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Jon B's avatar

Matt, it seems much of the criticism on the right stems from the fact you correctly acknowledge the big issues facing us - demographic replacement and the Islamification of Britain - but refuse to propose policies to address it. Halting mass immigration is not enough. You have attacked those who advocate for remigration for being extreme but without remigration how do we stop what you oppose? It doesn’t add up. It’s not extreme to suggest the Boriswave go home. They weren’t wanted, the British people voted explicitly against more migration in 2019. It’s only fair and reasonable to reverse the policies the British people voted against.

Lesley Snell's avatar

Matt is a member of Reform and as such has to stick with the party’s policies he cannot go off piste , that was one of the problems with Lowe .

The second point if more extreme policies are announced apart from the mixed reception they would get from the electorate , the gift it would be to opposing parties , what do you think the effect it would have on the immigrant population wondering who was going to be re migrated? It’s unlikely to be , ok then . It could in fact spark violence on our streets to a level we have never seen before .

Rupert can say what he likes because he knows he has no chance of forming the next government . He is cosying up with the Tories ( Google is Rupert Lowe meeting with the Tories) and I suspect in the way Ed Davey is sucking up to Starmer like mad, he is eyeing up the possibility of being in a Tory government if he has a few MPs to bring to the table .

We need to halt immigration especially illegal and deport everyone who should not be here . That will take some doing as there are millions of them, the ECHR has to be left, legislation amended , and we have to secure agreements and places to return these people to . That will be the work of the first Parliament . Then reassess and produce a manifesto for the second .

I stress this is only my opinion I do not have the ear of Farage or anyone else . But it would be catastrophic to over promise and under deliver the electorate have passed the point of being forgiving. We all feel impatient but must also be realistic

Countrywatch's avatar

A very good, well reasoned response

Ian's avatar

Excellent respone. And now I'm almost in shock. I didn't know about Lowe's meeting with Tories before reading your post. How could Lowe attack Farage for not being extreme enough, and then have serious conversations with Tories?! Even going so far as to say he was "open" to joining them!!! And the Lowe fan club think Reform are too close to the Tories. 🤪😄👍

Lesley Snell's avatar

Thank you. Exactly . Lowe is playing his own game . All about Lowe

Ian G's avatar

Very wise response Lesley. We have had substandard politics and a substandard country for 29 years. Even with significant talent and an enthused majority population, it will take 29 years to put it right. If Reform can deliver one key thing under each of the topics of (a) migration, (b) employment, (c) law and order and (d) integrity of the State, they will have achieved a great deal.

Lesley Snell's avatar

Thank you and ditto

Michael Clarke's avatar

Remigration isn’t on politically and it would be wrong anyway to deport people who were legally admitted to Britain (unless they are convicted of a serious offence). The public, rightly, would not support it. Much more important is to get a firm grip on current and future immigration and to combine it with serious programmes integrating the huge numbers who have come to Britain since immigration controls collapsed. The language problem could be addressed at primary school level without difficulty. I have known many cases where children went to primary school abroad without speaking the local language but were fluent in it in no time. I was at secondary school with a guy whose father was a long-serving ambassador in a non-English speaking country. His English was poor when he arrived (September) but by Christmas he was the same as the rest of us.

Lesley Snell's avatar

What you say is true but also means we will end up as a minority in this what will be Muslim country . White people are 10-15% of the world’s population and the group reproducing the least. With what is going on here. Europe and elsewhere , the day may dawn when we need our own “Israel” equivalent

Michael Clarke's avatar

It is not too late to ensure that the population of Britain is still British or sufficiently integrated to ensure that British values endure. The situation is retrievable if Reform wins the next election and acts swiftly, fearlessly and decisively as Trump did at the beginning of his second term before losing his way disastrously with Iran. The religious issue is another matter. I don’t understand Matt’s figures on the religious breakdown of Britain by 2100. As things stand, most of the European continent (bar possibly Poland and Hungary) will be majority Muslim societies by 2100. I made a comment about this a few days ago but Matt might not have seen it. As against that, there are some signs that Catholicism is making a comeback in Catholic Europe (following its collapse after the Swinging Sixties, Vatican 2, which replaced the Latin mass with the vernacular, a disastrous decision, and the endless clerical scandals of the last forty years) but I wouldn’t get too excited by that just yet.

