What changes can we expect when Reform take leadership?

Thats untrue.

Talking about it like it's a done deal is part of their strategy to try and discourage left leaning and centrists from voting. Don't let them get into your head like that. 70% of UK voters consistently vote centre to left, only 30% vote right and even fewer far right like Reform and Restore.

They lie about their plans and they lie about the present, it's a well worn playbook being used by far right parties all over the west right now. Don't fall for it, they pick on the vulnerable and cheat them, it's as simple as that.

They have been very clear about their intentions towards disabled people, they don't consider us even worthy of lying to, they don't value our lives and they don't appreciate the power of our vote. I intend to use mine to make my voice crystal clear, my grandfather didn't go to war to fight fascists just see his granddaughter welcome them back here 80 years on.

We are going through a huge political change at the moment as inequality has grown so much that the majority of people are now struggling to make ends meet. The rich minority that benefits from the capitalist system finances a mass media campaign to convince voters that the problem lies elsewhere. The truth is that for decades Western countries prioritised economic growth and profits over the wellbeing of ordinary citizens or the health of the planet. A wealthy elite now owns almost all the wealth (housing, energy etc.) and they are still trying to squeeze out more. Reform (and most other political parties) are funded by these influential people and corporations so they are motivated to go after the scapegoats (benefit claimants, immigrants etc.) instead of changing the system.

My hope is that - as Meg24 pointed out - Reform's winning the next election is not a done deal yet. Change is coming, it has to come because we've reached the end of the road for capitalism. The planet simply cannot take anymore, nor can the poor. What comes next, whether we fall for fascism again, or all pull together to create something better, is still open. I'm certainly rooting for and working for the latter.

Our world today moves at a breakneck speed. We live in an era of same day delivery. of fast food and fast fashion.

We listen to voice messages and podcasts at double speed, and the slightest doubt or curiosity is instantly satisfied by a quick search on our phones, by passing any need for personal interactions or moments of uncertainty. Technology has made impatience the norm.

Right wing populism takes advantage of the fact that democracy is slow by definition, and therefore increasingly unable to swiftly address people's most urgent concerns. No other ideological current has recognised the extent to which our slow democratic politics is out of sync with the fast, even instantaneous, pace of our economies and societies, and exploiting this gap in the electoral market has paid huge dividends for them.

In a world where patience is an increasingly rare virtue, and political systems lag behind, what right wing populists offer is politics build around, haste, simplicity and shortcuts.

by The Conversation

Change has to happen but it needs to happen faster and all political parties need to recognise this. More of the same will no longer do.