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The right (Conservative) and far right (Reform) parties both say they will abolish low-emission zones and other measures to reduce pointing traffic.

They made it into a culture war topic.

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The amount of wailing about this was unbelievable. London is a terrible city for driving in in the first place, and the idea of 10% of them having to change cars provoked totally absurd responses.

We're going to see the same when EV-only mandates, true zero emissions zones, start appearing across the next decade.

The right latches onto anything where a small minority are upset and amplify it. They are the ultimate rage baiters.

Somehow I don’t think that is the exclusive domain of the Right.

It is not, but all they have to offer.

Reform are latching on to anything to detract from the 5 million pound "gift" to Farage from a crypto billionaire, Christopher Harbourne..

Cultivating a voter base that consistently acts against their own interests seems to be a winning strategy.

Surely you're talking about all those people who voted the dirty heavy industry across the oceans where they can't even regulate them, as if we don't all share the same space rock.

It's madness but I hope abolishing ULEZ will have little impact at least for London - people who already drive modern cars will not start suddenly replacing them with older more polluting ones.

Fact check, the conservatives want to block the expansion into outer London. Reform wants to end them all.

Ironic, considering it was Johnson that started it before Khan "took the flak"

Conservatives flipped on multiple of their policies after Reform's success on local election in 2025 and started to copy Reform UK. Even the Labour shifter right after 2025.

How's Reform UK Ltd. done since then? They've lost 2 by-elections and beaten a bin. Sterling job I guess if you listen to any of their members.

They dropped a few points in pools but for Conservatives they likely will be the main competitor - among Reform UK voters there are much more former Tory voters than former Labour voters.

They're polling at parity with the party in government...

https://www.pollcheck.co.uk/gb-polls

Bloody Sadiq Kahn and his militant sharia ulez improving the health of forriners. /s

You joke, but of course...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/01/fake-tweets...

Reform is not a far right party. It is important not to polarise.

What is it, then?

Reform is a textbook far-right party, I'm not even sure why you'd try to argue otherwise.

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