Kevin Bennewith's avatar

If an immigrant was “legally admitted”, but does not adhere to British law and values, then they should be encouraged or mandated to leave. Remigration “isn’t on”? Many people have been successfully brainwashed to reject it. Those who live on social welfare, in social housing and make no effort to contribute, and in fact actively support Islam and Islamism, must be deported. They may not have committed a crime, but they are a negative to our society. Some laws and regulations will need to be changed. Anyone promoting Islamism MUST be deported. Integration is impossible with these people. Also bear in mind the principles of Taqyia and Kitman in Islam, which allows them to lie in the interests of promoting Islam. Islam divides the world into two, one is Dar al Islam (house of Islam) and the other is Dar al Harb (house of war) where Islam is in the minority. The intention is to make the entire world Dar al Islam. That is why they are here. It is called Hijra in Islam, emigration to western lands to increase the population of Muslims in western countries. I refer also to Gaddafi’s statement about Islam conquering Europe through the wombs of their women. Basically the intention is to out-breed and replace us. Read Camus “Suicide d’une nation”. “As things stand, most of the European continent (bar possibly Poland and Hungary) will be majority Muslim societies by 2100”. You assume that Islam will be allowed to continue invading Europe, USA Canada, Australia and NZ and the UK. If we won’t consider “remigration”, removal of those that are a net negative to the West, then the current rates of immigration and breeding will indeed give that result. We need to urgently change this public mindset against the principle of remigration. This must happen, or we will lose. What I have said above is what some of them tell us. It isn’t that they haven’t already warned us of their intentions.

Graham Dunn's avatar

Well said. My thoughts entirely. I don't believe Trump has made a mistake by attacking the evil Iranian regime. Destroying this evil ancient culture is essential for future world peace. This will not be without pain in the process.

Michael Clarke's avatar

Kevin, I’m neither brainwashable nor stupid. As things stand, the only chance of reversing current trends in Europe is through politics and elections. (I am very conscious of course that democracy in the EU is rapidly becoming a farce with election results unacceptable to Brussels liable to be cancelled but that is a problem for another day.) So, first things first. Reform needs to secure power, take a long hard look at the current situation in Britain and take things from there.

Kevin Bennewith's avatar

Michael, I didn’t say that YOU were brainwashed. Personally, I don’t believe that change is possible through politics and elections. The civil war has already begun, and the triggering event will only be seen by future historians. I think the event was the Rudakubana stabbings, and yes, we do have to try to change the prevailing narrative through politics and elections, but there are too many people in positions of power who are arrogant, who believe that they know and understand “Islam”, but really do not. The Saudis are appalled at us allowing the Salafis and Wahabbists to preach in mosques. As Matt Goodwin said, we have to change the entire ruling class and replace them with patriots.

Michael Clarke's avatar

Kevin, Fair enough, but remigration is such a bad idea I’d drop it. The public knows the score but they also know what is feasible and what is not. Arguing for remigration would knock “X” % off Reform’s voter base before breakfast. To win over the voters, Reform is going to have to be logical, reasonable and realistic. Nor would I bring emotive terms like brainwashing into any debate. I know exactly the difficulties Reform will have with the MSM and the Establishment during any election campaign (and with the machinery of government if it wins) so it must keep the debate on a non-emotional level. Not easy, admittedly, but that is the way it will have to be.

Roger Gambba-Jones's avatar

I can see your point to some degree, when you refer to the issue of sending back those who have used the legal routes to settle here. However, Matt has given us facts that I was unaware of.

I suspect many others outside of the areas referred to were equally ignorant. Our primary schools have been subverted into the places where the enemy within builds its power base. So even those allowed in to join us as citizens appear to have done so with ill intent and hidden malice.

They had no wish to seek a new life amongst those with values that give them freedoms and opportunities they only dreamed of before. No, they’ve have come to overpower, dominate and eventually conquer.

So even those who conned their way through our boarders and are now taking the fruits of that deceit at every opportunity as though they are our equals, must be sent back from whence they came.

