Richard Tice made abundantly clear yesterday where Reform's sympathies lie. The party exists to enhance the well-being of employers and landlords. It exists to assist the exploitation of workers and renters. And, it also intends to facilitate the end of sustainable human life on Earth.
In a speech yesterday, he did, as the Guardian notes:
pledge to introduce a “great repeal act” that would abolish Labour legislation on workers' rights and protection for tenants.
He also promised
a bonfire of regulations, including an end to net zero targets and a new push for home-produced shale gas using fracking.
In particualr:
Tice said a Reform government would repeal the Employment Rights Act and the Renters' Rights Act, two of the flagship pieces of legislation passed by Keir Starmer's government.
As the Guardian noted:
The Employment Rights Act, passed in December, offers significant new rights connected to sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts, including rights to guaranteed hours and payment for short-notice cancellation of shifts, and a ban on most fire-and-rehire practices.
And as the added
The Renters' Rights Act ... abolishes “no fault evictions”, which allow landlords to remove tenants without giving a reason, replaces fixed-term tenancies with open-ended agreements and introduces new duties over health hazards.
There is, of course, no surprise in any of this. What is a surprise is that many of those voting for Reform will not have noticed how severely it intends to harm their well-being.
As I have already noted this morning, elsewhere, is that what we have on display here are two classic fascist techniques.
One is accusing your enemy of what you are actually doing. Tice is claiming he will help, whilst very obviously harming those he says he will assist.
The second is of straightforward distraction. He is using Reform's racist policies of hate to cover for the fact that they are also trying to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a few in this country.
Both have been known for a long time. No one should fall for them. They are pursuing a politics of hate, and the hate is aimed at the very people they are seeking to woo.
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So, essentially, they have captured voters by whipping up xenophobia and anti immigration rhetoric, exploiting the justified anger of many in this country. Now they they think they have that locked in, they can start selling themselves to the landlords and business owners. It doesn’t matter to them if they win or not really. The money will roll in for them to convince a large chunk of the population to vote against their interests and pull the Overton window to the right, and make life harder for any opposition.
The process that rich grifter Tice and his fascist Reform UK Ltd political corporation are engaged on, is simply a continuation of one pursued by the Tories, 2010-2024, as they relentlessly dismantled the hard-won rights of employees, tenants, leaseholders, victims of crime and defendants, consumers, patients etc. and then proceeded to wreck the judicial system that is supposed to enforce those rights that remain, putting them financially and practically way beyond the reach of the average citizen.
Tice is simply promising to resume where the Tories left off, and reverse any nominal gains made under Labour’s watered down reforms.
With the tabloids and the social media broligarchy backing them up, a politician can get away with almost anything. I doubt the average Gorton & Denton voter will see these proposals in their timelines or on the front page of the Metro. The simple message they hear is, “Fed up with ….? Reform will stop that nonsense so vote for your imported misogynist racist rich candidate (who will make your life even harder, shorter and more brutal).”
I’m listening to “Fake Law” by The Secret Barrister, who lays out in horrific detail, just how many of our rights have already been deliberately dismantled – because the public thought that the people affected would never be THEM.
The good news is that the public are just beginning to be allowed to cotton on, because now the professional middle class are getting a bit worried that the destructive social and financial havoc of austerity and climate destruction might just be affecting them too.
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You need to get inside your head that immigration as it stands is a massive problem and big concern for the majority of the electorate. It is probably the single biggest issue for many. Skimming over this is akin to just burying your head in the sand and just makes you sound completely out of touch.
Tell me precisely what the problem is.
You see, I come from a migrant family. I am a dual passport holder. Why don’t you want me here?
Can you be precise? Make it about me. Don’t make someone up. Why don’t you want me?
I said immigration is a major electoral issue you say it isn’t. This is what AI says and you make your own mind up..
Polling from late 2024 through early 2026 shows that immigration has become a top-tier election issue, frequently ranking as a leading concern for UK voters alongside the economy and the NHS. As of late 2025 and early 2026, it is often ranked as the single biggest issue facing Britain.
Ipsos
Key Findings on Immigration as an Election Issue:
Highest Concern in a Decade: As of late 2025, over half (51%) of the public cited immigration as an important issue for Britain, the highest level since October 2015.
Top Priority: A January 2026 YouGov poll found immigration was the top priority for 23% of Britons, particularly driven by Reform UK (56%) and Conservative voters (37%).
Voting Behavior: Immigration is a major driver for opposition to the government, with 82% of Reform UK voters and 45% of Conservative voters in 2024 citing it as a top issue deciding their vote, according to YouGov.
