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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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.