Richard Tice

Deputy Leader, Reform UK — Reform UK

Richard Tice
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TERMINAL COPIUM
Scapegoater Scapegoat: Regulation / net zero

Latest Incident

Latest: Brexit referendum 'possible' in Labour election manifesto, says Andy Burnham - BBC — scored 70 (deflection) on 2026-09-30

Score History

Cope Entries (29)

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70
Brexit referendum 'possible' in Labour election manifesto, says Andy Burnham - BBC deflection
"Tice claims the real economic harm comes from a Labour government that 'can't deliver growth, can't control migration and now wants to outsource the job to Brussels,' rather than from Brexit itself."

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72
Richard Tice slams Burnham’s ‘ridiculous’ claim that Brexit caused small boats influx - London TV scapegoating
"Tice blames Channel crossings and welfare pressures on migrants and overseas nationals claiming benefits, dismissing Brexit and policy choices as structural drivers."

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68
With Kemi’s new shadow chancellor, the Tories must hope for a bout of public amnesia - The Guardian scapegoating
"Richard Tice declared that Britain had 'descended into a socialist hell' after the TUC general secretary was appointed as a non-executive director of the Bank of England, a role the article notes has been a routine cross-party tradition for 40 years."

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28
Reform UK promises £80bn of cuts to public spending - bbc.co.uk deflection
"Proposes scrapping stamp duty, capital gains tax, and rental income tax for a decade on brownfield developments, and removing affordable housing requirements for such sites, as a means of increasing house building."

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68
Reform UK unveils plans to cut affordable housing requirements to 5% on brownfield land - Housing Today deflection
"Cutting affordable housing requirements to 5% on brownfield land and scrapping planning/environmental obligations will 'halt Britain's housing crisis'."

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62
PM and Reform's Richard Tice clash over net zero - Yahoo News UK scapegoating
"Richard Tice calls the government's net zero climate policies 'stupid' and blames them for raising the cost of living."

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72
Domestic abuse charity voices concern over Reform social housing plan - Metro.co.uk scapegoating
"Reform UK would prioritise employed British-born people under 35 for social housing, with extra priority for those married with children, effectively rationing scarce stock rather than expanding supply."

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28
‘Ferry operators have failed us’ says Reform UK’s deputy leader - Isle of Wight Observer lucid
"Proposes short-term regulation followed by partial public/private ownership of ferry operators as a way to balance public interest with private sector management."

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62
Couples with children should be married says Reform UK's deputy leader - London Evening Standard scapegoating
"Richard Tice says couples with children should be married and that British-born children should be encouraged, while proposing to allocate social housing priority to British-born workers under 35 and military veterans."

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82
Reform's 'Desperate' Plan To Prioritise British-Born Workers For Social Housing Under Fire - HuffPost UK scapegoating
"Tice attributes the social housing crisis partly to foreign nationals occupying over half a million homes and to welfare recipients, proposing that prioritising British-born workers under 35 and evicting foreign nationals would solve the shortage."

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76
Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing - BBC scapegoating
"Reform UK will prioritise British-born workers under 35 for social housing allocation and build 50,000 affordable social homes a year with no new taxes or borrowing."

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82
Revealed: the feuding at the heart of Reform - The Spectator scapegoating
"Policy to slash welfare spending by £50 billion by barring foreign nationals from claiming almost all benefits, restricting disability payments to the most afflicted, and re-instating the two-child benefit cap."

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71
Reform pledges to prioritise British workers for social housing - localgov.co.uk scapegoating
"Tice pledges to prioritise British-born workers for social housing and claims 50,000 affordable homes a year can be built without new taxes or borrowing, while suggesting most waiting-list claimants are jobless."

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72
Tice should apologise to firefighters for ‘enjoy it’ remark on extreme heat, says Labour - The Guardian fantasy_economics
"Tice urges Britons to 'enjoy' extreme summer heat, claiming it will boost English wine and let producers 'take on the French', dismissing the destructiveness of the heatwave."

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34
AOL.co.uk deflection
"Tice claims Labour's housing reforms strip power from local councils and hand it to Whitehall to ram through developments while ignoring inadequate infrastructure."

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48
London Evening Standard deflection
"Labour's planning reforms strip power from local councils and hand it to Whitehall, contradicting devolution and ignoring infrastructure that cannot cope."

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50
The Guardian deflection
"Tice claims credit for Reform UK calling for British Steel nationalisation and demands assurance that Chinese owner Jingye receives no compensation."

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74
BBC News scapegoating
"Tice claims the government chose to 'fund benefits not bullets and welfare not warfare,' pledges to scrap net zero, end voluntary interest on Bank of England reserves, and stop paying welfare to overseas nationals to fund defence."

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85
The Guardian scapegoating
"Tice says Starmer is 'in denial' about rising despair caused by failure to stop the boats, invokes two-tier policing, and calls on the PM to resign over immigration policy in the wake of Belfast unrest."

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66
BBC News scapegoating
"Tice characterises the visible presence of litter and fly-tipping as a 'sign of just how broken Britain is', while proposing higher on-the-spot fines and a civic pride day as remedies."

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65
The Guardian scapegoating
"Richard Tice claimed there is 'decades and decades and decades of gas in the North Sea', implying a major long-term domestic fossil fuel resource base."

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65
GB News deflection
"Tice claims a real political realignment is taking place across the Black Country and believes this is only the beginning."

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75
BBC Politics gaslighting
"Tice asserted that the party is celebrating 'incredible successes' when questioned about candidate vetting failures and racism allegations."

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75
Guardian Politics scapegoating
"The renewable energy industry has been 'sheltered' by a political consensus and the government should strike down its subsidy contracts."

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65
Guardian Politics deflection
"Promoting the JCB PotHole Pro machine as a primary solution for fixing road infrastructure."

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70
The Guardian deflection
"Describes allegations of failing to pay £100,000 in corporation tax as 'obscure technical issues from years ago' and blames the media for 'dredging' up his past."

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58
Reform UK policy costing 'billions' branded 'utter nonsense' by Andy Street scapegoating
""wasteful" and the "train to nowhere""

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52
Drip-feed of Reform UK controversies puts party’s policy drive in shade deflection
""appointed him as housing spokesman given his depth of experience in developing new towns""

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70
Electricity bills targeted in planned shakeup to energy pricing scapegoating
""This is a cynical move by Miliband to lock future governments into wasteful, expensive energy contracts""
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