{"id":86169,"date":"2025-09-25T17:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=86169"},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:02:56","slug":"farage-is-for-the-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/09\/25\/farage-is-for-the-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"Farage is for the rich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is the third in a series of posts on the politics of Nigel Farage and Reform, all of which treat the two as effectively synonymous, as history has proven that to be the right thing to do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Each post asks the same question - Why vote for reform? - within a different context.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A summary of all the posts to date is provided at the end of the post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Each post is also appearing on YouTube and other social media platforms.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Farage is for the rich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Why would anyone vote for Reform? Nigel Farage wants lower taxes for the rich while cutting schools, the NHS, housing and pensions. Just like Trump\u2019s tax cuts in the USA, ordinary people would lose out while the wealthy get richer. Reform is not for you. It\u2019s a party for the rich.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0xbIJRorVjc?si=6HYXeiZX3Hp_qZhT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the transcript:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Why would anyone vote for Reform? After all, Farage wants to lower the taxes of the rich in the UK, but doesn't want to do the same for you.<\/p>\n<p>He's never denied the fact that this is what he's always been about. Big business and his wealthy backers would win from what he's proposing. And remember, he runs a company and not a political party. He's in the business of promoting business favours. He's not in the business of helping ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences are obvious. \u200aLower taxes would inevitably mean fewer services in the UK economy. However, you interpret the role of tax within our macroeconomy that follows. Schools, the NHS, housing, and much more would be cut back.<\/p>\n<p>The rich would keep their wealth, and the poorer would pay the price.<\/p>\n<p>And we can already see that this is happening in the USA. There, \u200aTrump's tax cuts have been almost entirely for the wealthy, some of whom will see benefits of hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars a year. But the ordinary working person is seeing hardly any change at all, and those on the very lowest pay might even be seeing tax increases.<\/p>\n<p>This is neoliberal trickery, but what it is most certainly not is fairness.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences are obvious.<\/p>\n<p>There would be growing inequality in the UK if Reform were to be in power.<\/p>\n<p>Public services would be starved of funds.<\/p>\n<p>Wealth would be sucked upwards.<\/p>\n<p>Society would be broken apart.<\/p>\n<p>Why would anyone want that?<\/p>\n<p>Reform is a party for the rich. It's not a party for ordinary people, whether they're working or not.<\/p>\n<p>It's most definitely not a party for pensioners.<\/p>\n<p>So please don't vote to make yourself poorer. Please don't think about voting for Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n<p>Why would you want to back Nigel Farage's tax scams?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-209\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_209\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/Blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_209_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"658185a910\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"209\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do you think Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform UK represents ordinary people?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-209-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-968\" name=\"poll_209\" value=\"968\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-968\">Yes, it\u2019s a party for the people<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-969\" name=\"poll_209\" value=\"969\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-969\">No, it\u2019s only for the rich<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-970\" name=\"poll_209\" value=\"970\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-970\">Not sure, but I worry about public services<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-971\" name=\"poll_209\" value=\"971\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-971\">I don\u2019t trust any of them<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(209);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(209); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-209-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Comments\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When commenting, please take note of this blog\u2019s comment policy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/about\/comments\/\">which is available here<\/a>. 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