What do you make of 'Reform's' gains in local elections yesterday ?
Protest vote against the established parties ?
Or do you think they're a political force going forward ?
Or do you think they're a political force going forward ?
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
People unfortunately use local elections to register "protest" votes against national government. Large swings have been achieved on low turnouts, so I would not attribute that much significance to the results. The Reform party will now have to produce results in the counties that it controls. If they succeed, well done to them. But I think they are going to have a rude awakening and find that the real business of government is a bit more complicated than spending all day writing unpleasant social media posts about foreigners.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@SunshineGirl And they have to get those results before all the personal scandals catch up with their councilors and the resulting by-elections. A big problem is that too many people believe the unpleasant social media posts over properly researched journalism.
