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muriel_volestrangler

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3. General disillusionment with existing major parties. A tendency towards xenophobia.

Reply to synni (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:55 AM

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The kind of thing that caused Brexit, though those who say they'll voter Reform are stupid enough to not learn the lesson of Brexit - that believing Farage's ideas would be better rather than worse is a recipe for failure.

Which pretty much parallels the USA, and its second election of Trump.

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