Comment on Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK
mjr@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Reform UK Re-use the worst Tories and Recycle Putin’s policies
Comment on Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK
mjr@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Reform UK Re-use the worst Tories and Recycle Putin’s policies
makingrain@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll bite. I’m excited for your response.
Which Reform policy is a Putin policy?
mjr@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
So many to choose from! How about building more gas turbine power stations (thereby increasing demand for gas, pushing the global price up and benefitting Gazprom even if they don’t buy directly from them), cutting stamp duty on the biggest properties (including most of those bought by Russian oligarchs) and pulling out of the European Defence Fund? All straight from the last Reform manifesto and I’d bet Putin would be in favour of those, wouldn’t you?
If you don’t like those, there’s stuff like cancelling our human rights, repealing the Equalities Act and “scrapping” the BBC.
I suspect Reform would also open the floodgates to more Russian government funding, Nathan Gill style and otherwise, but they’re not daft enough to put that in their manifesto.
Maybe you should ask which Reform policies would Putin oppose? There’s some he probably wouldn’t care about either way, but oppose?
makingrain@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We’re using gas for the next 50 years whether it’s Reform or the Greens. That curries more favour with the US or Qatar than it does Russia. You’re reaching for that to be a “Putin policy”
Scrapping the licence fee… that 1/2 of the population who should pay, don’t.
Thanks for responding at least.
What would Putin oppose? Let’s see… the top three from Reform’s site:
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Russia was the biggest gas exporter until the 2022 sanctions. It is still heavily dependent on black and grey market exports.
mjr@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
I listed three. You might like to pretend they’re not policies or something, but Reform put them in their manifesto.
Really? Are you seriously claiming that Putin doesn’t want the UK buying gas for longer? As that’s the difference between Reform and the others: Reform would build more new gas power stations, prolonging the dependency mistake, while most of the other parties will phase it out more or less quickly.
Not only, but also scrapping the BBC because they believe on-demand TV has replaced it. That’s what they wrote.
And I notice you don’t disagree that Putin would want the UK out of the European Defence Fund.
Don’t make me laugh! Why would Putin oppose those? Putin would love all of them, along with anything else that makes the UK more isolated and causes squabbles with its neighbours or diverts funds from NATO-level defence to petty little border patrols. That’s why he’s paid Reform politicians like Nathan Gill so much.
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Agree…
Farage and pals are totally hanging out of Putin’s arse and a lot of what they do and say will no doubt make him happy, especially when it comes to support for Ukraine.
Not sure which of their policies are the same as Putins though
jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Their leader is a Putin man.
www.facebook.com/ledbydonkeys/…/887348060902269/
(Sorry this Led By Dockers video seams to only be on Facebook and Instagram)
makingrain@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I know.
OP said Putin policies, which is false. There’s enough disinformation floating about without adding to it.
For the record, Farage is a cunt.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Reform is a pro-Russia party with members jailed for Russian corruption. Farage is just good at it and not been caught.
Reform would give MAGA the UK. Traitors. Reform is full of Brexit people when Brexit massively damanaged the country. Traitors. Reform would privative the NHS screwing over all the but the rich. Traitors.
Magnet to the worse of the Tories.
Let alone the blatant racism and intolerance of any diversity. I refuse to tolerant their intolerance. It must be challenged or we’ll end sinking into a hell hole like the US has (and is still descending further).