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There's healthy skepticism about vaccine side effects, and then there are these antics: > On 11 January 2023, Bridgen had the Conservative whip suspended after tweeting about COVID-19 vaccines: "As one consultant cardiologist said to me, this is the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust." Bridgen claimed the tweet had been moderated by staff members, which was denied by a Conservative Party spokesman.[84…
Like I said, he's a hero
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Not that I care politics but one should think why reform and why the label "far right"? Why now?
By 2024 standards, saying that a man cannot be pregnant, or that illegally coming into a country is... well, illegal, is enough to be "far-right".
Maybe this is the new standard for parties of protest against the neoliberal consensus?
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There's healthy skepticism about vaccine side effects, and then there are these antics: > On 11 January 2023, Bridgen had the Conservative whip suspended after tweeting about COVID-19 vaccines: "As one consultant cardiologist said to me, this is the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust." Bridgen claimed the tweet had been moderated by staff members, which was denied by a Conservative Party spokesman.[84…
He didn't make the statement, he retweeted a professor from an Israeli university who made the statement.
A blog post that says a lot of words without really saying anything at all. The whole post boils down to "The founders of Reform have multiple companies."
If you support personal liberty and economic freedom, you are a libertarian. But you would be labeled "far right" by many.
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No other political parties are constructed as a limited company controlled by a single person, that's what's so interesting about Reform.
Maybe I missed something in the article, but it goes through the companies office finding companies based on the names of key Reform UK members. Couldn’t the same be done for other major members of the other major UK parties?
Buying your way into British politics is very cheap. He'll get maybe 15% of the vote and no seats in exchange for spending an amount 1/100th of a minor US senate seat race.
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Agreed they're using the term 'far right' without basis - the BNP, Britain First, and other groups that use violence are far right. These are parties that are concerned about immigration. But the 'hack' and bad language won't get you far on HN. Just flag the post and move on.
"Britain should have accepted Nazi offer": https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/10/ref...
We all know immigration = anyone who isn't white living in the country.