Persistent Concern: Even after a change in government, immigration remains a high-salience issue, with 47% of people mentioning it as a key issue in October 2025, according to the Ipsos Issues Index.
See the Guardian today.
Before 2021 and the rise of toxic Toryism aping toxic Faragism this issue was nowhere.
This “concern” has been manufactured to promote the destruction of the state.
So now 1) say why you do not want me here and 2) say why you want the state destroyed and stop quoting stats that are meaningless out of context.
Try thinking for yourself. I don’t want others opinion. I want yours.
I asked AI if someone born in England whose grandparents are Irish would be deported.
No, under Reform UK’s proposed immigration reform plans, a person born in England (and thus a British citizen by birth) whose grandparent was Irish would not be deported.
Reform UK (the party led by Nigel Farage) has outlined aggressive immigration policies in early 2026, including creating a “UK Deportation Command” (modeled partly on the US ICE agency), aiming for mass deportations of up to 288,000 people per year, primarily targeting “illegal migrants” (those with no lawful right to remain in the UK). They also propose scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR/settled status) for many, replacing it with renewable 5-year visas, and focusing on removing irregular arrivals, overstayers, and foreign national offenders.
These plans target non-citizens without legal status, recent migrants on visas, or those who entered illegally (e.g., small boat crossings). They do not propose deporting British citizens.
• Someone born in England (or elsewhere in the UK) is automatically a British citizen under current law (British Nationality Act 1981), provided at least one parent was a British citizen or settled in the UK at the time of birth (or under registration rules for earlier cases). Birth in the UK generally confers citizenship, especially post-1983 rules.
• Having an Irish grandparent might give eligibility for Irish citizenship (via descent), but it does not affect or revoke British citizenship acquired by birth in England.
• Reform’s policies emphasize deporting those without British citizenship or legal status. They have not suggested revoking citizenship from people born in the UK or targeting those with Irish ancestry/grandparents. Their focus remains on illegal/irregular migration, not ancestral heritage or dual nationals who are British by birth.
Irish citizens in the UK (even without British citizenship) have special protections under the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, allowing them to live, work, and access services without typical immigration controls—though deportation is possible in limited cases (e.g., serious criminality). But again, this doesn’t apply here because the person described is British by birth.
Reform’s plans are proposals only (as of February 2026); they are not government policy and would require winning power and passing legislation (including potentially leaving the ECHR and other treaties) to implement. Even then, deporting native-born British citizens would face massive legal and constitutional barriers.
I think this reply is technically correct but completely misses the real issue, which is nothing Reform says can be relied upon and they are seeking to create a “toxic environment” around migration, which you totally ignore.
Of course, right now Reform UK are not proposing to deport people who are clearly British citizens today. That is not how these policies ever begin. They begin by redefining who is “really” entitled to belong. They begin by narrowing rights for migrants, then for settled residents, then for dual nationals, and then by questioning citizenship itself. We have seen that pattern in many countries.
The danger is not one individual case. It is the narrative that says citizenship is conditional and that some people are less entitled than others. Once that idea takes hold, the legal definitions can be changed. That is what “hostile environment” policies show us already in the US. People who are citizens hacve been detained, deported or denied services because the system presumed they did not belong.
And that matters because mass deportation rhetoric is not about administration. It is about division. It is about creating fear so that people accept policies they would otherwise reject.
The real defence against this is simple: equal rights under law, due process, and a politics of care that recognises that most of us, at some point in our lives, depend on social security, public services and the protection of citizenship.
When we start deciding who belongs, democracy itself is at risk.
Why do you ignore all that?
James said “No, under Reform UK’s proposed immigration reform plans, a person born in England (and thus a British citizen by birth)” aThis is as rubbish as the rest of his posts.
A person born in the UK (Nationality law covers the entire UK, currently) has no right to British citizenship, since 1983, unless one of their parents is a British citizen at the time of their birth. The situation is slightly different fr Irish nationals.
At this point I have to consider the legitimate question about immigration I intend to ask any Reform activist who darkens my door – “I wasn’t born here. When are you planning to have me deported?”
So far no word has been heard back.
Ah! The time-wasters’ tool, “I asked AI”.
Don’t fall for it Richard; it’s being used to drain your energy, like fighting a multi-armed beast that grows another limb when one is cut off.
It was total nonsense. Why? Because it did not think.
You have totally FAILED to explain to Richard why he is a “massive problem”.
In the war, I think there was a military offence called “spreading alarm and despondency amongst the ranks”. You could be locked up for it.
