Reform UK like to wrap themselves in the Union Jack, but at the slightest breeze it is pulled back to reveal they’re clad head to toe in the Kremlin’s colours.
This isn’t hyperbole. From every word uttered to every act they undertake we can see they don’t stand up for forgotten communities. No. Instead, they seek the advancement of the theory that only might is right and to hell with everyone else.
Asked who he admired as a global leader it took no time whatsoever for the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage MP, to say “Putin” calling him a “clever political operator”. Not feeling like it was a job done, in a separate interview Mr Farage said that Ukraine and the West provoke Russia into invading. Then we have the comments made most recently by the Reform UK leader that president Zelensky should apologise to president Trump for not wearing a suit.
But this isn’t limited to one Reform UK MP. Rupert Lowe, the man anointed by Elon Musk to take the crown from Nigel Farage, suggested that president Trump has bigger fish to fry than Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A breathtaking statement to make.
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The eagled-eyed history buffs reading this piece will very quickly recall that Winston Churchill was often photographed entering the White House wearing his very less than formal RAF siren suit. For those not familiar with the photo imagine Sir Winston wearing overalls and being ready to fix a Spitfire at a moment’s notice. Now, Mr Farage and others may have the privilege of a Coutts bank account and the luxury of knowing that a Shahed 136 drone will not suddenly drop out of the sky on his home, but that doesn’t mean he has the right to tell a wartime leader what to wear.
Moreover, whilst Reform UK can pontificate about sartorial elegance, president Zelensky is having to battle-plan, consider the 12,600 civilian deaths of his fellow compatriots and an international world order which has been flipped on its head. I’m keen to remind Reform UK of the British Second World War advert which stated: “To dress extravagantly in war time is worse than bad form. It is unpatriotic.”
Anyone who tries to defend Vladimir Putin’s illegal annexation of Crimea or his bloody rampage in Ukraine isn’t standing up for Britain — they’re doing the Kremlin’s bidding. Whether through denial, excuses, or outright support, they appear to act not as patriots but as nodding dogs of war, obediently yapping along to Moscow’s tune.
Putin’s Poodles might claim to put Britain first, but their words betray them. When they parrot Kremlin talking points, undermine Western resolve, and call for appeasement in the face of Russian aggression, they aren’t serving British interests — they’re serving Putin’s. True patriotism means standing firm against tyrants, not rolling over to them for belly rubs.
When I drive around my constituency, I see Union flags flying proudly next to Ukrainian flags. Whether it’s from a church steeple, village hall or a slightly more ramshackled attempt of making them stand tall out of a hedge in front garden, South Norfolk residents are showing they stand with Ukraine. For they know that to stand up to a bully is pure Britishness. We cannot abide those who do not play by the rules.
So, we must call out those who use the sacred emblems of patriotism to further the racket of greed. They do not advocate for a Britain that stands proud on the world stage. Those individuals are interested in only one thing: power. Power without responsibility and they will do whatever it takes to gain it — including selling our allies and ourselves down the river to those who wish to destroy us.
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