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John,

You can feel the frustration everywhere. People aren’t just unhappy. They’re tired of being squeezed and ignored.

That’s the backdrop to HOPE Not Hate’s huge new poll of more than 11,000 Reform UK supporters. And the headline isn’t what Farage wants you to think.

Reform’s rise isn’t being driven by hate or a sudden obsession with borders.

It’s being driven by anger at how unfair life has become. People are fed up with soaring bills, flat wages and services stretched to breaking point. And they’re rolling the dice (again!) because the mainstream keeps letting them down.

But into that frustration, one convenient story keeps being pushed: blame immigration.

It’s been the go-to distraction for years. Yet every crackdown, every “tough” policy, every new headline has solved nothing. Because immigration was never the cause of these problems.

The truth? Limiting immigration makes people poorer. It cuts the workforce, drains the NHS, and weakens the economy. It doesn’t fix wages. It doesn’t rebuild public services. It doesn’t make life easier for anyone.

So why keep selling the lie?

Because it’s easier to point anger at those with the least power than confront those with the most. It’s easier to blame people fleeing conflict than explain why millionaires pay less tax, why public services are collapsing, or why wealth keeps flowing upwards.

And this is where the real danger lies.

When Labour or the Conservatives echo Farage’s framing, even a little, they aren’t stopping the rise of the far right. They’re helping it. They’re validating the idea that immigration is the problem. They’re shifting politics onto ground where rights are eroded and scapegoats replace solutions.

Meanwhile, the wealthy donors bankrolling Reform UK get exactly what they paid for. A political debate that focuses on the powerless, not on them.

The polling makes something else clear. Most people drawn to Reform aren’t driven by hate. They’re driven by frustration, with inequality, insecurity and a system that no longer works for them.

And none of that will be fixed by tougher borders or policies that make integration almost impossible.

It will be fixed by tackling the real causes of anger. Unfairness, falling living standards, and a democracy that feels out of reach.

People don’t need someone to blame. They need someone to fix what’s broken.
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All of this points to a deeper issue. People aren’t losing faith by accident, they’re losing faith because the system is built to ignore them.

When votes don’t translate into representation, when wealth shapes decisions more than voters do, and when lies travel faster than truth, frustration becomes inevitable.
* That’s why fixing our democracy matters. Not as an abstract idea, but as the only way to give people a voice that politicians can’t afford to brush aside.
* It’s why tackling disinformation matters. Because a society drowning in falsehoods becomes a fertile ground for fear, division and scapegoating.
* And it’s why exposing dark money matters. Because when politics is funded in the shadows, the outcomes always favour those in the shadows.

Rebuilding trust means changing the rules so that power flows from the public again. Not from wealthy donors, not from unaccountable networks, and not from those who profit from division.

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Best,

Conor

Conor McKenzie

Digital Engagement Manager, Open Britain
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