Reform UK is suggesting that certain outcomes should be concentrated in areas based on how people vote. Ok, let’s pretend it’s a good, workable idea for a moment. But flip it around on Reform-voting areas of the country, because the country wasn’t divided enough by The Brexit Party, it seems.

So let’s imagine a Britain where national policy is no longer national at all, but conditional.

In Reform-voting areas, they will no longer be protected by human rights written into law, including: the right to life, protection from degrading treatment, access to a fair trial, freedom of expression, or respect for family life. Any areas that don’t vote Reform will keep all of those rights protected by UK and international law.

In Reform, also known as The Brexit Party, voting areas will bear the brunt of the effects associated with Brexit. So the slower growth will be pushed on their areas first; businesses in their areas will not be allowed to trade with the EU; they will not be able to use labour from outside the UK, even during shortages; higher prices will be balanced to hit those areas to alleviate others; and people in their areas will be excluded from programmes such as Erasmus or Horizon.

In Reform-voting areas, they will not have any green energy plants of any kind built on their land. However, when cheaper green energy is available, they will not have access to it. They will instead remain reliant on other energy that is susceptible to world events, as we’ve seen with the USA/Iran war. Rising energy bills will be balanced to rise more in Reform areas and less everywhere else.

In Reform-voting areas, young people will have their minimum wage reduced in line with Farage’s idea, while everywhere else they will keep pace with national minimum wage levels. These young people will not be able to apply for jobs outside of their areas.

Access to NHS services will vary by postcode. If you live in a Reform-voting area, you must pay your health insurance to Reform-advised private insurance companies and have proof in order to access NHS services. You can only receive care that services in your area provide. If you do not pay a private insurance company, you are not entitled to healthcare, unless you live in a non-Reform-voting area.

Finally, you pay a premium in your area on Council Tax for initiatives such as putting up flags or to pay for a bank holiday on St George’s Day. Or you could decide instead to reduce public services to pay for these initiatives in your area.

This is, obviously, a thought experiment. But it highlights how stupid and unworkable Reform UK’s ideas are when applied to pretty much any area of governing the country, other than punishing people they don’t like—especially if they or their parents were not born in the UK.

The reality isn’t about any single policy. It’s about whether a country can remain cohesive when rights, opportunities, and services depend not on citizenship—but on electoral geography.

Written by Peter Corr,
Co-founder, National Rejoin March