[davidjay]

Whenever fringe party does better then expected in council elections there's always a bit of wastage from surprise winners who never thought they'd actually have top do the job, but this level seems unprecedented.

[soulboy]

There are rumours circulating on social media that Danny Kruger might be planning to leave Reform and rejoin the Tory Party because he is not happy at the way Farage is behaving with regard to the £5m bung he received.

The man who said "the Conservative party is over"? A strong Tory leader would tell him to do one. Over to you, Kemi.

[Youngian]

Has Kruger discovered Devizes will still vote Conservative without him? Isn't that a military constituency? Maybe Danny has discovered a few national security problems behind Nige's patriotism.

[mattomac]

Whenever fringe party does better then expected in council elections there's always a bit of wastage from surprise winners who never thought they'd actually have top do the job, but this level seems unprecedented.

I did suspect some issues arising when they were able to get the most candidates to run, Labour were second and were asking people to stand as paper candidates (And not just the basics of delivering one leaflet and nothing else, they just wanted your name and they would put you forward), and Labour have a membership list to work from, Reform is effectively just people signing up to a mailing list.

[davidjay]

Whenever fringe party does better then expected in council elections there's always a bit of wastage from surprise winners who never thought they'd actually have top do the job, but this level seems unprecedented.

I did suspect some issues arising when they were able to get the most candidates to run, Labour were second and were asking people to stand as paper candidates (And not just the basics of delivering one leaflet and nothing else, they just wanted your name and they would put you forward), and Labour have a membership list to work from, Reform is effectively just people signing up to a mailing list.

And finding themselves elected. The Greens may well have the same problem.

[Youngian]

Suella reacts to immigration falling since she was in charge: 'Bloody emigrants, going over there, taking their jobs!'

[davidjay]

Never apologise, never explain.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74d7z0e818o

[Abernathy]

Meanwhile in Birmingham, the newly elected Reform group has written to the Lord Mayor with a burning grievance. For clarity, English translations of the verses were recited at both the Mayor-making ceremony (the new Lord Mayor is muslim) and the council AGM. More evidence of what happens when pig-ignorant bigots get elected.