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Has the Reform UK leader reached the limit of his influence in right-wing politics?

By saying the West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine, Nigel Farage has alienated Conservative voters who were considering voting for Reform UK, says Andrew Marr.

“You can’t appeal to [nostalgia for WW2] and have lots of candidates who think Adolf Hitler was a damn good fellow”, Marr says.

Andrew Marr joins Hannah Barnes on the New Statesman podcast. They also discuss the Tory gambling scandal and how Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives can limit their losses in the 2024 UK general election.

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[NotoriousWhistler]

The sweet irony of Reform UK having such a hard-line stance on immigration, but having an open door no vetting policy for entry to their own party is glorious.

[Autumn-kopr]

all the reform voters in the comments are mad and it is hilarious. half of reform voters say that the nazis in their party aren't really nazis, and the other half recognizes the nazis in their party, and thinks it to be a good thing

[watercolours]

This guy doesnt know what he's taking about, he's just projecting his own life

[yusaki]

If fascism comes to the UK, it will be under a teal blue arrow.

[OohTarquin]

Met Andrew Marr once . He was filming up a side steet in Bermondsey .Me and my little dog Bill accidentally walked into frame . I said hello to him, no answer but a filthy look . The cameraman was nice though . Marr got his girlfriend pregnant behind his wife's back . That's the type of man he is .😮

[m.ahussain]

Farage and his followers like to ignore the major contributions immigrants had done for this country.

[timjones]

Marr is steeped in Liberal left-wing BBC crap rhetoric! God knows why he's allowed a platform to spout from!

[garrburton]

I was under the impression they went to a vetting company and paid circa £140k for them to review candidates.
This as I understand it didn’t happen and they are currently in the process of going down the legal route……….🤔

[rsalt]

I build models and don't vote Tory of Farage.

[PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

I'm 70 and did the model Spitfire thing and Farage DOES NOT appeal to me. He is a vile chancer.

[ajw]

Farage sang Nazi marching songs at school and, given his love of Putin and Trump, would have been defending the beaches on DDay, not attacking them.

[macmachine]

Wife and I pensioner ex-liberals, watching the inevitable takeover of our philosophical baseline by alien ideas. And see our mainstream cultural institutions ignoring/sanctioning it. Guess that makes us nostalgia junkies.

[jennybyford]

He appeals to me because I lived in Bradford for 30 years and it’s a hole now

[bizarreabomination]

The only people I've seen praising Hitler lately are the "Free Palestine" crowd.

[thethemperoroftheholybri]

Source: trust me bro

Nigel Farage appeals mostly to Zoomers because he gives them something no other politicians give, he gives them a sense of pride and belonging

[mattyouds]

To me the vetting problem isn't relevant at all. The real question is why are those people attracted to that party in the first place? If you didn't try so hard to appeal to racists you wouldn't have to worry about vetting so much.

[robertmorris]

I voted reform, because my town has been taken over by immigration, I'm not racist but when you walk through the town and don't here English anymore, this is a problem, when people are more interested in voting for Palestinian than the problems in this country there is something wrong, the Polish people are pissed off with how the town has gone😢

[jbob]

This clip tells you everything you need to know about Andrew Marr.

[gerardhyland]

And that's the same country and people that allowed you to have a political programme isn't it

[ant]

No, they appeal to ordinary people who are sick and tired of what is happening to this country.