Now we know why Keir Starmer wants to cancel elections. A
by-election for the seat of Dunstable West in the Central Bedforshire Council
has given newcomer Shaun Moulster a massive victory. He is with Reform UK, the
first time the party has ever stood in Dunstable. It is a massive swing against
the Conservatives who formerly held that seat with the mayor Liz Jones. Labour
were knocked into an embarrassing fourth place. If only Count Binface had
turned up it would have been fifth! Source: https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/reform-wins-dunstable-by-election-5605385.
You might think this is just one local election in a small town, but I suspect
it is a harbinger of what is to come. I'd like to think Starmer would resign
over this and the other disasters in his cursed premiership, but he is
stubbornly hanging around like an annoying New Year relative. His plan to delay
this year's local government elections has failed and I look forward to watching
Labour getting pulverized again. However, they have not ruled out delaying any
future parliamentary elections, even the general election in 2029, which is
unconstitutional and obviously sinister. It's what Adolf Hitler did after winning
the German election in 1932. However, unlike many people I don't consider
Dunstable West an anti-establishment victory. I am now convinced that Nigel
Farage's party is a front for a controlled counter-proposition in British
politics. The researcher David A Hughes gives the analogy of the camps. Camp 1
is Normieville and Camp 3 is genuine opposition; but between them is Camp 2, a
false rebellion intended to be a release valve for public fury and a diversion
from a genuine solution. Source: https://substack.com/@dhughes/posts.
I am currently much more impressed by Rupert Lowe and his Restore Britain
party. See here for details of his conflict with Nigel: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2026/02/third-rail-radio-programme-234.html.
"I am now convinced that Nigel Farage's party is a front for a controlled counter-proposition in British politics." When Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman leap-frog their way undeservedly into shadow cabinet positions over more worthy leg-work activists that is the conclusion you have to draw. It is now a safe haven for 'continuity Tory' career politicians given the number of defections at every level. Whether or not they should receive a tactical vote at the next election is another matter. Splitting the non-Marxist vote could very easily lead to a Labour-Green-LibDem coalition with all the horrors that would entail for free speech.
ReplyDeleteMT, that is a dilemma. Did you listen to the recent 3rd Rail show about this? If you do you'll be interested because I go into detail about the issue. I actually take heart that so many people are seeing through Farage BEFORE the elections and so before he has a chance to love-bomb us into total despair, which is one of the roles Reform UK is meant to play for the establishment. But to vote tactically for Reform means to vote for a fake rebellion instead of another few years of Uniparty abuse. Is the former really worse? When do we get to vote for something genuine instead of a watered down warped copy of what we want? When do we get to role the dice and take a chance on a true patriot? I think that time is now. Not least because the left is also split. the centre has evaporated as much on the left side as the right. The Corbynites and Muslims are all hopping over to George Galloway, Your Party and the Greens. Exciting times! Good comment, many thanks.
DeleteYes, I have seen the Third Rail show and left a more elaborate comment beneath it. On this issue (but strangely not on others) you are very much a purist. My take is that the electoral process itself is designed to maintain a corporate plutocracy and can never deliver what we want (as per 'The Jones Plantation). A "watered down warped copy" may actually serve our needs better in Parliament than something more pure, since it will at least create a climate in which we can speak freely and get our ideas across. If Restore Britain were ever to get into a position to effect real change they would find a pretext to jail Rupert Lowe and/or ban the party as they did with Golden Dawn in Greece and are trying to do with the AfD in Germany. For now, it seems, they are content to murder a few AfD electoral candidates. By contrast it seems Farage has met with The King and been assigned a controlled role which is unlikely to include being jailed and will have opened up the possibility of being PM.
ReplyDeleteMT, I'll answer your comment on the next 3rd Rail which will hopefully be tomorrow. As for being a "purist", that's a first. But there is a part of me that rejects the entire electoral system, that's true. Strangely it is David Starkey who seems most aware of this among the commentators. In his recent interview with Lowe he said something like: "You have no idea what the Westminster Blob will do to you should you become successful enough to threaten them with a government." This means of course scandal, fake criminal charges, even "wet work". The book "A Very British Coup" is worth reading, or it's TV adaptation. It was written by Chris Mullin, a former MP. I've reviewed it here on HPANWO TV, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-very-british-coup-book-review.html. I've also done a watch party of Jones Planation as you know. Therefore I wouldn't say I'm a purist and to claim that I am is polarization. Like Starkey, I just think an electoral route is feasible under certain circumstances. I'm not unrealistic about what that will involve though.
DeleteReform are a UK version of MAGA lite. Like MAGA, FAFO like the US and the desperate mess they are now in is not something I would wish on the UK. Current examples are the Reform led councils, going bankrupt, tax rises, councilors quitting and absent in droves. U turns quicker than queer starmer can count. Elect fools and get a comedy farce. Worse Reform is now the refuge of the grifter class of politician, primarily of the conservative persuasion having no concern of the working class struggle if they can line their pockets with corrupt politics. As for the ridiculous 'culture war' spawned by the Right wing attacks on Hate speech the only thing more foolish is believing that the UK doesn't have free speech compared to the US currently. Have a quick google of press freedom index and where the US stands compared to the rest of the world. Freedom of press is the key indicator of freedom of speech globally. Vote for a party that will give proportional representation in it's manifesto if you actually want democracy for all instead of politicians that represent a minority. Interesting Reform where all for that immediately after the last election, funny they have gone silent now they seem to be doing well in the polls. That's the clearest red flag they are full of it. I feel obliged to vote or I shouldn't complain about what the result turns up but I will either vote for a mainstream party that has PR in it's manifesto or a local independant to stop a Reform candidate destroying my constituency that has happened in bordering councils. With Reform now stating openly they want a UK version of ICE I'd even be prepared to vote for Kier to stop that which is akin to voting for Satan to save the masses from Hell.
ReplyDeleteAnon, I certainly agree with you about Reform. As for independent candidates, not a bad idea. A small local party too. For the last few elections I've been backing the Independent Oxford Alliance, a local group that most closely aligns with my own political views more than any other. As for PR, the problem with that is you never get what you vote for. As Peter Hitchens points out, you just get to add one ingredient into the stew, but the chef is out of your reach. PR would mean endless coalitions and the Blob can still use it to keep out genuine leaders. They can form a fake coalition, like they did in the Netherlands when Geert Wilders won. Why is Wilders not Prime Minister? Cos the centre left and right united to stop him.
DeleteThat's the point of PR however Ben. PR works both ways and often opposing parties or ideologies will unite for what what they perceive as a 'greater good'. This was what the majority of the Dutch people voted for, a country not governed by the Far Right politics of Geert Wilders. You could point at Germany and the rise of Hitler as another example of PR working as intended to establish a Far Right Nazi party in power as the will of the people at that time. The first past the post system in the UK is not a true representation of public wishes when a party can have a third of the vote and take power sadly. I would also argue that there should be laws and consequences to ensure manifesto pledges are upheld instead of say one thing do another once in power. Anyone can promise the 'moon on a stick' when they are in opposition.
ReplyDeleteStrangely enough a man I know who was a law student suggested that, making a manifesto a legal contract. Good idea! It would cause half of Westminster to resign overnight to escape trial! I don't support Geert Wilders, although I probably would have preferred him to PvA or the CDU or the others. My mother was a Dutchwoman so that makes me half-Dutch (and I talk double-Dutch according to the skeppers!). Under a 1PPP system that trick would not have worked. Not the 1PPP is ideal either because it forces minor parties to put up with being possibly a close second in every seat on the country and having zero MP's.
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