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Farage's Reform sets sights on Scotland and Wales in battle for Britain
Reuters ^ | Tue, May 5, 2026 | Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill

Posted on 05/05/2026 2:42:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

James Buchan, a former fisherman in the Scottish port of Peterhead, has swallowed his hostility towards Nigel Farage.

The 38-year-old's longstanding distrust of the populist Reform UK leader and Brexit campaigner has been eclipsed by his fears for the local economy, which he said had been hollowed out by decades of ruinous British government policy.

This week, he plans to vote for Reform for the first time, seeing the party's pledges to maximise oil and gas ‌production in the North Sea and restrict the access of European fishing boats as the best chance of reviving the town's fortunes.

"Some of the areas around here are starting to look like slums," Buchan told Reuters as he sat having his hair trimmed on the high ‌street, rising to point out boarded shops. "We need to find a way to get money circulating back through our economy."

Voters like Buchan are set to drive a surge of support for Reform this week in elections to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as local councils across England.

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1 posted on 05/05/2026 2:42:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

James, you really are giving up far too early.

Vote again for the liberals in charge. They just haven’t yet had the time to accomplish what you have always wanted them to do.


2 posted on 05/05/2026 2:58:47 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

This really is England’s last chance. If Labour does not get the full wipeout that is predicted it is truly over. Even at that it is probably way too late.


3 posted on 05/05/2026 3:23:49 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy
Even if Nigel Farage becomes PM in 2029, no way he'll be like Trump.

More like Boris Johnson probably.

4 posted on 05/05/2026 3:26:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Nigel is Pence not Trump


5 posted on 05/05/2026 3:51:25 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Right. Which is why Elon Musk said that Farage is not the guy.


6 posted on 05/05/2026 3:52:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Farage is a fraud.

Rupert Lowe is the real guy.


7 posted on 05/05/2026 3:58:40 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: Jim Noble

Yes Rupert Lowe is the guy but there are way too many squishes and 3rd worlders in England for him to be elected.


8 posted on 05/05/2026 4:22:01 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MinorityRepublican

Reform and all of the forces against the cultural invasion should begin in the rural counties in the north. Empty the small cities and countryside of immigrants. March south, two counties at a time.


9 posted on 05/05/2026 4:49:53 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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