I britannici pensano che Reform UK sia razzista?
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53096-do-britons-think-reform-uk-are-racist
di StGuthlac2025
I britannici pensano che Reform UK sia razzista?
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53096-do-britons-think-reform-uk-are-racist
di StGuthlac2025
39 commenti
Reform UK itself is not specifically a ‘racist’ group however it’s set up in a way and has policies that are very attractive to racists.
EDIT (for clarification) I’m merely remarking on the literature, policies and media output of Reform, which is very carefully curated to not be specifically ‘racist’. The organisation is 100% set up for, by and to attract racists. I’m simply separating the organisation from the people. I’d also characterise most of them as xenophobic rather than racist, they don’t care what colour you are, they just don’t like people who aren’t from the UK.
4% of reform voters saying they think they’re racist lol.
Not specifically, but they don’t feel uncomfortable in the company of racists, or any other number of cranks.
As somebody said, they’re not inherently racist but a lot of racists sure find themselves comfortable in there and the party is either silent about it or utterly denies it
Not all reform voters are racist but most racists will vote reform
They definitely make racism more acceptable, which I find disturbing. It feels like more people are offended by racist/xenophobic things being criticised than are offended by racism at the moment
Reform UK is a typical European Alt Right party.
It attracts racists , but as a party it’s more populist than racist.
Reform is a racist party, there’s no thinking about it.
If you ask the majority of reform voters why they are voting reform i can guarantee the answer will be related to race or immigration
I’ve not seen anything that makes me think they’re racist. But I think ~~a lot of~~ a number of their core supporters probably are.
Racism is discrimination based on someone’s race or ethnicity. None of their policies or stances suggest they’re racist to me. Their immigration policies, for example, would discriminate equally against someone who is white and someone who isn’t white.
Kind of, whatever. Farage is a deeply unpleasant man who has been furthering his career based on his adorable “anti establishment” stance for so long I don’t even remember. That light plane accident over Ascot? That wasn’t ten years ago was it, I’m just old. I am going to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and say he’s an utterly shameless grifter who seeks nothing more than personal gratification (not always financial) from his career. All the rabble rousing divisive stuff is just to feed the media machine, he’s not actually that hateful, he just wants to get attention, the targets of his bigotry are mere collateral damage in the Nigel show.
That is the most charitable light I could paint him in. I didn’t make a single amphibian joke. Oh also reform are absolutely nothing without Nigel. Say he chokes to death on a pork scratching tomorrow (that would be on brand), who replaces him? Politics needs star power and regrettably Nigel has been blessed with just enough of that to make him relevant.
Farage was head of ukip which everyone know was right wing now head of reform just rebranded ukip. So yes.
If you are willing to tolerate racism, you might vote Reform. If you are unwilling to tolerate racism, you shouldn’t be able to find it in yourself to vote Reform.
Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front. If it looks like swan…
I’m so tired of them claiming that they are only concerned about “illegal” immigration when it’s evident that’s just not true. They want to end indefinite leave to remain, which involves deporting people who have lived and worked here legally for a long time. Illegal immigration is about 1% of immigration. Even saying “stop the boats” (which is an issue created by Brexit anyway) doesn’t fit that narrative as they are only “illegal” immigrants if they don’t get a successful asylum claim which 70% do
When Farage chummies up with AFD in Berlin, of all places, that ought to say enough about how far right Reform UK (plc) actually is.
They can’t be racist, they have black acquaintences.
I suspect a lot of 1930s Germans didn’t see themselves as fascists either. Some held their nose and voted because of the sound bite politics employed. Same in the USA recently.
A lot of people can’t be trusted to vote properly.
It’s mad that we live in a time where calling someone racist is seen as more problematic and controversial than actually being racist.
Some of the Reform guys are racist, most are just useless wankes – which is IMHO much worse.
Might not be a Duck, but it is certainly duck shaped.
What I find interesting from the people defending Reform supporters and Reform here is that when Reform polls well, theres this rhetoric of “you can’t just ignore them and what they say, their concerns are legitimate.”
And yet when polling shows people are concerned about reform potentially being a racist party, its fine to ignore them, their concerns aren’t legitimate.
So when the public is positive towards Reform that’s legitimate but when theyre not it isn’t?
Seems very “heads I win, tails you lose”.
Their leader is racist so the followers align with those views imo.
I want 0 illegal immigration with a flexible cap on non-EU migration, much like a lot of reform. Where we differ is I don’t think it’s the most pressing issue amidst Europe’s largest ongoing war for 80 years. When you see constant Russian propaganda being pushed by the figureheads of Reform, or ex leaders outright taking Russian bribes.. it’s hard to trust any of them. I’m willing to take my chances with SNP or Labour until Russia has lost it’s capacity to wage war. I voted yes in 2014 for Indy but I certainly wouldn’t again until the orcs have been pushed back to Mordor.
