerns, time is running out, but another year of concentrating on recruitment should be OK.
Over all, as I've commented recently, I agree with your assessment of Restore Britain but I do NOT agree that you can describe Farage and Lowe as remarkably similar.
Yes neither have detailed policies worked out but at least if Lowe's bullet points do ever turn into policies they will knock spots off Farage's Wet Tory blancmange stuff!
I think you've made your point Pete 😅
Just once or twice! 🤣
Any newly elected party’s policies (or ambitions) are going to encounter reality tests. Look at the u turns labour has made. Did it stop them getting into power?
Yes, ideally every hitch would have been thought through beforehand but some will be unknown unknowns, at least to those without specific expertise as in your parking allocation example. The specificity of the knowledge across everything a government will come across is ver nigh impossible to achieve in advance.
But what is the point of getting into power - your first paragraph - if once in power, the vague promises turn to shit? Those responsible for the promises look, at best like clowns, at worst like they never intended to fulfil those promises. And the chance of getting re-elected? Close to zero.
No one (even Pete North) is asking for *every* hitch to be thought through beforehand - your second paragraph - but that some basic thought (oh my god! an actual plan!) is given to how any promise might be realised.
Two recent examples.
1) Reform and their flagship Kent county council. Promises made to “slash costs, cut red tape, get rid of all the waste”. Not happening. The reality, that anyone with any knowledge of local government knows is that spending is already cut to the bone and their only realistic option is to significantly raise council tax. Not only does this mean that next time round, Kent county council will cease to be Reform led, but opponents at both local and national level can use this as an example of Reform’s amateurish approach.
2) Labour and their “Stop the Boats” promise. Never any explanation of how they were going to do it, just a vague promise. The result? Boats not stopped, numbers of illegals higher than ever. Is this going to help them at the next General election? Obviously not.
Maybe the point is to get into a position to attempt to do things that other parties don’t even contemplate or do the exact opposite of.
To be fair to reform they’re running Durham County council adequately as far as I can tell. I’ve seen potholes being fixed on a Sunday! Was every aspect of what they are doing worked out before they were elected? They were given the opportunity and it seems OK.
This one did make me laugh, Pete.
However, Lowe and Farage have similar views but Farage is more pragmatic: he sees that without the muslim vote he won't get elected. Lowe thinks he doesn't need the muslim vote because they'll all be thrown out and he'll then be elected. Lowe cannot understand that if he is not elected, the muslims are unlikely to be forced to leave. I can't see Farage doing that: although I want to be an Islam-free country, I can't see Farage doing what it would take because it would, indeed, be like the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Without question.
Good content as ever. Again the problem is...the public.
People have become dumbed down to such an extent that they think this IS policy. There are plenty out there who read this slop and buy in hook, line and sinker.
The other significant problem here is that Rupert doesn't identify the 'triple threat' situation we are in. Institutions have been captured, the Blairite orthodoxy reigns supreme and corporates are on board with the cheap labour of mass immigration and myriad of new ways working people can get into trouble.
Where I was working they brought out a new social media policy last year and a chill went down my spine. I asked for the objective criteria against which it would be judged that an offence had been committed (incitement to violence, slander etc). The response was "it will be strict - and with a subjective element to it". Oh dear...
Corporates love this stuff - and the Thatcherite throwback Lowe seems to believe that rich/moneyed = good guy.
The right policies are the ones that are going to make it harder for individuals to be controlled through their rights or money - be that by the State, their employer, big companies etc. Maybe we're at the point where there are so few would-be politicians advocating for these things that there is no political solution.
To pinch from somebody else on here...maybe we can't vote our way out of this mess?