Voting has proven time and again that the most racist parts of the UK are the ones with the fewest ‘foreigners.’ London is one of if not the most multicultural areas in the UK, it shouldn’t come as a shock that comparatively speaking RUK hasn’t gained much of a foothold.
With respect that isn’t true. Racist candidates have always done better in areas with high levels of immigrants and ethic minorities than in areas which are predominantly white British.
Just look at where the BNP has had electoral success in the past, it wasn’t the prosperous and white dominated Home Counties it was in industrial areas with high levels of poverty and ethnic minorities.
For example Nick Griffin was for many years MEP for the North West of England, not Surrey or Devon. At one point the BNP were the official opposition on Burnley council, Burnley is 20% ethnic minority.
The BNP has actually won a London Assembly seat in the past. London has some of the highest, if not the highest, social inequality in the UK, it should be very fertile ground for racist politicians to exploit. And yet despite that Reform UK does very badly in London relative to the rest of the country. In the general election in July I think Reform UK received 8.7% of the vote in London, which is not much more than the 7% (I think) they received in Scotland.
And as I have pointed out the SNP don’t operate in London so I am not sure why TJ gives them so much credit for the lack of Reform support in Scotland.
