Regardless of the truth behind these allegations — and their timing is so suspicious I am very sceptical to say the least — if you paid £25 to join Reform some of your money is being spent on paying a KC at least £600 an hour to ‘investigate’ (listen to each side of the argument).
Reform is a LONG way away from being able to form a competent government, or even shadow government, and an even longer way away from forming a functioning and cohesive opposition.
Has anyone ever heard of Zia Usef before Farage appointed him chairman?
Hopefully Rupert Lowe and Ben Habib will stand as independents or go to UKIP or something but Britain can’t afford this kind of messing around.
The very fact that a KC was called in and the parliamentary authorities, is overkill and makes me suspicious that this is just personal vindictiveness and the female “staff” are being used. It seems un-British to get so over-excited and demand extreme attention over matters that could be dealt with quietly, with decorum rather than ostentation.
I have long held an uncomfortable suspicion that Zia Yusuf was a “plant” to defuse and bring down Nigel Farage just as Lord Ali controls Starmer. This is beginning to look more of a possibility. He aims to bring down the strongest and best of the Reform team always and appears afraid of the policy of mass deportations.
Intelligent men like Lowe and Habib will see this ploy and I believe will not rest. It must be terrifying for them but we owe it to them to remain strong because it looks to me, sadly, that Nigel Farage has had his Achilles heel revealed and is falling. Farage has a choice. Get rid of Zia and reinstate Lowe and Habib or destroy the Reform party and ruin its future. We will see what he is really made of through this crisis.
Excellent post. I agree with every word, and I'm surprised that Farage had so little insight into how this would be perceived by the public - both supporters and opponents. Very poor judgement.
There are two silver linings to this cloud. One is that it will highlight the salient policy difference between them. Farage and Co. will have to explain why they are content for hundreds of thousands of unvetted unwanted migrants to remain in the country. That will further highlight the issue for natural conservatives who might then be galvanised into respecting the rule of law.
The second point is that we are still a long way from an election. (Barring a sudden crisis-driven collapse of the current administration, which is eminently desirable, of course). All this political activity takes place downstream from the cultural changes we are currently experiencing. More people are going onto platforms like this one, and X, where they find that their views are widespread, and intellectually respectable. What they couldn't say at work or in pubs or during dinner parties is being widely discussed. A couple more years of this, and who knows what will happen...
It is all to easy these days for an accusation of workroom “bullying” to be accepted and investigated. The moment any whiff of bullying takes place that individual will be looked on with suspicion. “ Guilty until proven innocent seems the order of the day. There fore it is all to easy to take someone down and either suspend them or remove them using this as a tool🤔
It seems we are in a new era, where dissent is met, not just with words, but with lawyers and judges.
Civil discourse is rapidly being replaced by "civil violence" where it is acceptable to many for actual violence to occur when the vitriol, hatred, or derangement reaches a level determined by the actor.
We used to call is "going postal."
Seems in the first world, mental is the new normal.
At least in the third world, the sides are obvious.
How very odd that the supposed bullying and threats of violence only started to matter to Farage when he felt threatened by Lowe.
Regardless of the truth behind these allegations — and their timing is so suspicious I am very sceptical to say the least — if you paid £25 to join Reform some of your money is being spent on paying a KC at least £600 an hour to ‘investigate’ (listen to each side of the argument).
Reform is a LONG way away from being able to form a competent government, or even shadow government, and an even longer way away from forming a functioning and cohesive opposition.
Has anyone ever heard of Zia Usef before Farage appointed him chairman?
Hopefully Rupert Lowe and Ben Habib will stand as independents or go to UKIP or something but Britain can’t afford this kind of messing around.
The very fact that a KC was called in and the parliamentary authorities, is overkill and makes me suspicious that this is just personal vindictiveness and the female “staff” are being used. It seems un-British to get so over-excited and demand extreme attention over matters that could be dealt with quietly, with decorum rather than ostentation.
I have long held an uncomfortable suspicion that Zia Yusuf was a “plant” to defuse and bring down Nigel Farage just as Lord Ali controls Starmer. This is beginning to look more of a possibility. He aims to bring down the strongest and best of the Reform team always and appears afraid of the policy of mass deportations.
Intelligent men like Lowe and Habib will see this ploy and I believe will not rest. It must be terrifying for them but we owe it to them to remain strong because it looks to me, sadly, that Nigel Farage has had his Achilles heel revealed and is falling. Farage has a choice. Get rid of Zia and reinstate Lowe and Habib or destroy the Reform party and ruin its future. We will see what he is really made of through this crisis.
Excellent post. I agree with every word, and I'm surprised that Farage had so little insight into how this would be perceived by the public - both supporters and opponents. Very poor judgement.
There are two silver linings to this cloud. One is that it will highlight the salient policy difference between them. Farage and Co. will have to explain why they are content for hundreds of thousands of unvetted unwanted migrants to remain in the country. That will further highlight the issue for natural conservatives who might then be galvanised into respecting the rule of law.
The second point is that we are still a long way from an election. (Barring a sudden crisis-driven collapse of the current administration, which is eminently desirable, of course). All this political activity takes place downstream from the cultural changes we are currently experiencing. More people are going onto platforms like this one, and X, where they find that their views are widespread, and intellectually respectable. What they couldn't say at work or in pubs or during dinner parties is being widely discussed. A couple more years of this, and who knows what will happen...
Farage is the true epitome of a Judas Goat.
It is all to easy these days for an accusation of workroom “bullying” to be accepted and investigated. The moment any whiff of bullying takes place that individual will be looked on with suspicion. “ Guilty until proven innocent seems the order of the day. There fore it is all to easy to take someone down and either suspend them or remove them using this as a tool🤔
It seems we are in a new era, where dissent is met, not just with words, but with lawyers and judges.
Civil discourse is rapidly being replaced by "civil violence" where it is acceptable to many for actual violence to occur when the vitriol, hatred, or derangement reaches a level determined by the actor.
We used to call is "going postal."
Seems in the first world, mental is the new normal.
At least in the third world, the sides are obvious.