Are Nigel Farage’s actions costing Reform support from members of the public?
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‘Harder the Left push their left-wing agenda the more likely the Right will win the next election’
Regarding your story about Nigel Farage being pranked into praising Lostprophet paedophile Ian Watkins and a Canadian far-right group for cash (Metro, Thu).
Someone called John Smith paid the Reform UK leader £98 for the Watkins video on the Cameo website, on which people will leave personalised message for a fee. ‘I used to wonder whether there was any limit to what Nigel Farage would do for money,’ Smith said.
Does Mr Smith not realise that such ‘stunts’ will just drive more people to vote for Mr Farage?
People are smart. They know what Cameo is. Farage likely puts out 20-plus messages at a time. He isn’t going to research each and every message.
Mr Smith acting like his own stunt is the ‘smoking gun’ that finally means people now couldn’t possibly vote for Farage will just be seen for what it is – just another cheap stunt.
It only serves to galvanise people to realise that there is an agenda to stop Farage and so people will therefore turnout and vote for him.
The harder the Left push their left-wing agenda, the more likely the Right will win the next election. Did no one in the UK learn from what we witnessed in the US in 2024? Kevin, Lewisham
Is Rayner ‘out of touch’?
Labour’s former deputy leader Angela Rayner is warning that the government’s proposed immigration reforms are ‘un-British’ (Metro, Thu).
Considering that an ever-increasing majority of British people consistently want all immigration to Britain controlled and reduced, and all illegal Channel crossings permanently stopped, Rayner’s intervention reveals she is yet another tin-eared and completely out-of-touch politician. Stefan Badham, Portsmouth
Is Trump ‘modeling himself’ on Putin?
Raj (MetroTalk, Thu) praises Donald Trump and the US for its war on Iran by being ‘bold enough to stand up against evil regimes’.
It is quite clear that the US president admires his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and, since taking office for a second time, has decided to model himself on him.
Trump has surrounded himself with sycophants who agree with everything he says, his supporters are gradually taking over the Press so that soon he will have total control over what the US public sees and hears, and he acts like a schoolyard bully, threatening anyone who disagrees with him.
Trump is doing everything within his power to stop free speech in the US and I suspect he will now do everything within his power to hold on to the presidency. Sound familiar?
It is very unfortunate for us all that Trump ‘is taking a global view’ as Raj describes it – as now the whole world is subject to his megalomania.
Unlike Putin, Trump is not smart. His acts are impulsive and not thought out – as demonstrated in Iran at the moment. He is not in control but does not have the intelligence to recognise this. Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu and, behind the scenes, Putin, are now deciding how this war will progress. What has happened in Gaza is now being repeated again in Iran and Lebanon.
All Trump has achieved is helping Netanyahu achieve his ‘40-year dream’ of annihilating his enemies, while the closing of the Strait of Hormuz has enabled Putin to continue to fund the war in Ukraine. Putin must be overjoyed by Trump’s stupidity.
A common trait of a bully is to target those who are perceived to be a threat and Trump has certainly been targeting Sir Keir Starmer of late.
While I have no time for Starmer and his government, I am glad that he has had the courage (finally) to stand up to Trump.
Let us hope that he continues to do so and we are not drawn further into this dreadful conflict. JD, London
Trump’s followers need to ‘realise they are following a sick man’
Think Donald Trump cannot sink any lower? Wrong! During a press conference with Speaker Mike Johnson he announced, with a smile, that a congressman would be dying in a few months.
This was private information about a very ill man, Neal Dunn, something the US president had been told in the strictest confidence.
You could hear the shock and disgust go around the room. When will his followers realise they are following a sick man? Mick, West Midlands
Should bank notes actually have comedians on them?
Well done to Myra (MetroTalk, Thu) for connecting the introduction of animals on bank notes in place of historical figures with a comment on climate change.
Even I would have struggled with that one. But, wouldn’t it be great to have comedy characters on the notes?
Imagine looking at the likes of Inspector Clouseau, Mr Bean and Basil Fawlty as you parted ways with your cash? A great big smile on your face as you become less well off. A feat in itself, is it not? Dec, Essex
‘Postmasters are still scandalously awaiting compensation’, says reader
Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to spend £2.5billion on developing the UK’s computing industries (Metro, Thu).
I’m sure on paper it could be the super-boost our economy needs but how many postmasters are still scandalously awaiting compensation from a previous ‘wonderful’ computer development that saw them wrongly accused and in some cases convicted of fraud?
What is still owed to them should be paid in full before Reeves commits new money to her venture. Terry Cole, Putney
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