Reform accused of 'money spinner' as party set to charge would-be Senedd Members £200 fee

Only the rich can apply.

Pay £200, we’ll give you the answers and you’re in. The questions are: Who do you love? White, English, English speaking ONLY people. Well done. Who do you hate? Even if they speaks perfick English, anyone who has the ability to speaks ‘foreign’, including Welsh, Scottish and Irish Gaelic and ANY language other than English and are caught in possession of a skin colour other than white and follow a religion other than the Church of England. Congratulations. You are the perfect candidate for us. You have passed our rigorous vetting procedure. Welcome to Reform UK. Your money has been cynically banked.

Who vetted Farage I wonder? Do Reform UK actually have a vetting system? If they do, it's as watertight as colander. There's been Reform councillors sacked for corruption even before they've taken up office. A disgruntled Tory councillor in Cornwall jumped ship and joined Reform UK, saw how it was run from within, was horrified after they said he had to sign a NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement, and then defected back to the Conservatives. A Reform Candidate was suspended after social media posts revealed his support of serial Paedophile Jimmy Saville. And remember, he was already vetted to stand. Recently a Reform councillor was arrested for making threats against Keir Starmer. And one failed to disclose after being elected to Westminster as a Reform MP that he was arrested 18 years ago for assaulting his girlfriend, and low and behold ,no further action was taken by Nigel Farage. Enough said.

The Lib Dem’s approval process includes an interview, exam, vetting and some training. Note the use of the apostrophe there. I wonder what the exam is like, warm up with basic facts about past party leaders, then an essay question on the advantages or otherwise of going into the Tory coalition in 2010?

Let me be clear, I deteste so called 'Reform UK' with a passion! That said considering the Tories charge those applying to be UK General Election candidates and the Welsh Lib Dems charge Welsh General Election candidate applicants for a clearly laid out process. I will reserve my judgment until I have seen what, if any, process there is. I don't know maybe I'm being too guarded in my approach, but I'd rather be accused of that than being an overly emotional male on his 24 hour cycle.

Sorry but it's a bit rich of Alun Davies to talk about "racist rhetoric" when his own party leader keir starmer disgracefully channeled Enoch Powell in a recent speech.

Assume that the "£150 for a full day at an assessment centre" will also apply to any muttonheads who are considering voting for this woeful Del Boy and his band of misfits and wackadoodles.

This surely shouldn't come as any surprise, given that Reform isn't a political party in the conventional sense, but rather a public limited company with but one majority shareholder. And public limited companies are in business, which of course involves making money wherever they spot a business opportunity. If they thought they could get away with it without putting people off, they'd probably want folk to pay a charge for voting for them!

Alun Davies quiet on the political levy that Labour politicians pay from their renumeration, we even had council finance departments collecting on behalf of party in past. In Labour handbook there is is a 2% levy on all allowances received for councillors.

If you're Welsh & live in Wales, why the hell would you pay to represent this bunch of English idiots?

Keep this filth out of Wales.