Farage bemoans ‘miserable’ Rachel Reeves amid call to ‘reindustrialise’
Nigel Farage has said he is on a mission to “reindustrialise” Britain, as he accused the Government of having a “miserable” and “declinist” attitude.
Speaking at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London, the Reform UK leader said that the country needs to achieve a “180 shift” in its attitude to achieve higher birth rates.
He also claimed on Tuesday that the right-wing of politics in the UK “is not split”.
Taking questions from Canadian psychologist and political commentator Jordan Peterson on stage, Mr Farage told activists: “The right is not split in this country.
“The Conservative Party is not on the right in any measurable way.”
Immigration
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch spoke at the conference on Monday, when she pledged her party was “starting the largest renewal of policy and ideas in a generation”.
She claimed western civilisation itself is “in crisis”.
Mr Farage said: “Fourteen years that caused the highest tax burden since 1947.
“Fourteen years that saw mass immigration – legal mass immigration – on a scale hitherto never even dreamt of.
“Fourteen years that saw illegal immigration, small boats crossing the Channel, and the Government completely incapable of dealing with it because they couldn’t face up to what membership of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was all about.
“And fourteen years that saw net zero enshrined into law by a Conservative government, and Boris Johnson and Theresa May as evangelical about net zero as the current (Energy Secretary) Ed Miliband.”
Reindustrialisation
The MP for Clacton in Essex later added: “Our platform is to reindustrialise Britain.
“We’ve closed down our steel industry.
“We think closing down the steel industry is good because it means our national CO2 output is down.
“All that happens is the plant closes in Redcar, the plant closes in South Wales, it reopens in India under lower environmental standards, and then the steel is shipped back to us.”
Turning to birth rates, Mr Farage told Mr Peterson he “may not necessarily be the best advocate for monogamous heterosexuality or stable marriage, having been divorced twice”.
He said “what underpins everything is our Judeo-Christian culture” and continued: “Of course, we need higher birth rates, but we’re not going to get higher birth rates in this country until we can get some sense of optimism.
“And we need a complete 180 shift in attitudes.”
Mr Farage said: “I mean, God, doesn’t (Chancellor) Rachel Reeves make you want to reach for the cry tissues.
“It’s all so miserable, it’s all so declinist. Frankly, the Conservatives have been no better. We need a change of attitude in Britain.”
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Did Nige just say that Thatcher was a disaster?
Ah, farage, a diseased well of idea’s like brexit and don’t like em foriners. He will never fix anything, his handlers wont allow him and we have his previous in ability.
Really need to look at who ARC is and what is involved there. climate science denial is pretty big and funded by the usual suspects and a few thread if tugged pop up the usual suspects in the US. Legatunm in there as well, you know, gbeebies funder.
https://kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/democracy/arc-behind-the-vision-for-a-better-world/
Click your fingers and suddenly we are a manufacturing powerhouse again. Why has anyone else thought about that?!
Ironically we have lost so much capability and expertise, we would have to recruit almost exclusively from abroad to recover particular industries. Which might not suit Nigel’s migration views!
Farage “The Conservative Party is not on the right in any measurable way” – if he really believes that Badenoch’s Tories are basically left wing this is yet another example to prove just how extreme and far-right are Reform UK.
The Tories left us with the highest tax burden since 1947, the highest welfare spending in history, the highest NHS spending in history and immigration at an all-time high. What makes you think they were right-wing?
Because their sitting MPs queue up for presenting roles on GBeebies who love them? Is that a left wing station?
And yet the Nazi’s wanted to shame and eventually do away with the disabled. So we have Labour to the right of that also. Nigel Farage’s Reform will be made to repay any claims they reject, Labour current push for anti disability reform will also fail. Because it discriminates. One day you may end up needing support and know that there are many out there that would willingly support you. If any of them were serious about supporting disabled people into work they wouldn’t make work life such a hostile and toxic environment. Doubtful that Farage and co would understand… Read more »
Oh my word ! First time ever I’ve agreed with something Nigel Farage has said , I think all Reformer’s should go away and increase the birth rate !
Now, I know the it is notoriously and hilariously difficult to get a straight reply from The Farrago, even to the questions he wants to answer, but… in what exact (if he does exact?) ways does he differ with Reeves’ policies, and why? does he agree or disagree specifically with the Labour Government’s crazy and misplaced reliance on the private sector to create ‘growth’? can he accurately explain how money works in the real world? I would have thought he’d back Labour’s unsustainable stupidity to the hilt! Trouble is, Nige thinks he’s living in the 17th Century – all buccaneers,… Read more »