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Given that the examples of Reform voters in the last couple of pages are purely myself and those in the video, and I have said that: a) I disapprove of the actions of those in the video b) The rest of us at the conference couldn't even see what was goung on and were cheering at the protestors'...

Of course not. I thought we had dealt with that.

There is a big difference between a heckler with something witty to say vs in this case just several people who wanted to shout about their pet issue.

The problem is that heckling is the lazy thinker's approach. They don't have to articulate their point, don't have to listen to opposing views and come up with responses ( or even acknowledge where another person has a point and adjust what one thinks about an issue). It comes back to, if you...

It is particularly striking that the operators above are ones where the authorities concerned have made a great virtue out of the greater state control of their operations/franchises, yet seem unwilling to adopt this very obviously public benefit.

Important to remember that other parties forcibly remove protestors, such as in this example from the Labour Party 2024 conference. (Link to https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2024/sep/23/rachel-reeves-protester-arms-sales-israel-labour-conference-speech-video

That isn't how the announcement frames it. It says 'Customers holding a valid ticket will be able to travel on another participating operator’s train, departing within 2 hours before or after their original cancelled service, using a direct or reasonable alternative route.' In any event, whilst...

It is interesting that the announcement refers to 'reasonable alternative route' rather than 'permitted route' which does reintroduce the concept of what is reasonable?

That would be detrimental to passengers in the increased fares which would result.

What is striking from this and a number of other comments above is how much those who, I assume would rightly be critical of stereotyping people and groups, are happy to do this when it comes to those they disagree with. How do comments like this fit with Suella Braverman or Sarah Pochin? How...

Robert Jenrick (whom, although I don't know him, I don't like much from what I see of him. He comes across as a posh public schoolboy who'd join in with the in-crowd in piling in on someone just to be part of the gang) was an idiot and profoundly mistaken to not condemn those involved with the...

To be clear, pulling someone's hair is clearly wrong. What I am however seeking to avoid is falling into the trap of an approach which assumes that the position of any political party on a particular incident stands or falls upon what one MP says, or that party members have to justify what they...

I think we're talking about two different sets of cheering. There was general cheering from the conference as protesters were removed. As said, the overwhelming majority of us were not even aware of any specific cheering at the incident in question. You are being selective in focusing upon...

To be clear, I'm not at all making excuses if anyone was attacked. That would clearly be wrong. I do also think it is wrong for protestors to disrupt any party's conference. If someone has different views then they should join a party and engage in debate, not seek to shut down another party's...

Bear in mind that I have a Nigerian son-in-law so I'm unlikely to be against all immigration. Your question is too broad. Where someone has leave to remain in the UK and has a long settled life here, it would be quite wrong to disturb that. That is a different issue to needing to make much...

Given I don't think you've met me....

Gosh, what can I say? I'd like to think I'm genuinely nice and genuinely intelligent.

Offal sounds like the name of a regulator for butchers.

I agree that ESOL teaching availability is an important part of the equation. I think that is a different issue to multiple public services offering interpreters which has the effect of disincentivising any need to learn English. 1789127681 That does have the effect of a number of people having...

Not another forum member, but I was travelling from Leeds-Kings Cross whilst my wife was going from Kings Cross-Leeds, and we found ourselves facing each other in train carriages in Doncaster.