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[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Immigration is Reform’s one issue, and also what I’ve unfailingly see Reform voters cite as their only reason for voting

Starmer has been pushing immigration as an issue and modelled the party’s policy after Reform. He even gave a speech in which he invoked the most famous anti-immigration speech in British political history. Insiders have said explicitly that the strategy was to court right-wing voters in exactly the manner that you’re suggesting

2 years ago Labour won the general election with 33.7% of the vote. 2 weeks ago they got 20% of the vote in the local elections

2 years ago Reform got 14.5% of the vote. 2 weeks ago they got 31%

This is a party who have explicitly tried the approach that you’re suggesting and it hasn’t had the effect that you think it should. Instead it has lost Labour the support of core voters and given support to Reform by legitimising and reinforcing their platform

This real-world example is the opposite of what you’re claiming would happen

And it should be obvious - “the far-right are right about immigration, therefore you should vote for us instead” is never going to be a sensible message