r/europe • u/AlfredsChild England • 2d ago

News Reform takes shock 15-point lead over Labour as Farage dreams of winning power

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/reform-shock-15-point-lead-labour-farage-power-3887857
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u/Sacaron_R3 1d ago

The very rich donors want Starmer to keep the seat warm for the tories, and for him to prevent any possible leftist ideas. Apart from a few lunatics and inbred nobility, I'd hope that even the 0,1% recognize that Farage in power would spell disaster.

They can ram through all the surveillance and privatisation they want with New Labour and Tories switching seats every few years, no need to support Reform for that. If anything, a new party introduces dangerous fringe elements into the equation.

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u/VeryMemorableWord 1d ago

But they are leftists, why would they not want more leftist ideas?

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u/CrimsonSpace19 United Kingdom 1d ago

Mostly because Labour...
A: are run by mostly centrist neoliberals who'd rather be a "big tent" party with no long term goals other than "stability" which is a holdover from Blair's era.

B: because they almost imploded when Corbyn (an actual lefty) was voted as leader, mostly from his naive views and childish stubbornness but also from a gigantic media attack campaign and a centre-right coup from inside the party.

C: They mostly listen to donors and think-tanks for their policy, as they culled a lot of the more grounded politicians they had over these past years.

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u/doublah England 1d ago

Labour haven't been leftists since New Labour came along in the 90s. They're fully commited to capitalism, even in cases like water where it's costing us billions extra every year.