That’s basically what the right have been doing for the last decade, and it hasn’t done anything to make our country a better place, or deal with the REAL causes of our decline. But it has poisoned people’s minds.
My question to you, James, is,
Has your mind been poisoned, by the foreign-funded lies of Reform and Steve Bannon et al. or are you one of the poisoners?
James, you are 100% correct that immigration is a concern for some of the electorate. You are 100% wrong that it is the majority of the electorate, and a 100% wrong it is a massive problem. It is an artificial problem, made worse by government policy and the media. You need to get this inside your head.
If you are here to tell us we are wrong, you need to examine your own position, as we are forced to do constantly.
Immigration is pushed ceaselessly by the press. Just today, the Daily Mail has attacked the Greens on immigration with their usual outright dishonesty. It’s a wedge issue. A distraction to turn your eyes away from the fact that our living standards are spiralling while GDP apparently increases, and the wealth of a few thousand compounds daily.
You don’t want English culture to be drowned out by foreigners? Ok. Perhaps if our government had more power and wasn’t beholden to a wealthy elite for its policies, it could integrate and accommodate foreign workers into our society better. Currently, many are ghettoised, creating communities within existing communities that are already poor, which creates tensions.
If you would only concentrate on solving the problems of inequality and making the government answer to us, instead of dismissing it as left-wing nonsense, then your own so-called problems could be solved as well.
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James, FEAR of immigration IS a massive (deliberately manufactured) problem.
But IMMIGRATION itself, is a manageable fact of global life – its how we ALL got here, ever since Lucy’s descendants left Africa.
I often wonder how Fa***e and Lowe imagine that ancient Middle Eastern religion called Christianity made it to the UK, if it wasn’t through immigration from the Middle East, up through Europe and then in small boats across the Channel, some arriving with the Romans in the 4th century (Hinton St Martin, Dorset). If grifter Fa***e had been here then, presumably he would have sent missionaries like Patrick, David, Alban, Augustine, Cuthburga back home again? If only Nige had been on the beach in Dover to send Augustine “back where he came from”, then Kent could have “sucked up” the chaos of “pure” Reform UK local government for an additional 1,429 glorious years…
Even our English & Celtic languages are a polyglot blend of imported tongues from Galatia, Germany, Scandinavia, and all stations to the Indus.
Spot on Robert
I was out walking yesterday, in the Highlands, I’m an englishman now living in the Highlands. I happened upon a couple. They asked if I lived here. “I do”. They told me they were in the process of moving to Scotland as Teignmouth was now full of immigrants. “Ruined the place. They live in high occupancy homes then bring their whole families across.” “They have swamped the place with themselves and drugs.” “There are stabbings every Friday & Saturday night”. The one sided conversation continued as I desperately tried to extracate myself from this tirade.
I wondered, as I bade them farewell, in short shrift, if it occurred to them that they themselves would shortly be immigrants!
I was stunned, non of the usual, niceties such as, “what a foul day today” etc. No. Straight in with their nasty racist beliefs.
It, somewhat, ruined my day.
I hope they don’t end up in the same glen as me!
So what do concerns about immigration have to do with ending labour and tenant rights? I don’t get it. Immigration deserves its own comment thread.
The problem is that everyone reading this blog is aware of this. The ones who need to see it are the ones who don’t vote and don’t have any interest in politics – they are too busy trying to get through each day. Reaching them is the hardest thing to do in my opinion.
I’ll make a note of this to bring up if voters tell me they’re thinking of voting Reform, while I do door knocking for the Greens in London. There aren’t many in this fairly well heeled part of town but you do meet a few.
Correct. The only “issue” that does reach them is immigration, as it is endlessly (dutifully) banged on about in all the media outlets.
I’ve even noticed that the subject has replaced the weather as a favourite topic for small talk.
Truly depressing times.
These are chilling times. When I read Paul Lynch’s ‘Prophet Song’ about the rise of an elected totalitarian regime in the the Republic of Ireland (introducing marshal law, disappearing people ……) I asked how could a democratic modern western economy vote in such a government. Well we now have Trump. And Reform, having established a core of right wing support, now amplifies their presence via a set of policies – policies that are consistent in connecting the dots of inhumanity and rascism. Policies that are attractive to groups who probably don’t see themselves as rascist or inhumane but who fall for the Faridge line. Policies that seem reasonable and make sense to them. But Reform are the Whited Sepelchre of British politics – internally corrupt while professing high morals and even holy virtue!!! The challenge we face is to dampen their efforts to expand their base and unite, grow and activate support for the compelling alternative of tolerance, diversity and a fair and sustainable society. AND that’s as much about influencing those who actively vote as well as those who tend to stay away from the voting booth.
