[News] Nigel Farage and Reform

[Thunder Bolt]

Wow all the far left lovies on here really are losing their

There, there, do you feel better now, now you've called people names and posted an emoji?

 

[TomandJerry]

Reform win control of Kent's council.

 

[Eeyore]

Reform win control of Kent's council.

That one was about as surprising as the Greens winning Brighton Pavilion

 

[Berty23]

Reform win control of Kent's council.

This will be the most fascinating one yet. Kent’s adult social services are a mess. I am intrigued how this will get fixed by populism. This should be interesting.

 

[Eeyore]

I've just looked through the last 8 pages of this thread, and checked the stated locations of the posters who have expressed negative views toward Farage / Reform.

4 are in Brighton and Hove
None are in London


4 are in Sussex outside of B&H
3 are in the West Country
4 are in the North of England
1 in Hampshire
1 in Kent
1 in Wales
2 are overseas

So we can conclude that is at least one person in Kent who doesn't vote Reform. Even that feels surprising.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Just a thought, all these inexperienced councillors will actually have to show they know something about running a council, and by 2029, people will realise their local councils are a mess.

As if they aren’t in a mess already. There are plenty of role models for them to screw things up, like the i360.
My big worry, having moved out to the sticks where councils seem to be run like clockwork, is that the Sussex unitary authority will end up being dragged to the lowest, Brighton and Hove, common denominator.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

As if they aren’t in a mess already. There are plenty of role models for them to screw things up, like the i360.
My big worry, having moved out to the sticks where councils seem to be run like clockwork, is that the Sussex unitary authority will end up being dragged to the lowest, Brighton and Hove, common denominator.

It's already happened in Newhaven. We get Brighton's rubbish, and some of Brighton's deliquents housed here as well.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

LIncolnshire now has a Nazi UK mayor.

 

[Eeyore]

Wow all the far left lovies on here really are losing their

Are you not surprised at the results of the local elections....under this current Govt ?

Unfortunately, this displays evidence to me of how so many Reform backers are merely sponges soaking up the propaganda.

I would suggest that very few of NSC are 'far left'. In fact I know they are not. There are many folk on here who I would see as 'One Nation' Tories. You may need to look that one up. A lot of the Labour supporters on here (if indeed they are still) would be described as centrist.

At least use the right ammo if you are going to fire off.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Not really surprised, nor worried either. I'm quite looking forward to the inevitable chaos and failings of the Reform councils, along with the likely scandals and racist faux pas.
Should out a few, at the very least.

But isn’t that their new form of standards that their followers are voting for?

 

[nicko31]

LIncolnshire now has a Nazi UK mayor.

She's not, but she is thick as mince

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Just a thought but to win a GE Farage will have to find over 600 credible candidates who’ve managed to keep a relatively clean social media presence and don’t dribble into their soup and win over Scotland, London, the South West and places like Brighton.

Good luck with that.

Darren Grimes hasn't got a clean social media presence, far from it. It is so tempting to post something derogatory about those who voted for him, but I won't.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

LIncolnshire now has a Nazi UK mayor.

They'll soon reject her, just as the people of Morley, nr Leeds did last year. Leopards don't change their spots.

 

[birthofanorange]

But isn’t that their new form of standards that their followers are voting for?

One can only guess, seeing as none of them on here seem willing to share exactly what they're voting for.

 

[nicko31]

I hate to be repetitive but what were the actual policies that sold Reform to you ?

That's a bit like asking a Brexit voter for the Brexit benefit

 

[birthofanorange]

That's a bit like asking a Brexit voter for the Brexit benefit

In a nutshell, it probably boils down to 'sovrinty' and 'stopping the boats', respectively - that seems enough for them.

 

[Giraffe]

LIncolnshire now has a Nazi UK mayor.

LIncolnshire now has a Nazi UK mayor

LIncolnshire now has a Nazi UK mayor.

She is not a Nazi. That’s just silly.

 

[Hotchilidog]

At time of writing Reform have gained 529 councillors the Tories have lost 516. Clearly the first choice for right wing voters now is Reform, the Tories are in meltdown in areas they traditionally do well. The Tories have lost 11 councils, 7 to Reform and 4 to NoC. This is a disaster for Kemi, who quite rightly is not taken seriously as leader and whose party is really just a Reform tribute act now.

Labour down 138 and the Lib Dems up 113 and the Greens up 32. Greens and LDs have taken some Tory seats but mostly Labour losses have been to left of them as disaffected progressives put their Xs elsewhere this time round. We'll need to see the final tallies but it will be interesting to see in what direction the Lab negative swings went.

As for the Tories I cannot see them competing against an emboldened Farage. If I was a disaffected moderate Tory I'd join the Labour Party, they seem the closest match policy wise.

 

[TomandJerry]

"While England is registering a big increase in support for Reform UK, Scotland’s nationalist government also shifted rightwards today, dropping two bills on protections for women and LGBTI groups central to Nicola Sturgeon’s rights-based policy agenda."

 

[Giraffe]

Quite remarkable when you look at this detail. Whatever your political persuasion it is astonishing for a Government that won a majority the size that it did to then get so few seats at the next council election. Struggling to remember something as bad as this happening to a new elected Government so quickly.