Matthew

British politics is absolutely pathetic. Labour are wrong to throw vile insults at Farage. But it must go both ways. Farage himself has said multiple times this year that Conservatives 'should be in hiding.’ Is that helpful language? No. It is not. I disagree profoundly with how the Tories governed our country. But that does not mean their MPs should be 'in hiding.' Obviously not. Politics cannot work if opponents are treated as enemies to be hounded. And I speak from experience. Reform tried to put me in prison on false allegations. If they’d succeeded, how do you think the Islamist gangs running our prisons would have reacted to me being put in the cell next door? How’s that for 'incitement'? If the tone of politics is to improve, then it has to apply to everyone, all the time - not just when it makes a good headline. Robust debate is welcome, vile personal insults are not. Play the ball, not the man. No wonder ordinary men and women are so disgusted with the state of British politics.