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There was a cult in the American sitcom Parks and Rec called the reasonablists. They were named as such because if you disagreed with them, that would make you seem unreasonable. I feel Reform is a similar trap.
The name of Reform has always made me think of this too! You may as well call your party Nice Things. "Do you stand against Nice Things." "See this is why we don't have Nice Things."
I heard someone pronounce it RE-form, the way you'd say reformed ham. This is now my preferred pronunciation for the reasons above.
I pronounce it Deform Ltd.
What does RE-FORM stand for anyway?
Is it:
Racists
Economic Fraudsters
Oligarchs
Rapists
Morons
or
Raping
England
For
Oligarch's
Russian
Money
or
Robbing
England's
Future
Over
Rape
Movies
or
Ruining
Earth's
Future
Over
Risky
Money
or other?
I think that’s why they’ve called themselves that.