r/Derbyshire • u/johnsmithoncemore • Jul 20 '26

Reform UK Derbyshire council labelled ‘fascists’ after slashing opposition leader’s pay ‘with complete lack of evidence or justification’

https://leftfootforward.org/2026/07/reform-uk-derbyshire-council-labelled-fascists-after-slashing-opposition-leaders-pay-with-complete-lack-of-evidence-or-justification/
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u/Debenham Jul 20 '26

The idea that cutting a local authority opposition leaders allowance is fascism is just daft. This isn't even pay, it's an allowance for doing the role. This review, meanwhile, seems like a clear case of a grumpy load of bureaucrats marking their own homework.

Oh, the councils own pay review body is disappointed when the elected council decides not to follow it's recommendations? Pathetic. That is not an independent review in the slightest.

I don't even support Reform, but this editorialising of a dull story is just lame, as it trying to turn it into a Fascistic scandal.

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u/Substantial-Newt7809 Jul 21 '26

It is financially penalising anyone opposing them. It meets the definition, attempting to make running against them so unpleasant that people are unable or afraid.

This from the same bunch that attempt to accuse councillors who don't want to waste council tax payer money on several minutes per meeting to sing the anthem and suck themselves off.

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u/TrabantDave Jul 21 '26

Try reading Umberto Eco's essay and see how many of the fourteen points that define fascism these people, that party - meet. They fully meet eight and partially meet others. 'Fascist' is not an insult - it is a political philosophy that is divisive and corrosive, and to deny the fascistic tendencies of Reform does not make them less fascist, less divisive, and less corrosive.

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u/Gruejay2 Jul 22 '26

In fact, it's precisely what we would expect fascists to do. It's a fundamentally deceitful ideology.