Chameleon Magazine

Good Morning Britain appears to have got its knickers in a spectacular twist over Reform this morning.

You could be forgiven for thinking the rest of the planet had closed for maintenance.

It seems Good Morning this morning is getting its knickers in a twist of Reform. It seems their party to hate has upset them by doing what every government party does, manipulating the system to get what they want.

But the real thing is their obsession with it all, why a show like Good Morning Britain is getting so upset about the Reform Party. 

It’s as if the whole world just stopped and there is absolutely no other news that precedence. No mention that our government who want to stop oil production in the North Sea are quite happy to open up oil fields in the Falklands.

You would think they would be flabbergasted at this but it seems that Reform is the most important thing since sliced bread. 

All of the parties are guilty of cheating the system, with Labour Party taking gifts, lords being far too friendly with pedophiles, another MP failing to pay her taxes, and someone buying a house for his duck. In the past they are all guilty of fraud of some terms. 

Watching parts of the British media whenever Reform gets itself into trouble is becoming fascinating.

Every possible attempt to manipulate the political system becomes a matter of national importance.

The problem is that British politics did not invent questionable behaviour when Nigel Farage arrived.

Westminster has spent decades producing expenses scandals, questionable donations, undeclared interests, tax controversies, lobbying rows, peerage disputes and politicians discovering remarkably creative interpretations of what constitutes legitimate expenditure.

We have previously managed to live through an expenses scandal that included a claim involving a duck house.

Yes, Britain actually reached the point where political accountability involved discussing accommodation for somebody’s ducks.

But Reform turns up and suddenly the media behaves as though it has discovered political impropriety for the first time.

🚨 Meanwhile, Somewhere 8,000 Miles Away…

There is another rather interesting story developing.

The British government has committed itself to issuing no new licences to explore new North Sea oil and gas fields.

Meanwhile, around the Falkland Islands, the Sea Lion oil development has moved ahead, with the Falkland Islands Government approving development and Britain explicitly supporting the Islanders’ right to develop their natural resources.

And today Argentina is threatening tougher sanctions over oil development around the islands.

You would imagine that might provoke a fairly interesting discussion on British television.

Perhaps something like:

“So Britain doesn’t want new oil exploration around Britain… but supports oil development around British territory in the South Atlantic?”

There is the rather magnificent political contradiction of Britain discouraging new North Sea exploration while defending the right to exploit hydrocarbons thousands of miles away.

Strangely enough, constant obsession may eventually help Reform rather than damage it.

Because every time broadcasters devote enormous amounts of airtime to them, they reinforce Reform’s central political message:

the establishment is terrified of us.

Whether that claim is fair or not almost becomes irrelevant.

The television coverage supplies the pictures for the campaign advert.

Meanwhile, Argentina is rattling the cage over the Falklands, oil development is moving ahead in the South Atlantic, Britain is restricting new exploration in the North Sea, the government has enormous economic problems at home…

…but apparently the most important substance being drilled for this morning isn’t oil.

It’s another Reform headline. 📺🛢️🇬🇧