'We simply do not need to go chasing up and down after the vagaries of the next ignoramus to become President of the United States" - Enoch Powell

I passionately agree with Enoch on this. I don't want to be ruled by Washington any more than by Berlin. Perhaps even less. I am very disappointed that the Reform Party have turned out to be neo-cons. Neo-conservative means pseudo-conservative. 

Matt Goodwin who stood for Reform and came second to a Green plumber in the Gorton and Denton by election is no Powellite. He accused the Green Party vice-president of attending a pro Iranian rally when it was a rally against an attack on Iran, complained that a leading Green politician said that Hamas did not commit any rapes on 7 October 2023 and so on. 

I cannot forgive him for making me defend the Greens but common sense on foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

I thought this worth quoting too. 'I can't take the gaslighting, guys. I really can't. Conservatives are now running around saying "Iran has been waging war on us for 47 years." Okay then why didn't any of you call for an attack on Iran at any point until now? Why didn't you make a case for Trump "ending the war, not starting it" until precisely the moment when Trump did it? You and I both know that you are latching onto a talking point you never used until 45 seconds ago. You and I both know that almost every conservative influencer in the business was opposed to war with Iran until just now.' Matt Walsh, an American conservative with common sense.