Reform UK’s latest announcement is loud, dramatic, and designed to stir anger: mass detention, deportation flights, tearing up human rights, and painting refugees as the reason Britain is struggling.

But let’s be clear, this is not leadership; it’s a distraction. Fear sells, hate divides, but neither will build a hospital, shorten an NHS waiting list, put a roof over a family’s head or fix our economy.

Hate will never fix what’s broken. Only humanity will.

Crime has no colour. No flag. No nationality. Blaming the powerless while the powerful profit is not patriotism; it’s politics of convenience.

Britain’s problems did not start with small boats. They started with decades of broken systems, underspending on schools and housing, an NHS stripped bare, and promises sold cheap at election time. Nigel Farage and Reform want you to believe the answer is barbed wire and fear. We say: don’t be fooled.

Here’s the Progressive Unity Party approach:

• Firm but fair borders: Illegal entry will mean no benefits and swift, fair removal. Criminal gangs—not families—will be the focus of enforcement.
• Safe, legal routes: Stop the boats by making them unnecessary. Give vulnerable people a legal door to knock on and you deny traffickers their trade.
• Invest where it matters: Schools, hospitals, housing. Fix the problems that existed long before immigration became a headline.
• Truth, not theatre: We won’t lie to you. Migration is one issue, but it is not the only issue. Britain needs honesty, not slogans.

Because a flag is just fabric. Justice, fairness, and compassion are what make a country strong and the fabric that should hold us together. Reform wants fear to be louder than reason; we refuse to give hate that gift.

Hate will never fix what’s broken. Only humanity will.

Alan