Reform predict – or threaten

Many see Reform UK as a toxic party which preys on people’s worries to promote division. Now, one of their MPs is talking up the idea of the most divisive outcome of all – Civil War:

Reform and civil war

Sienna Rodgers conducted the interview with Kruger for Politics Home. Noting that Kruger is good friends with Dominic Cummings, Rodgers wrote:

Cummings has warned that Britain is sliding towards civil war, claiming that we are “only random viral posts away from riots and prairie fires getting out of control”. Does Kruger agree?

“Yeah,” he replies. The left portrays Reform as “rabble-rousers” who incite division, which could become violence. “The total opposite is the case. The only chance of unity for our country is Reform,” the MP continues. “If we don’t win, or if we win and then make a mess of it, I do fear for our country.”

Let’s be real; when politicians talk up violence like this, they’re doing it to rile up the most agitated elements in their base.

People responded to Kruger as follows:

Rich men’s wars

The piece from Sienna Rogers is worth a read, anyway, featuring stuff like the following:

His own attention is geared towards the Civil Service, which will see a major headcount reduction under Reform plans. Kruger sets out a private sector-style vision: more people brought in from the outside; ‘high-flyers’ better-paid, with a performance-related element; some recruited for short periods, say six months, to work on a specific task.

Reform will prioritise “people with actual domain expertise” over “these posh generalists who float about from department to department making policy at the moment”, says the Eton-educated MP some would describe as a posh generalist himself.

Why is it always the rich who talk up wars they know they won’t have to fight?

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