A Farage fan asked ‘Why do people find it so hard to accept the public really wants to vote for Reform?’, and got thoroughly schooled – 21 brutally honest assessments
There’s no denying that Reform UK have been the big winners of the local elections, with more than 1,300 new councillors. With many of the right-wing press acting like their publicity department, it’s hardly surprising, yet a glance at social media reveals that their success isn’t particularly popular.
A vote for Reform is a vote for fascism and misery.
— Sophie Molly (@sophiemolly.co.uk) 7 May 2026 at 14:31
very unpleasant to see this many people voting Reform, knew it was coming but still unpleasant to witness
— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com) 8 May 2026 at 00:54
Seeing Reform make these gains is vile and sickening in terms of what it says about our population
— Nicki Lygo (@drlygo.bsky.social) 8 May 2026 at 06:30
Over on r/AskBrits, Expert-Sherbert-1527 asked –
“Why do people find it so hard to accept the public really wants to vote for Reform?”
They added –
“We knew it was coming. The polls were clear. They’ve voted like this now and will likely do so at the next election. This is what people want and yet there is this kind of head scratching going on. Threads and comments appearing with sentiment like:
“why on earth would they do this?”
“don’t they know they’re being brainwashed by the right wing media?”
“don’t they know Farage is a grifter?”
“don’t they know they will lose the NHS?”
“why won’t the working class vote the way I think they should?”
At the same time we have a thread asking “Why is Birmingham most likely going to elect a man who was jailed for five years in 1999 for conspiring to bomb the British consulate in Yemen?”
So maybe, a lot of people in the country don’t like the way the country is going and they want change and they don’t think Tory’s (in for the last 14 years) or labour (currently in) are going to do it. Hell they gave them both a chance.
Is it really so hard to accept that people might want to vote for a candidate who is finally promising to give them want they want, even if they know he’s a bit dodgy?”
No prizes for guessing how Expert-Sherbert-1527 voted. Respectfully, if ‘people’ can’t accept that the public want to vote for Reform, then some of the public really don’t want to vote for Reform.
The question got a massive response, with these answers really standing out.
1.
It’s ok to want change. There are definitely issues with the current and recent political situation. For me the confusion is trying to get that change by voting for the very people that caused the problems in the first place, the architect of Brexit and the worst of the Tories. That’s not how you get positive change.
Nick_red_72
2.
Voting for foreign millionaire donations is the boggling one. Weren’t we against Boris’s cabinet having meetings with Russian Oligrachs. Or were we not against that, and I’m out of touch?
Beer-milkshakes
3.
I think the shock comes because Reform are genuinely a terrible option. They’re not even hiding what a catastrophe it would be when they get elected. But most people don’t really pay attention to politics, they get their views from the media they consume. And that media is uniformly owned by people who want Reform to get in.
Reform will be our MAGA.
Robstrosity
4.
Everyone wants something new and better. But reform aren’t new. These are failed politicians and criminals.
Redangle11
5.
Reform are polling around 25-30%. Which, historically, is pretty low for a ‘major’ party.
Most people don’t want Reform.
DukePPUK
6.
Reform are promising tax cuts and fixed potholes; every Reform council so far has raised taxes and has more potholes.
ElonMaersk
7.
It amazes me that people can’t make the basic connection that Farage is Trump for the UK, and that the only difference is Farage is more articulate and conniving.
-tekeli-li
8.
If you say –
“Ok, we are not in a great starting position, the next 10 years are going to require a lot of reform & won’t be an instant fix”
or –
“I can promise you a unicorn that shits Greggs Sausage rolls & patrols our beaches impaling asylum seekers”
the average voter will go “Well.. I do like the Greggs..”
Logan_No_Fingers
9.
I don’t find it hard to accept that people want to vote Reform, I don’t even find it hard to understand why. It’s just very sad watching people vote against their own best interests.
PorFavorNoMore
10.
If people were disappointed with the Tories, why would you vote for Tories 2.0?
The worst legacy of the Tories is Brexit, and that was spearheaded by the guy in charge of Reform.
HighandMeaty
11.
It’s difficult to see so many uninformed people vote for a party of clear as day grifters that don’t give a fuck about anything except lining the pockets of themselves and their pals because they’ve run an unbelievable campaign of “The people that ran the country for near 15 years and ran it into the ground aren’t the problem. Brown people are”.
Sumbitagear