November 19, 2025
"Over my dead body" Mahmood Tells Farage to After Reform Meme Clash On Twitter
Labour’s Shabana Mahmood has delivered a sharp rebuke to Nigel Farage after Reform UK circulated a meme suggesting she was aligned with his party’s hardline immigration stance. The image, shared on social media by Reform, depicted the Home Secretary in Reform‑branded pyjamas with a poster of Farage on her bedroom wall, implying her new asylum proposals were an “audition” to join the party.
Over my dead body. https://t.co/6rAhDTP3Th
— Shabana Mahmood MP (@ShabanaMahmood) November 19, 2025
Farage seized on Mahmood’s announcement of sweeping asylum reforms, which include cutting benefits for asylum seekers, deporting refugees once their home countries are deemed safe, and accelerating removals of families with children. He described the measures as proof she would be “more at home in Reform” and invited her to defect through the party’s online “defections portal.”
Mahmood dismissed the overture in uncompromising terms. Speaking to Sky News, she said: “Nigel Farage can sod off. I am not interested in anything he has to say.” She repeated the same phrase when asked about far‑right activist Tommy Robinson’s support for her proposals.
The clash underscores the growing tension between Labour and Reform UK over immigration policy. While Farage and his allies have welcomed Mahmood’s reforms as vindication of their own agenda, the proposals have sparked unease within Labour ranks. Several MPs have warned that the party risks alienating its base by adopting measures they see as too close to the right‑wing populist playbook.
The episode highlights how immigration remains one of the most divisive issues in British politics. For Farage, the meme war is a way to energise supporters and frame Labour as echoing Reform’s message. For Mahmood, the blunt rejection is an attempt to draw a clear line between mainstream Labour policy and Farage’s brand of populism.
As the debate intensifies, both parties are using viral online tactics to shape public perception, turning a social media stunt into a headline‑grabbing confrontation over the future of Britain’s asylum system.