Michael Clarke's avatar

I was aware of some of the information Matt has provided (to some extent in relation to Britain but also in relation to other European countries) but it doesn't alter the fact that repatriating people who came to Britain legally is not going to be possible except for those who subsequently commit serious crimes.

Kevin Bennewith's avatar

Michael, there are existing laws and regulations that could be used to make life very uncomfortable for people like these. Vape shops, barbers, car washes etc. Tax inspectors. Health and Safety. Social welfare Fraud investigators.

Michael Clarke's avatar

Undoubtedly, Kevin. Trump was onto something big by uncovering massive social welfare fraud involving Somali immigrants in Minnesota, so big that the Governor (Kamala Harris’ VP candidate) has pulled out as a candidate for another term as Governor. So, yes, the State (if it agrees to work with a Reform Government) has levers at its disposal to deal with criminality that could result in immigrants being deported. The numbers, however (in terms of serious criminality meriting deportation), while not negligible, would not be statistically significant.

N White's avatar

The boy you were at school with was presumably in a class full of English boys and not, as is the case in numerous towns in this country, in a class full of children whose first language is not English.

Michael Clarke's avatar

Yes, Irish boys, as it happens (with a few English from the diaspora), but that definitely made it easier. My point though is that at a young age and with the right supports, language is not a problem.

key thinker's avatar

Remigration is already legal and happens 20-30 times per year. Section 40 of the 1982 British Nationality Act allows the denaturalisation of those who have acquired British citizenship for any reason, even if it would make them stateless. This includes if it's "conducive to the public good" or if someone has committed fraud when acquiring citizenship. This is the treatment Shamima Begun received (who didn't even break the law, by the way), and if you look at polling at the time was extremely popular even among labour and green voters. This is also an executive power of the home sec, not needing parliamentary ascent to achieve. How is it conducive to the public good to keep the 30,000+ Islamists on the MI5 watchlist in Britain just because they or their parents came here legally and got a passport. They all need to go. If someone has come here and acquired citizenship or their parents acquired citizenship and they have since got a criminal record, they need to go. These are not extreme positions. This is civic nationalism, not ethnonationalism.

Tracy Hill's avatar

We need to be clear about what we mean when we say remigration. Do we mean remigration of people who've recently been given a UK passport? Or do we mean remigration of foreign nationals? The word itself would lead the electorate to imagine all non whites being rounded up and deported no matter whether they had a passport, no matter whether they'd been here for generations. As Lesley has already mentioned, this would turn the electorate off. If we're talking about foreign nationals here on work visas (or other) then I have no issue with that and in fact Reform have already said they'd look at everyone on a visa and if they're not net contributors they wouldn't renew their visas. So I don't really know what Rupert Lowe is asking for in terms of remigration that is different from Reform.

Michael Clarke's avatar

Exactly. If Reform goes down the robust road on immigration (as it must) it must be crystal clear about what category of illegal immigrants are being targeted and why. Reform must give the MSM and the "liberal" establishment no room for spreading lies and false news about its policy.

Frederick Dixon's avatar

No, I don't know either BUT I am certain that the Boriswave MUST be undone if we are to have a chance of remaining a majority in our homeland. If that means replacing all ILRs with renewable work permits ( remewed only if certain conditions are met) then I'm all for it. .

I'm also all for expelling all those who entered, or remained in ourcountry illegally.

I'm also all for offering dual nationals a bribe to relinqish their UK citizenship and leave our country As far as I know, this is no-ones policy at present, but it was proposed by the great Enoch and needs to be revived and vigourously promoted.

Tracy Hill's avatar

Yes the Boriswave must be undone so let's hope Labour stick to their promise of delaying ILR. I'm in favour of letting work visas expire and making those people return to their home countries. But even if we do renewable visas and remove ILR it at least means a delay to a passport. Because once you have a passport how do you get rid of people. Native Brits will become a minority anyway. It's inevitable due to birth rate of immigrants vs birth rate of natives. It can be delayed by deportations and halting immigration. The ONLY way to stop it is to increase the birth rate amongst white Brits. Hungary has tried similar and it increased briefly but only from 1.3 to 1.6, so still not the replacement rate. It's now dropped down again possibly due to the Ukraine war. Hungary made it financially very very attractive to have more children and still it didn't work. Unless we stop immigration, integrate those already here (very difficult and will take generations) and raise the white birth rate we will becomes minority.

