Reader's views on the various policies of Reform UK
They don't pay National Insurance twice, once here and once at home. That's it. And guess what? British workers posted abroad get the same deal. We've had this arrangement with the US, Japan, and others for years. Reform UK has a two-tier system of working conditions.
If you work under them as a civil servant in the council, they will replace you if you don't stop working from home. While if you work for the party, then you have the option of working from home, the difference is that one follows a Trump agenda, and the other doesn't.
The head of one of Britain's biggest fracking companies said fracking won't work in the UK due to 'challenging geology' - and in turn, won't bring down energy prices.
If the head of a fracking company can see fracking won't work, why can't Nigel Farage?
Finally, Reform UK's main policy is to stop the boat people, and that is to tow the boats back to France. Currently, the UK and France don't have that kind of agreement, thanks to Brexit. Even though that policy doesn't stop the boats from leaving the French shores, it's not a proper policy.
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