Quote Originally Posted by SithHappens View Post
A new mega poll suggests Reform will be the biggest party if an election were held today

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2777255.html

Puts them on 271 seats, labour 178, lib dems 81 and tories 46

While I still think the current levels of support for Reform won't be maintained, it would be interesting if it did happen.

Firstly, it would not be a majority and I really don't see any if the other parties forming a coalition. Maybe the tories if they had enough seats but not on these numbers.

Is it feasible labour, lib dems and tories form a coalition to keep Reform out of no 10?

Secondly, Farage as PM, should it happen we know he's not capable of being a serious politician who could do the job of PM. Would he step down as leader immediately or try and have a go at it? I know comments have been made about Starmers longevity as PM, but I would put money on Farage not lasting 6 months.

I still think it's a moot point and labour will rally enough to secure a vastly reduced majority or at least the ability to form a coalition with the lib dems.
You see Sith, what I see in your post, is something similar to what the Germans do.
The politicians will bend the rules and go against an election result, to keep their status quo together, despite the population saying enough.
You show a pol, that says the public voters are rejecting the same old , same old spew from Tories and Labour and their collective failures to rectify issues upsetting them

So instead of addressing the problems and looking at where they failed. The solution is to manipulate the situation to stop something they(politicians) and voters(losing side) , don't want?

What the hell is the point of first past the post then?


On a side note, will the pilot be acknowledging now, that Reform isn't the dismissive joke he made it out to be?
He scoffed, mocked, and growled at those saying any other.

Unfortunately, this situation echoes the point Andy was making to RA, about him using racist, bigot, and all manner of words to describe folks having a different opinion to his. Reform it seems, that despite all those labels the left and RA use are a genuine outlet for many in this country.

Someone in the main parties surely must look at this and think, what are we doing wrong? But they don't it appears, want to change.