Funny that some Reform voter do believe that their party, its leader and its policies ARE racist
There is no thinking in this. They are a racist party Fact. Look at how many councillors and activists have got previous in that area.
Awful party.
Honestly Starmer said nothing wrong either. He wasn’t calling all Reform voters racist.
He was correct in calling the specific policy racist and they many people who vote reform are angry at the state of the country.
But it’s wild most of the voters hold Labour to blame when they’ve only just got into power and actively done more to reduce illegal immigration in 18 months than the Tories did in 14 years. But somehow Labour are a cancer on society and the worst..
All the racists i know are pretty keen on reform. and being an old bloke from deepest, palest east anglia, that’s quite a few. And there’s plenty who think reform aren’t racist enough.
The party itself will never come out and say it. And as Dominic Cummings made clear, they are actively encouraging racism to get votes.
They might say its about controlling borders. That’s one of the moderate bits aimed at the moderate voters. But while they keep slavishly aping trumps amerikaaner movement it’s hard to separate practicality from ideology.
This Briton does.
Not all Reform voters are racist but they’re all happy to stand alongside racists and elect them
My colleague, who claims to be centre right, said he’s voting reform purely on immigration. He literally said he doesn’t care what other policies they have. He just wants all the “p***s” gone. He’s not racist though. 😂
This is the kind of people we are dealing with in the coming years leading up to the next election. Even people that i thought were generally quite nice are starting to show their true colours when it comes to other races and creeds.
It’s the silent racists and xenophobes that will win it for Reform, same with Brexit. It will be the people that walk into their local shops, restaurants, and other public places, all smiles and laughter, but in private, they are just as bad as the loud ones.
I literally have these types in my family, and I personally know of others like this in my daily life, including work. It’s actually so sad how we have allowed the rich to divide us. I remember the outpouring of outrage and sympathy for poor Aylan Kurdi. What happened?
I don’t think they are all racist, I do however think majority of them are single minded. Only focusing on immigration, not just illegal immigration. I think they forget how Farage dealt with Brexit and what his views are on the NHS.. if he comes into power I truly believe it will be the end of the UK as we know it.
Lets not forget what he did in America a few weeks back, trying to get sanctions/tarrifs put on us or the numerous times he has appeared on Russia TV and getting on his knees for, he who shall not be named.
I am pretty sure a lot of nazis were there for the economic policy but history considers them nazis regardless. When you join a political party you join all of there policies
Reform have made the migration thing the biggest issue wr have. Not that the economy is not growing so jobs are not being created stc,
They have also made the racists come out and openly admit they are racist and think its ok.
Any party that allows this to happen is a racist party
I wish they were only racist.
The bigger worry is how they’ve actively worked against the national interest for years and are happy to take money from dark forces whose goal is to destabilise and weaken the country.
They’re not just racists, they’re dangerous.
If they are not racist, why do we never hear them condemning the racist comments and actions of their supporters?
There is certainly a culture within Reform whereby racists feel comfortable expressing themselves.
I cannot believe that the general population on the UK is being fooled once again to vote for this Cnt!!!!! He ruined the country with Brexit and then ran away like a scared little boy ..now he wants to run the UK when he loves a genocidal maniac and is against Ukraine …he does not represent the people of the UK but he gets the populous vote by claiming to fix everything the UK is struggling with with zero plan on how to deliver it !!! It’s infuriating. It’s insufferable!!!!!
Not on the surface, but the racism appears as soon as you examine the content. There’s a reason Reform support, like Brexit, is highest in areas with low levels of migration.
The boats are happening because the Tories closed all methods for claiming asylum in the Uk, decimated public sector workforce resulting in huge backlogs in asylum claim processing, and created the problem that Reform are cashing in on.
Not everyone concerned with migration levels is racist, that’s obvious. But this is a party who has a leader and other figures that consistently say things which appeal to racists, attracts party candidates who have racist views, and invited a convicted criminal with known racist views to be a guest of honour at their party conference. If Reform UK PLC has any desire to prove to us that they’re not racist, then they make no effort to do so. Even if I felt no other party had my confidence, I would never vote Reform because of its appeal to racists and to me they have so far done nothing to demonstrate how they would build a better country for me and the next generation.
It’s a shame that the immigration situation has got to this stage where the concern is so high but so little appears to have been done, making a sensible discussion about it so difficult. Hence the appeal of a private company pretending to be a political party made up of fourth-rate Tories with no clear policies, they are the protest vote who can afford to run on easy soundbites. They so far haven’t yet failed where others have, and that will swing it for many. The only way I see them not getting power is if more of their councillors continue to resign and if the world is different once Trump goes before our next GE. Meanwhile Labour really really need to crack on with downstream investment to address the chronic underfunding in local communities.