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New York Times columnist turns on progressives

Progressives have destroyed Americas west coast, according to a new article by NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof, who himself was a progressive until very recently.

Within a few years of moving from New York to his native Oregon, Kristof announced he was no longer a progressive. Seeing the challenges in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, have made me more wary of progressivism, he told Time in May. He also recently called for more restrictive immigration policies.

The crime and homelessness problems of west coast cities made him reassess his politics and hes far from the first. Progressive shibboleths, particularly lax drug enforcement and generous benefits for the homeless, has a way of turning even the most devout Leftists toward the political centre and Right. You can only free-ride on your regions good weather for so long.

As Nigel Farage launched Reform UKs contract not a manifesto, he maintains today in South Wales, the would-be Reform-voting Right-wing youth were scouring the document for policies aimed at them.

It seems they liked the gist of it, but they want more. So, what are they demanding? Beyond a Reform Youth wing, the Reform Zoomers have asked that the party restore the Ukip promise to abolish tuition fees for STEM subjects, remove interest rates on tuition fees, and remove the Graduate route on student visas.

In addition, the youth want to smoke. Reform UK must repeal the smoking and vaping bans, and commit to no funding of any organisation which aims to curtail our speech and our ability to express our views. Let the kids have fun again!

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