Labour is a democratic party – it says so in our constitution. Your vote is up to you; but if you’re thinking of voting for Reform, we’d ask you just to pause and consider:

• These are the people that brought you Brexit. In the name of patriotism, they have damaged our country’s economy. GDP is down 3-4%; exports are down 15%; the famous trade deal with USA turns out to be smoke on the horizon. This is why there’s not enough tax revenue for everything we’d all like.
• They lie to gain your trust. Farage recently used bogus figures about NHS to whip up antagonism towards people born abroad working here. Immigration is a net benefit to the nation, and enriches our culture.
• There are better ways to protest. Get involved in mainstream politics. Volunteer for community action or a charity. 
• They don’t deliver. The only local council where Reform/UKIP took control, they were promptly booted out next time. This is because their programme is based on prejudice, not on fact. 
• They are run by rich people, who want to dismantle public services, and their funding has been questioned. We can see what that is doing under Trump; and Putin just loves discord in the West.

Links for further information

The Office for Budget Responsibility report on effects of Brexit.

Paul Nowak, the TUC Secretary General, recently cautioned working people of the Reform agenda, as reported by the Guardian

Hope Not Hate are doing research into Far Right organisations, their funding and their activities – the Reform Party are a particular concern.

Reform’s murky funding, in Byline Times