Frederick Dixon's avatar

I agree. But I would add one thing more in our attempt to repair the growing gaps in the White British population - open our borders (!!)

but ONLY to our own diaspora, by which I mean English speaking people who are not presently British or Irish citizens, but derive their ancestry substantially from British subjects born in the British Isles at any time before WW2. (before WW2 to avoid the consequences of the ethnic catastrophe which began with the arrival of the Windrush in 1948).

In the nature of things, the vast majority of these folk would be Americans, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans. I have no idea how many would come, or how many would stay, but every addition would be welcome.

Frederick Dixon's avatar

Is it not Reform policy to revoke Indefinite Leave to Remain from all those who are not net contributors?

If not, it should be because if the Boriswave is not undone, we have no hope of remaining a majoriy in our own homeland - white British births in England and Wales are already down to about 50%, a process which the Boriswave has greatly accelerated.

Michael Clarke's avatar

That is not a practical option. A better way to address the problem is to make sure there are no more Boriswaves and to challenge multiculturalism robustly and replace it with integration. Easier said than done, you might say, but I don’t see any other option.

Frederick Dixon's avatar

"Not a practical option" because....?

Michael Clarke's avatar

… Reform would not get enough votes to form a government to implement it.

EppingBlogger's avatar

I am not sure your claims about what Matt has said (or Jon B) are accurate.

RL has a good chance of costing Reform a few votes and perhaps enough in a handfull of seats to prevent Reform getting a majority. I guess that would please you?

Lesley Snell's avatar

Are you replying to me ? If so your comment makes no sense I am a member of Reform and not a fan of Rupert Lowe

Kevin Bennewith's avatar

Farage and Lowe need to find a way to work together. Otherwise the necessary replacement of the political class can’t happen. We are also up against an entrenched civil service and a managerial class infested with woke people.

Countrywatch's avatar

I personally do not trust Rupert Lowe. It appears to me that Lowe is trying to bring down Farage, regardless of what is good for the country. I think NIgel Farage is correct in steering the course he has done.

Ian's avatar

👌

"The purpose of a system is what it does."

And the only thing Lowe is going to do is split the anti establishment vote which helps the Uniparty he claims to be against. He can't be too stupid to see this, but I suppose he just might be arrogant enough to think he really can magically take ALL the votes from Reform. He's certainly egotistical enough to not care either way.

I'm starting to think Lowe never liked Farage (he's never given Farage any credit for his (Lowe's) election as an MP) and only joined Reform with the specific intention of a "hostile takeover". 👍

Lesley Snell's avatar

Lowe is trying to do exactly that .

Lesley Snell's avatar

Lowe is working with the Tories. They have recently appointed him to the Public Affairs Committee due to their “shared values ‘

J Robinson's avatar

Interesting. I liked Rupert but think there is a good chance he will attract those quite a bit more extreme.

There are very many people here from minority groups that are well established and contributing, it would be a terrible thing if all got tarred with the same brush.

Ian's avatar

It's one of the left's tactics: say all immigrants are the same, and then use the good ones to justify all of them. (But it's definitely racist if anyone on the right says all immigrants are the same!) I think people typically use "immigrant" as shorthand for "immigrants who are here illegally and/or have committed crimes, and/or who have not integrated, and/or are not contributing (i.e. living on welfare, etc.) I don't know what word we can use instead, but "immigrant" does make it rather too easy for the left's "whataboutery". 👍

Ian G's avatar

Lowe is regrettably an opportunist. Who can name one famous member of his party aside from him. Charlie Downes seems to have disappeared.

J Robinson's avatar

I would support discouragement for them to stay by not giving permanent leave to remain or access to welfare and local housing .

Evola's Sunglasses's avatar

The Classical Liberals still have no solutions.

+ Reform has become a recycling bin for failed Torys and have completely lost their populist energy to the Greens.

Lesley Snell's avatar

I cannot agree with you . Reform has certainly not lost its populist energy, they are selling out huge meetings across the country and appealing to a completely different cohort of people than the Greens .

