Reform ‘s ‘British ICE’ plan rejected by the masses

A YouGov poll has clearly shown that the majority of Brits would not take kindly to our equivalent of the US’ ICE agency. This comes as Reform UK announced that they would work to introduce our own force of thugs in the image of a violent, rogue anti-immigration force implemented by US President Donald Trump.

Pointing out that US ICE agents have been responsible for the cold-blooded murder of American citizens, Jimmy Giant has taken to X to underscore how unappealing Reform appear to be to the electorate.

Thankfully, many Britons will be relieved to see this poll. Fortunately, it reminds us that we haven’t sunk quite so far into the abyss as our pals across the Atlantic. Moreover, it signals that Reform leader Nigel Farage may have miscalculated the redeeming qualities of his love for Trump.

Far rights hateful hoodwinking isn’t working on the masses

Uh-oh, another incident highlighting that the billionaire-funded Reform have zero clue about what British people want, whilst underlining that Nigel Farage has nothing original to offer. Nevertheless, this makes it easier for voters and for the opposition, as we effectively have advance knowledge of what will come if Farage gets in. Thankfully, only a measly 11% of those polled would actually welcome thugs descending on our streets to attack immigrants and refugees.

Before we forget, let’s remind ourselves who those 11% are likely to be:

After seeing a number of violent and fatal attacks against US citizens, this brings huge sigh of relief. Nevertheless, we cannot underappreciate the power and influence that super-rich businessmen like Farage and co have.

But let’s take the wins where they show up, right?!

Jimmy isn’t alone in pointing out the overwhelming rejection of ‘British ICE’. Immigration expert Zoe Gardner posted on X that this underscores how overrepresented Reform, its representatives and its supporters are across the mainstream media:

This account on X warned that Reform would use its ICE policy as a punishing stick against all of us, not just the minority they’re currently scapegoating:

Reform work for themselves, not for us

Once again, the pompous, hateful right-wing party has been exposed as being completely out of touch with the majority of the population. This is welcome, of course. Especially as we aren’t short of real-life examples of Reform being completely inept. We wrote a piece as 2025 came to a close on their hypocrisy and failures underscoring how shallow their ‘pledges’ are in reality.

The announcement of Reform’s ICE policy, delivered by Zia Yusuf speaking for the first time as ‘home affairs spokesman’, would appear to have been received like a damp squib among the majority according to this poll.

We wrote at the time:

On 23 February, Zia Yusuf gave his first speech in his new role as Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman. Along with unveiling deepening US-style Christofascism, he also proudly revealed details of plans to increase his party’s already vile immigrant-bashing and Islamophobia to new heights.

This included a proposal to create a UK ‘Deportation Command’ modelled on the US ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agency. This agency would conduct ‘Operation Restoring Justice’, which would involve detaining ‘illegal’ immigrants in pre-fab structures before rapidly deporting them.

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Yusuf also voiced ambitions to institute a visa ban against six Muslim-majority countries. Likewise, he would also refocus the already hideously Islamophobic ‘Prevent’ counter-terrorism scheme against Muslims in the UK.

This X account underscored just who Reform work for:

It’s all performative right wing bollocks, Reform Ltd have embraced Trumpism.
@Nigel_Farage
doesn’t want a democracy, he wants a far right wing dictatorship for millionaires & billionaires.

If you’re neither of those, then you’re not part of their exclusive club.

Brits say ‘Fuck Off’ to Reform hate

This thankfully reassures concerns that Reform policies appeal to a significant proportion of the population. In contrast, it underscores the minority that these billionaires are attempting to incite to win votes. A minority which we saw last weekend have no problem whatsoever with being violent, in fact, they revel in it.

Making that transparent to wider public will work to maintain hope and perseverance in advancing socialist politics. After all, we are all united in the threats facing us. And they come in private jets with offshore bank accounts, not in a dinghy.

Featured image via the Canary