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Reform UK pulls to within two points of Tories in latest YouGov poll (news.sky.com)

submitted 5 months ago by shish_mish@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom

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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

Well what makes someone a leftie? Because it seems we have different views on what that is and I'm letting you lay down the groundwork on that. I don't mean parties I mean as a concept. What cote views make someone left vs right?

Sure if you vote for a right party then I can see how that by definition can make you right. So if I vote right then yes I will be for the first time in my life right. (All other times I voted for a left party and I think my core right/left views are left. Just few exceptional views could override others and make me vote for a party that holds views I don't agree with).

In the Brexit vote I voted remain. What more can i say?

I didn't say reform hit all the boxes. You tried to convince me to vote for someone else and I asked why I should vote for them.

I voted for other left leaning parties in the past because of voting reform issues. As for immigration I think reform are talking about it more and the publicity on the issue is bigger. Therefore voting for reform does more for the immigration issue than any other.

I'm really struggling to understand what you don't get.