‘Reform UK has poisoned Britain’s immigration debate by feeding voters a steay diet of fear, distortion and selective facts’
Nigel preys on our fear
Nigel Farage and Reform UK are poisoning Britain’s immigration debate by feeding voters a steady diet of fear, distortion and selective facts.
The figures are clear. Net migration has collapsed from 900,000 in 2023 to 204,000 in the year to June 2025 and is projected to fall even further.
Yet almost half the country wrongly believes it is still rising. That is the direct result of years of political scaremongering. Farage has built an entire career on finding outsiders to blame.
First Eastern Europeans. Now migrants crossing the Channel. Targets change but the playbook remains the same. The hypocrisy reeks. He helped drag Britain into Brexit pledging stronger borders, despite leaving the UK outside European return arrangements that tackled asylum claims. The disorder he exploits for applause was fuelled by the project he mis-sold to the public.
More is needed
Any help with the cost of living will be welcomed by families battered by Donald Trump’s reckless war with Iran, years of rising bills and endless economic shocks.
Rachel Reeves is right to act before pressures deepen further. Tariff cuts on daily essentials, freezing fuel duty and helping children travel for free are sensible steps in the right direction.
But nobody should pretend this goes far enough. Millions remain terrified about what lies ahead as energy bills threaten to surge again later this year, while mortgage costs and rents remain painfully high.
The Chancellor is right to move early, but if the government truly wants to shield working people from another brutal winter, bigger intervention will soon be needed.
It takes trio
Strictly Come Dancing has always thrived on fearless reinvention.
The BBC believe Emma Willis, Johannes Radebe and Josh Widdicombe can deliver, and Shirley Ballas clearly thinks Saturday nights will remain cha-cha-charming in their hands.
