"Taking on Reform UK is the battle of our political age, but we shouldn't end up arguing on their terms, using their language. We need to wrest back control of the political megaphone that Farage brandishes and use it to amplify a Labour message based on the values we cherish and that the British people share. As Labour's deputy leader I would take the fight to Farage in a way that would energise our movement and expose the mendacity his populist rhetoric disguises."
"It was the most outrageous political announcement of my lifetime, raising the prospect of US-style immigration raids on homes and workplaces. The parents we meet outside the school gates, the neighbours we chat to on the street and the colleagues we share a drink with after work could be tracked down, arrested and disappeared. It is a disgraceful scheme cooked up by a man who is the love child of Margaret Thatcher and Enoch Powell."
Politics now requires winning both authenticity and attention. Labour has sometimes struggled to tell a coherent story about what is wrong with Britain and how to fix it, allowing Farage to set the terms and responding tactically rather than on principle. That inconsistency risks alienating progressive supporters and failing to persuade those drawn to Reform UK. Labour must confront Reform UK without adopting its language, reclaim control of the political megaphone, and present a values-based message that resonates with the British public. The Reform leader's deportation proposal threatens law-abiding settled residents and exemplifies the malice of populist rhetoric.
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