I agree and it does help the soul to articulate these ideas even within a supportive echo chamber. I’ve been involved with the group based at UEA ‘REimagine Norwich’ since the start of last year. Their talks and other actions are about bringing together the likes of us and also to invite along people (local people, students, academics ….) to open up and influence the debate and focus on action. Richard is speaking there tomorrow evening (he has shared the link on this page). Anyone free from 18:00 in the area is warmly welcome. And it’s free.
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See you tomorrow
You won’t see this in the Daily Mail, Times, Telegraph, Daily Express or Sun. Neither are you likely to hear it discussed on most TV channels. On social media, you might find some criticism of Richard Tice, but also support for his dystopian and distorted views.
In all media outlets, you will be bombarded with ridiculous baseless assertions of what might happen if you ever consider voting for any party that The Money doesn’t want anywhere near power.
So, what to do? We can ask people as our fellow citizens to seek the truth and hang on to it to avoid going mad in the oncoming assault on that same truth that is now rushing towards us.
Kipling advised us that in order to inherit the earth, we must not deal in lies, even if we are lied about.
Hang on to that and tell all your friends and anyone else who will listen.
If they won’t, we’ll you’ve done all you can.
As Bruce Forsyth always said:
You’ve done your best; you can do no more.
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Tice also did his usual attack on all things renewable energy, and instead promises to maximize oil and gas production like Britain did in the past.
Reform want to take us back to the dark ages.
Agreed
Who the hell is funding reform? We got a personally addressed letter through the post – and our names were also on the leaflet – ‘Dear Andrew ‘ etc from Robert Jenrick. Why do we allow unlimited vested interest funding for political parties – they had a £9 million contribution from one person.
There is no campaign from the main parties to stop this – all their snouts are in the trough.
So much to agree with
to answer your question, Andrew, see here. I have posted this recently I think.
It shows Reform had more funding than Labour and Liberal Democrats combined. If you explore this site further you can who is funding Reform and others. The biggest donor to Reform lives in Thailand. Another name I saw Harmsworth ( countess Rothermere -Daily Mail family ) Richard has written about reform of the financing of political parties.
https://donation.watch/en/unitedkingdom/2025-2029/overview?fbclid=IwY2xjawQLzOJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEebxHl6FxOqxFHS8VHq0ag7LPywUVC60FKmbjJ7jdNM0mXX7QiDwNVj2FGexM_aem_NbrwNHPEx8LMnfyzMJoedQ
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Looking at Ian Stevenson’s link, why on earth has the Local Government Association given £12K to Reform? How is that even legal? And Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd gave £36K, presumably in anticipation of all those deportation flights. Neither appear to have donated to any other party. Perhaps I’m naïve, but I’m actually shocked.
Thanks for mentioning my little project.
Your input is pretty valuable and I’ve improved the donor metadata around all donors you’ve mentioned in your comment.
Just some notes:
* the LGA Labour Group also donated ~£68k to Labour
* “Heathrow Airport Ltd” donated to Labour (~£18k) and the Conservatives (~£2k), their HOLDINGS Ltd currently only gave to Reform
If you know anything insightful in addition to that or have suggestions on what to improve, feel free to send me an email.
If you watch ‘Dirty Business’ on C4 you will enjoy how many times David Cameron and Liz Truss and other politicians (some geezer who now leads Labour) are shown talking about ripping up regulations – the same dirty work that led to our natural waters being the dirtiest in the Europe (mind you, I known some pongy beaches in Ireland too).
If the public falls for this it will be either through desperation or simple racism.
Desperation is the saddest of the lot. My local authority is desperate to build houses to meet need in all sectors (affordable and private) ordained by central government. However, in discussing the local plan it is clear that the need for housing will be used to bulldoze through planning that protects the environment.
This is where Richard’s concept of destructive capitalism comes into play and crosses over into Philip Mirowski’s similar observations in that Neo-liberalism just creates crises that are used to conveniently change the rules we are meant to live by for capital’s short term benefit and our loss.
Dirty business indeed. Filthy , infact.
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Your 11,000th comment
Bejesus!
I’m afraid I can only mirror the posts about immigration. It is a major talking point for older people, especially poorer older people. I teach 16-19 students, some from diverse origins (India, China, Italy, Romania, Ghana, Nigeria, West Indies), some with ILR. They are making plans for a Reform government and how/where they’ll leave the country.
I am sure they are
I wonder whether I should
How long before I get sent to their Dachau?
