Nigel Farage wrote an essay on Sunday, ‘Britain Is A Two Tier State – Against White People’, proclaiming a Reform government would repeal the Equality Act ahead of the by Makerfield by-election to correct this in order to prevent foreign nationals from benefitting from social housing. He would evict those currently occupying such properties, forcing them to move to private sector rentals.
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Britain would become a two tier state under Reform, one which pitches business against the people.
The Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 legally protects individuals from discrimination, unfair treatment, harassment, and victimisation in the workplace, schools, housing and public services fusing previously separate anti-discrimination laws (Sex Discrimination Act and Race Relations Act) based on personal characteristics:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
Women and girls in this country simply cannot be described as a minority group. The electorate should be very concerned about Farage’s policies especially given the wider context of Reform’s attitude to women.
Reform UK
Reform’s Danny Kruger would repeal laws which allow for a no-fault divorce and reinstate household taxation.
The Reform UK candidate for the Gorton and Denton byelection, Matthew Goodwin, called for childless women to be taxed more with a “negative child benefit tax” on “those who don’t have offspring” and “remove personal income tax for women who have two or more children”. He also wants to see fewer women in higher education.
These policies would make women more financially subservient to husbands. Women who do not have financial independence are much more at risk in cases of domestic violence.
‘Laddish banter’
Farage dismissed misogynistic comments and behaviour from Makerfield candidate Robert Kenyon as ‘laddish banter’, but Kenyon not only made the remarks in private; he endorsed a graphic sexual act at Carol Vorderman’s expense made by another Twitter (X) user on a post several years ago. Alongside a thumbs up and a laughing emoji, the plumber wrote: “He’s only saying what we’re all thinking.” It’s a worrying precedent for any fans of Farage’s other policies to think that it’s now fine to make sexist remarks in private and public.
We need the protections with the Equality Act
Removing legal protections against harassment would give laddish banter unrestrained opportunities to grow into something much worse.
Meanwhile, the Labour Party actually took practical steps to ensure healthcare for women reaches the standards expected of treatment for men.
The Labour government again gets on with listening to the people, going against the big tech business, by taking the social media ban for the under 16s seriously. Various groups, not just women, have suffered at the hands of bullying and misogyny on social platforms. Elon Musk won’t be happy about this!
Ridding the nation of a law which protects disabled people is particularly sinister.
Reform and Conservative MPs voted against the Employment Rights Act 2025 at every parliamentary stage during its passage through the House of Commons. This included:
- day-one rights for sick pay
- protection from unfair dismissal
- a ban on exploitative zero-hour contracts
Ironically, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) found that Reform MPs’ votes were against the wishes of their own electorate, as a substantial majority of Reform voters supported the government’s measures to strengthen workers’ rights.
Hope not Hate and the TUC conducted a mega poll in February 2025 which revealed that over 70% of people in the UK, from all walks of life, agree with making sure more people have access to sick pay when they need it, and banning zero hour contracts.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey described Farage as “the Enoch Powell of the social media age”.
“Farage is desperate to turn our United Kingdom into his version of Trump’s America. We can’t let him.”
More of the same. Farage’s policies are a bat in the corner not of the people, but a business strategy to ride roughshod over democratic rights in this country which apply to every citizen, regardless of race, including whites. The big businesses financing the party would be the main winners here, especially if they no longer had to provide timely access to sick pay and zero hours contracts.
