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PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: Reform UK plans to use their recent local election success to block illegal migrants and challenge the government’s green agenda.
👥 Who’s Involved: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, Chairman Zia Yusuf, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, and the Labour government led by Sir Kier Starmer.
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📍 Where & When: England, following the municipal elections last week.
💬 Key Quote: “We will be publishing a plan to deport everybody who is currently in this country illegally in our first term of government,” said Zia Yusuf.
⚠️ Impact: Potential legal challenges against government policies and a push to influence future national elections.
IN FULL:
The Reform Party, led by Nigel Farage, is poised to leverage its recent electoral success to challenge immigration and environmental policies in England. Following a significant triumph in local council elections at the beginning of May, the party has articulated plans to prevent illegal immigrants from being housed in areas under its control and to contest the central government’s climate initiatives.
Zia Yusuf, the chairman of Reform, emphasized the party’s commitment to utilizing “every instrument of power available” at the council level to halt the dispersal of asylum seekers throughout England. Many migrants are arriving illegally via safe countries like France, making it highly unlikely they were genuinely in danger prior to entering Britain. The party’s strategy includes legal injunctions, judicial reviews, and leveraging planning laws to counteract the central government, controlled by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s leftist Labour Party.
Labour is reportedly expanding a program initiated by the notionally right-wing Conservatives, who governed from 2010 to mid-2024, that involves renting private homes for migrants, sparking concerns over public safety and the housing market. Yusuf highlighted that many hotels converted for migrant use may violate regulations, an issue currently being explored by Reform’s legal team.
Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Reform’s newly elected Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, proposed housing migrants in tents, as seen in France, to deter them from coming to Britain for an easy ride at taxpayers’ expense. More broadly, Yusuf said that Reform would work to deport all illegal immigrants if it wins the next general election.
Reform is also targeting the government’s climate agenda, with Dame Andrea highlighting a plan to challenge Net Zero Minister Ed Milliband’s policies, which increase energy prices for industry and households. This could include legal challenges.
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PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: Nearly half of Britons surveyed say they would refuse to fight for their country “under any circumstances.”
👥 Who’s Involved: Ipsos survey respondents, Richard Gill, a former British Army officer.
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📍 Where & When: United Kingdom, ahead of Victory in Europe (VE) Day commemorations on May 5.
💬 Key Quote: “We’ve stopped teaching pride in our country, its history, and its values… A nation unsure of itself cannot expect its people to defend it. That must change.” — Richard Gill.
⚠️ Impact: The findings highlight a decline in patriotic sentiment, with significant gender and political divides.
IN FULL:
A recent Ipsos survey reveals a significant decline in patriotic sentiment among Britons, with nearly half of those surveyed expressing an unwillingness to fight for their country “under any circumstances.”
The survey, which queried over 1,000 adults, found that only 35 percent of respondents would be willing to take up arms in a time of war, while a notable 48 percent stated there were no conditions under which they would go to war for Britain. An additional 17 percent said they were unsure of their stance.
The survey results emerge as the United Kingdom prepares for Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) commemorations, marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War, with celebrations including a military procession through central London on May 5.
Richard Gill, a former British Army officer with service in Iraq and Afghanistan, commented on the survey’s implications, suggesting a “deeper national malaise” as the root cause. He warned, “We’ve stopped teaching pride in our country, its history, and its values. A nation unsure of itself cannot expect its people to defend it. That must change.”
The survey also uncovered notable gender and age disparities. While nearly half of the men surveyed (49 percent) expressed a willingness to fight, only 21 percent of women shared the same sentiment. Among younger respondents aged 18 to 34, 42 percent indicated they would volunteer, whereas willingness significantly decreased to 28 percent among those aged 35 to 54, with over half of this group asserting they would never take up arms.
Political affiliations also played a role in respondents’ willingness to fight. Supporters of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party were the most inclined to defend their country—despite the establishment media and political parties attempting to paint them as Russian stooges—contrasting sharply with supporters of the fanatically pro-European Union (EU) Liberal Democrats, who were the least likely to do so.
Mass migration has also likely been a contributing factor in the strength of feeling towards the nation, with many first and second generation migrants more likely to fight for the nation from which they came, rather than the one in which they reside.
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