I regarded Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman as the best of the Tories , Farage would not accept failures. Everyone of any age has a political history so Reform must get its politicians from somewhere , and as Churchill said, who famously crossed the floor twice , a man who never changes his mind never changes anything .

Graham L's avatar

I wouldn't bother arguing any more with "Evola's Sunglasses", if I were you. He thinks the plural of Tory is "Torys" and that the plural of solution is "solution's".

Graham L's avatar

And he thinks "wouldn't of got" is some kind of English.

Penelope Lee's avatar

You are correct about the Reform meetings, I went to the one in Basingstoke on a dark Tuesday night. Was a sell out of 1,400 people of all ages and classes, Mr Farage got Two standing ovations and his speech was excellent.

Lesley Snell's avatar

I have only watched several on TV so far been unable to get to one . I can imagine the atmosphere is electric and Nigel is such a good speaker !

Countrywatch's avatar

I disagree. If you are a member of Reform, you receive excellent, weekly detailed summaries of all the activities, tours, news and achievements of Reform in the previous week, with videoclips, which do not lie. There is huge and ever growing enthusiasm for Reform's message. "Recycling bin for failed Tories" seems to me a tired message, which has failed to make any impact on the very many people who are moving towards Reform, week by week.

Kinsey Ashton's avatar

Are you anything to do with setting up a Restore new branch ? They will all be new but do you know if there is a criteria to follow or do you know where to go to save me from disaster. I agree with what you said to Matt, I bought Voices, Values, whatever, then found Substack and watched him change before my eyes each week. He is not redeemable, he submits for personal power. Gutted.

Tracy Hill's avatar

What do you mean by remigration? So you include UK passport holders in this or just foreign nationals? If it's the latter Reform have already said they'd make everyone on a visa reapply and then be denied if they haven't contributed.

Stout Yeoman's avatar

The establishment is trying to build a cordon sanitaire around you and Reform because you violate the "Ignorance is Strength" maxim of Orwellian doublethink. The last thing our elites want is an informed public that is no longer taken in by official narratives.

Your role in political life is important and your reach is growing - were it otherwise they would ignore you - so the brickbats will continue. See them as proof you matter in public life.

Jean Davison's avatar

The critics are running scared because the mood of the country is changing and people are, at last, waking up.

Ann Marie's avatar

I’ve been hoping for your response to the predicted criticism. Thank you. Typical deflection response from the left. I’ve booked to come to your event in Bath next month.

Wendy Collins's avatar

Where did you find out about Matt’s events? Is it to promote his book? Ive just googled but cannot find any info on his 2026 tour for his book or otherwise.

Ann Marie's avatar

It’s been put on by local New Culture Forum group - advertised by local Reform association.

Mrs Bucket's avatar

Best tactic here. Print a summary of the book into a simple leaflet. Print off a few reams. Get 50 friends at 25 commuter stations around London and hand them out 7am to 9am one morning. I've seen exactly this done to MASSIVE effect. Commuters 'grab and go', they don't stop to debate but once on the train, you have a captive audience, they read the leaflet and it really hits the right target. The reaction is huge!

Christine's avatar

Matt, the way I see it is that the vast majority of those who have or will buy your book, believe in you and what you are trying to achieve, and we trust you. It’s great that you are promoting and speaking about your book throughout the country because there are so many people who are not on X or other SM platforms, who are only just waking up. Please carry on with what you’re doing and ignore the critics “ ignore your enemies, it hurts them more” .

Evola's Sunglasses's avatar

What are his solution's, please?

Ian's avatar

Chapter 8: How To Save The Country. 😎👍

Colin Martin's avatar

I am looking forward to reading it Matt (my copy is on order). I have to laugh at the way the Left view statistics and the truth as 'divisive'; it makes me wonder what they would like to cover up in order to maintain social cohesion - mass rape by Pakistani clans for instance! The truth is everything, and it allows the public to make educated choices, but the Left wish to see all choice removed and the public reduced to the status of meek compliance.

key thinker's avatar

The White British are, as you identify, going to be a minority of births in the next 5 years. My children are destined to be a minority in their cohort in their own homeland. The non-White majority of their compatriots will never be net tax payers, as their parents aren't now. I am desperate for Reform leadership to recognise this with the seriousness it deserves, and respect the indigenous White population of Britain the way they respect the native Chaggossians' right to self determination or Israeli's ethnic' nationalism.

