Nigel Farage's war on working from home is vibes-based politics

"Last week at a Reform UK rally in Birmingham, Nigel Farage declared that Britain needs "an attitudinal change to the idea of working from home". Returning to a comfortable, well-worn theme, he said it was "a load of nonsense" to imagine employees were more productive when working remotely; instead he contended that "they're more productive being with other fellow human beings and working as part of a team"."

"There is an enjoyable irony in Farage singing the praises of teamwork, given how many former colleagues have been left for dead by the side of the road in his long march from the Anti-Federalist League through UKIP and the Brexit Party to Reform UK. But there are two striking elements of this renewed assault on working patterns and practices that reveal a great deal about Farage and the party he leads."

Nigel Farage declared that Britain needs an attitudinal change to working from home and called the idea that employees are more productive remotely "a load of nonsense". He argued that employees are more productive when they are with other human beings and working as part of a team. There is irony in Farage praising teamwork given many former colleagues were effectively abandoned during his long political migrations. Two striking elements emerge from his attack on working patterns: the simplistic nature of his attitude and the hazard of such messaging as Reform UK positions itself as a potential governing party. Farage often forms policy from perceived common sense and presents himself as the unafraid mouthpiece of a majority.

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