That’s the scary thing. Reform and Restore talk about removing “Them”, but “Them” are our colleagues, students, friends, and families. People listen to these politicians and imagine it’s some nebulous, faceless person who will be removed. I listen and think about what I would do if they came for my co-workers or my son’s best friend. What if he is with his friend when they are taken? What will he do? And then, how long until they have to turn on other groups to appease their voting base? Disabled, gay, autistic. Not a single person in the country can claim they won’t be affected. All this is because people with money are so scared we will take a bit more of their wealth. That’s what it all boils down to.
You are 100% right.
What to do when they come for ….. our friends, our neighbours, our colleagues ……
Well, the premier of “Everybody to Kenmure Street” was shown at the GFT this week — it might provide some good guidance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOY5T03hHbk.
I haven’t seen it yet myself — but most here will remember the events!
Unity can defeat hate and intolerance — and doesn’t it always encourage and embrace the best of people?
I recall, immediately post the Brexit referendum result, people who had voted for it being shocked that their wonderful Italian neighbour was at risk of deportation. ‘They’re not immigrants’ they complained, from which I assumed they meant that only people with brown or black skin were really immigrants!
And a significant number, it appears, will fall for it and vote for this even though it will hurt them. It’s mirroring what is happening across the pond. Turkeys voting for Christmas.
Craig
Thank heavens for Polanski and the Greens. He is an inspirational character with the ability to talk knowledgeably across a range of topics. He has created a cluster of policies and positions that are coherent and hold together that create an alternative story compared with the neo liberal Tories and ‘not socialist’ Labour both of which parties are trying to out Reform Reform. Instead of playing on their pitch he’s created a different place to play. And ppl are attracted to it.
Well, since nobody else has raised the likely outcome of the Scottish elections in May, try this:
https://www.stonehavenglobal.com/stonehaven_mrp_shows_scottish_parliamentary_election_could_cause_sir_keir_starmer_a_headache
I know it’s a poll and polls can be proven wrong, especially if they weight their findings with obsolete data. However this latest poll sets a very positive scene for the upcoming elections. The d’Hondt voting system employed for Holyrood elections seeks to produce a no-winner outcome (intentionally imposed to prevent a pro-independence majority) and makes tactical voting essential if a majority vote is to be the outcome. https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/spice/factsheets/parliamentary-business/scottish-parliament-electoral-system-12-may-2021.pdf
Well it already looks like it’s heading that way if the poll is reliable, with the SNP likely to have a majority of the Constituency seats and Greens taking most of the Regional seats. This would produce a clear majority for Independence and cause significant concern in Westminster. Watch this space!
Thanks Ken, and I hope the poll is right.
Smears or worse, then, to impose the desired unionist status-quo result?
Wow! James Dawson (Names have been changed to protect liars), has hit the nail squarely. Hate your neighbours as yourself. Worship Enoch, who imported cheap brown nurses and told them to eff off when they were worn out. Mill workers jobs were even cheaper than white children`s. White soldiers were fine, even in Bantam regiments, men below 5`3″ due to childhood starvation of them and their parents. You have no arguments. Exploitation through division is your abhorrent credo. Every person on this lovely planet is an emigrant/immigrant. We have usually come to terms with that. Also, come to terms yourself about the fact that money itself is about agreed value, which means talking to other people with respect and intelligence. Otherwise, this blog is not for you.
Slightly in defense of James Dawson (please hear me out):
We can argue that the engagement above wasn’t great – on one hand, I reckon that there are very many people in the UK who would say that Immigration is a serious issue to them.
I have no doubt that many people believe that ‘there is no money’, ‘we can’t afford it’, ‘they are taking our jobs’, ‘they are taking our houses’ …
I have no doubt that there has been a complete absence of coverage of any party, or political figure, presenting an alternative to the neoliberal agenda, or explaining that there is another way. The possible exceptions are Greens and SNP (hardly featured down here – unless to highlight a perceived failure).
Against this is the massive bias in the MSM featuring ‘the problem’ of immigration — and ‘migrant hotels’, ‘generous benefits’, ‘gangs’, ‘rape’, etc.
Many of our electorate are not excited or that interested in political economy. I strongly believe that traditional Labour voters, in particular, have been abysmally mis-represented by Labour and their votes taken for granted. I’m not surprised people want a change.
BUT, like Brexit, it is impossible to get people ‘on board’ by not listening. People have legitimate concerns. Reform is not the answer – but their leadership are an easy alternative and they are given an uncritical platform in the media — if not featured positively. None of this is new – but it is a genuine threat. Remember this cartoon, it sums it up, rather well:
https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatIsThisPainting/comments/lfa41m/who_is_the_original_artist_of_this_political/