Jacqueline123's avatar

Thank you Matt on behalf of the nation, my grandchildren and future generations.

barbara jones's avatar

The truth hurts and the liberal left cannot argue with the facts.

Countrywatch's avatar

Yes, all they do is attack the person, targeting them with smears and untruths.

DJT has experienced this non stop but he is winning, and Nigel Farage also. What happens in the USA will (eventually) have a tremendous impact here, and it will be positive.

Change is afoot in the USA, but unfortunately we have an entrenched Uniparty, which seems intent on consolidating its grip e.g. apparent love-in of Davey with Starmer (and there will be others, including the Greens) plus deliberate, in my view, fomenting of division and unrest among the right by Lowe.

Elizabeth Swift's avatar

You have the woke lefties running scared Matt- bravo.

Hope my copy - ordered 19th arrives soon - can’t wait to dig in!

Andy Frayne's avatar

Amazon reviews of Matt's book are polarized with about 60% being 1* and the rest 5* (430 reviews) It appears that 1* reviewers (such as Dean Tillbrook - of whom 360 people found his review helpful) resort to last lines such as "It seems like another gammon upset everyone thinks he’s a joke" and do not give SPECIFIC examples of why the book only warrants 1*.

It's tempting to think that Matt has rattled cages at a remarkable rate - and as time progresses and more people actually read the book watch how the % of 1* reviews shrinks.

Exasperated's avatar

I'll make sure to leave a review after I've read the book, which I expect to wholeheartedly agree with!

Nick Doran's avatar

Well done with the book Matt. Keep shining a light on the uncomfortable truths that are destroying our country. The truths the liberal, left wing, liars deliberately ignore, let alone accept as evidence and facts. The vast majority, millions and millions of decent British people, no longer care about the baseless insults that at thrown at us. We have all had enough of being lied to and treated with contempt by an elite, who are supposed to govern and protect us, but do the precise opposite.

Exasperated's avatar

Hi Matt, just to let you know that I've had to pay an extra £1.50 on postage for my book. The label says the sender paid £1.80. Interestingly "SUICIDE OF A NATION" has been erased from the front of the package. Could this be leftie activists at the Royal Mail?

Donna's avatar

Oh, maybe that’s where my book is stuck! I got something from Royal Mail yesterday telling me I owe £1.50 for something. I bet that’s my book!!

Donna's avatar

I paid £5.99 for shipping though. If I pay a further £1.50, that will be an unacceptable £7.49 postage.

The Bee's avatar

Just coming back to this to say I’ve also now had to pay an extra £1.50 to RM as the postage wasn’t enough. Not impressed

Andy Wren's avatar

Mng, had same message. Weight was accurate, the address label had the title of the book inked out, and a yellow sticker requesting £1.50 for underpaid postage

Exasperated's avatar

I've just dug out the envelope from the rubbish and RM have ticked the weight of the package as being the problem. Have weighed the package myself and it's 364g and the postage paid is for a large letter at 228g. So NOT lefty activists at the RM after all! Hopefully Matt will sort this out at his end.

Pete Sutton's avatar

Same here – I thought it was just some mistake in the mailing dept rather than a leftie plot – who knows!

Jacqueline123's avatar

Strangely enough I have not received my copy of the book and I also received notice yesterday saying I had to pay £1.50.

The Bee's avatar

My book is stuck with RM too. I’ve not heard from them, but maybe that’s why.

Evola's Sunglasses's avatar

If only the Middle Class had listened to the 1 million (mostly White Working Class in Diversity areas) who voted BNP decades ago, we wouldn't of got ourselves into this civilisational mess.

I think those who were wrong then are still trapped inside the post 1945 Liberal paradigm and are wrong today.

We are moving beyond the old Left v Right paradigm.

Ethnic English people will want their own collective political representation. Particularly as the demographics get worse and worse.

Everything else is a sideshow or containment operation.

Mankind is tribal and White people are finding this out the hard way.