Quite a a lot as it turns out and here is why.

For most Britons racism, fascism, and the accompanying ideologies are utterly abhorrent and an affront to the values that we as a country hold dear. These words evoke images of Nazi Germany – phalanxes of grey clad soldiers saluting their Fuhrer, members of minority groups being murdered and other unspeakable atrocities being committed against civilians in those countries under Nazi occupation during World War 2.

Many of us are extremely proud of our forebears who stood against (and in many cases gave their lives) to defeat this evil, oppressive dictatorship. In the early stages of the war Great Britain stood alone against vastly larger Axis forces who had decimated the other allied armies. The appalling way the Nazi’s treated those who they considered inferior (Jews, disabled people, non-Aryans and many others) has been well documented, was an affront to our forefathers, and remains so to us today. These are some of the reasons why we as Britons detest those holding these views so much.

So why is it that so many left leaning politicians (and their supporters) consistently use these terms to describe anyone who does not agree with their views? We only need go back to 30th September this year when The Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy made claims that Nigel Farage “Flirted with the Hitler Youth” an apparent reference to Mr Farage allegedly singing a Nazi song when he was a schoolboy. This comment was loudly and widely reported by mainstream media including The BBC and Sky News. Lammy subsequently retracted these comments when questioned on the BBC news by stating:

“I wasn’t at school with Nigel Farage. I don’t know what songs he sang at school”

In his conference speech, the Prime Minister stated Mr Farage and Reform “Did not love their country and were only interested in stirring division” before vowing to “Fight racist rhetoric with everything we have”. The Prime minister also described the Reform policy of scrapping indefinite leave to remain as “racist and immoral”.

Since these comments were made, senior Labour figures have half-heartedly tried to draw the distinction that calling a Reform policy racist was not the same as calling Reform voters racist. However, the message that the Labour spin department want to impart on the public is very clear – If you support Reform you are a racist. These name-calling tactics are those of desperation. Labour has lost public support and they grow weaker by the day, while Reform grow stronger – virtually every local election proves this point.

The Labour Party think they can distract the public from their disastrous policies, that are systematically destroying this country, by mud slinging. By using such phrases, they play to their own rapidly diminishing gallery, potentially influence masses of people who would not want to be associated with racism or fascism, and feed their own deluded view of the world. So how do we defend ourselves against these insulting allegations? Fortunately, the labels racist, fascist, and far right have now been so over used that they are becoming worn out. Ordinary people are starting to openly ridicule those who use them as being part of an elite who are completely out of touch with the reality of most people’s daily lives. In short, the public have become wise to the game and it is starting to backfire on those pursuing such desperate measures. The public rejects such abuse and prefers phrases such as “Not far right, but right so far”.

The responsible path for Labour, and the other minor parties to follow, is to stop using these labels when describing a legitimate political party who clearly represent the views of millions of Britons far more accurately than they do.

So next time you hear “racist” “fascist”, “far right” used by a politician, media commentator, or left leaning supporter while discussing Reform, or Reform policies consider this –

Any politically party employing the desperate tactics of levelling false allegations of racism, fascism, or being far right (such as those we are repeatedly seeing from this Labour government) have run out of both integrity and credibility. What’s more they are rapidly running out of time, and they know it.

Gareth Reese, October 2025.