@sophiasmithgaler: Reform want people to go to prison for campaigning in languages they don’t approve of. That’s plainly discriminatory - and they’ve already managed to fumble the amendment so much they’ve said they’re going to rewrite it. Thanks to Josiah Mortimer at @bylinetimes for interviewing me, you’ll see my detailed take in that original piece. When the Conservatives tried to table a similar but less strict amendment months ago, it was immediately voted down at debate for how ridiculous it was. It looks like Reform are trying to do it again - and it’s important you question why they want to table an amendment that already got voted down. What’s the plan here? For my wider thoughts on multilingualism and language diversity - which demand nuance and your attention span surpassing this video - they’re all in my book!!!

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thomw1994
Thom 🐧 :
To be fair, Reform struggle terribly with their own native language
2026-07-15 14:10:39
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sin8red
Sin red :
Reform forget to add German to the list of languages in the uk
2026-07-15 21:13:47
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calvkerr
calvin :
insane, how are we even allowing this to be CONSIDERED
2026-07-15 12:44:12
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shoeuh
shua shua :
Morse code?
2026-07-16 00:33:42
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food.in.mouth
Al :
Welsh will be next
2026-07-15 12:46:07
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css093
user1703421013755 :
Is this serious?
2026-07-15 18:03:18
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thebestginger003
scarlett:) :
I know and understand that right NOW it’s just campaigning, but it WILL turn into fully banning it, and we cannot assume that it won’t.
2026-07-15 18:34:49
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tyson.l.holmes
Ty 🇬🇮 :
The talk of banning languages is giving serious Franco-era Spain vibes. He also believed life should happen in the 'right' language. Linguistic nationalism has a history...
2026-07-15 18:15:17
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saintbobhead
Bex🇪🇺☕️ :
I hope this is what breaks them if the Count doesn't manage.
2026-07-15 23:00:37
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dinkypeen
dinkypeen :
yet again scots and gaidhlig being suppressed and ostracised by westminster. history continues ro repeat itself, our time is coming
2026-07-15 14:40:12
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courtcourtcourtcourtc
court :
I hate them so much
2026-07-15 14:01:20
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msjaytee75
MsJayTee :
That quote said Gaelic would be fine, but I could absolutely see Reform wanting Scots suppressed
2026-07-15 20:39:52
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mark04p04
Mark :
So do we all start campaigning in our other languages now or?... Vive les langues! Vive le public! Vive la liberté!
2026-07-15 13:04:17
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birdieeo
Birdie☘️ :
Wild. Reform are just horrific
2026-07-15 12:53:28
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._._.thomas
Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 :
Reform can get tae 😡
2026-07-15 21:49:24
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dentde.lion
Dent 🔻 :
can't make this up 🙄🙄🙄
2026-07-15 16:15:35
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christasclimate
christasclimate :
Aside from this being insane - what a waste of public money!
2026-07-15 17:49:25
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gooner1114
Nadeem Riaz :
Thank you for sharing
2026-07-15 14:24:56
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lydiamac94
LydiaMac :
im a immigrant from canada. im not the target audience for there hate but restrictions on visas like ILR effect everyone.
2026-07-15 16:41:25
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jijitax
jijitax :
he's upset he lost to Hannah Spencer because she used multi lingual campaigning.
2026-07-15 21:19:11
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jdburgon
Seumas :
The far right engaging in language suppression and voter suppression isn’t surprising. What is surprising is how mask-off they’ve gone with it.
2026-07-15 14:24:41
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robbief53
Robbie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 :
Don’t lie. 1: It was a PROPOSAL. Do you understand what that means? 2: It was almost immediately explained in detail - widely reported if anybody’s interested. Here: https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-not-the-target-of-reform-measure-to-ban-non-englishwelsh-election-literature-7101764-Jul2026/
2026-07-15 17:56:12
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helsbellz1
helsbellz1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦄 :
They keep doing our job for independence every day with their hatred
2026-07-15 19:53:48
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celticcamper88
Celticcamper1888 :
Faodaidh Farage a dhol a dh'ifrinn leis fhèin. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
2026-07-15 16:45:34
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