Is there any chance reform don’t win tonight? Betfair offering 1.03 and I’m wondering if it’s free money
HormuzVengeance on
I voted independent. My local councillor has been present, and I’ve been very pleased with their work for the community, so I’ve cast another vote for them today.
sonicaboomboom on
I’ve always been very pragmatic about politics. I respect everyone’s right to choose their own idea of what is best for ALL of us. After witnessing the absolute circus that the USA is right now I cannot comprehend how anybody being literate enough, would for a second consider Reform as an option. Now I will break my vow to respect everyone’s beliefs, if you voted reform you don’t rank higher than smegma.
ClumperFaz on
I voted Plaid Cymru today. I do NOT want Reform to win. Plus, Plaid are very much aligned with Labour and in some areas like social care they wanna go further, making it free etc, they’ll protect free prescriptions. Tiny part of me also just wants to see how it’ll be too.
I disagree with Welsh Independence and will vote against it if a referendum comes around. But in this election my priority, stopping Reform, was at the forefront of everything.
Christian-Metal on
Whatever the result – if you have put yourself forward as a candidate in any of these elections: A huge well done to you for putting your head above the parapit and wanting to stand up and represent your communities and bring about change. It genuinely takes a lot to do this, as opposed to just shouting and whining online but never offering any practical solution.
Good luck, and I hope you get the result you feel you deserve tomorrow.
Ok-Bandicoot1109 on
In Birmingham i was absolutely mortified to see candidates canvassing outside numerous polling stations. Also a car driving around with a speaker asking for votes.
LadyMirkwood on
I’m in Essex, and my area looks like its gone all in for Reform. I was expecting a win, but the scale of it is depressing. That picture looks to replicated up and down the country
I am very concerned where we are heading. For the NHS, women’s rights, the disabled and their benefits, so many things. It feels like our own miserable version of Trumpism.
mixxituk on
How is Laura the best Britain came up with to plonk on the BBC 🤮 no wonder people are cancelling their license
Electronic_Mud5821 on
Allow me to be the first to say goodbye to the Green Party.
You had a shot, but you fumbled (mostly because you are maniacs).
In other news, well done Reform, may your reign be short.
rain3h on
Hopefully three years of ruining councils will make people think twice come the ge.
pro-wales on
I strongly dislike British citizens, immigrants, and asylum seekers who do not have a western mindset, and I really wanted to vote against them, but there was no chance in hell I was going to vote for a party full of anti-Welsh, anti-European, Russia sympathising, billionaire enriching, crackpot slimeballs like Reform UK.
rwinh on
Now we’ll see how many people have voted for candidates who type the talk on Facebook, but will find that the graft is too much for the grift they’ve got going on and subsequently quit because they didn’t realise criticising local authority decisions is far easier than actually working on policies, or that local authority work has no bearing on national decision making processes.
Wouldn’t be surprised if in a few months time (if that long), we see a lot of councillors for a certain ~~company~~ party step down because they may actually have to do some work for a change, but in a greater scale than before.
MrSam52 on
Reform UK are just maga with a British twist, instead of ‘illegals from Mexico’ it’s ’stop the boats’. The press helps push this agenda ignoring the actual issues in this country are driven by the rich not paying their fair share and lack of housing, which isn’t helped by legal migration (which is likely the cause of most of the issues reform voters have (ie changing population), but is necessary due to our own low birth rate).
As with the Conservatives before them they’ll likely do fuck all with the boats as then they’ll have nothing to get people to focus on. Instead they’ll completely fuck up public services whilst delivering tax cuts to their donors and enriching themselves/family members/future employers with mass privatisation that fails to deliver services.
And after five or ten years of everything being completely shit, a party to the left of them will get in, be too slow to magically fix everything and we’ll have another right wing party in for ten years to repeat the process.
ffsnametaken on
It’s been less than two years since labour won after 14 years of Tory rule and people are already willing to set the country on fire by voting for a grifter in service to Putin. These people are fucking morons who have no idea what they’re doing, and I don’t know how it can be fixed.
rotgobbo on
I’m fairly solidly anti-Starmer, but even i’ll admit that he’s done a generally acceptable job so far and that this feels like an over the top knee jerk reaction.
Interested to see how PR works out in Wales.
eldomtom2 on
Why are people acting like Reform is overperforming? They’re getting vote shares pretty much in line with voting intention polls.
trillospin on
>A bit more from John Curtice, who says results so far show Reform taking an average of about 28% of the vote.
>That’s more or less in line with what you would expect given that’s where they are at the moment in the opinion polls.
>We are also certainly seeing evidence of Labour’s vote falling away quite heavily, particularly in places where they were previously strong – on average down by 21 points on 2022.
>Oh and by the way doing particularly badly in one ward which has a very substantial muslim population. And of course we know that in 2024, Labour’s vote fell very heavily in such places. Here is the first indication that that may well be replicated.
>So far not quite so bad for the Conservatives, only down by five points. But it’s down five points on not a particularly good result back in 2022.
>Too early to say too much about the Greens except basically, wherever they’re fighting, their vote is up. They’re putting in a credible performance but it’s kind of a good second or a good third.
trillospin on
>Labour loses first council of the night in Redditch
>Redditch has declared all of its seats and Labour has lost its majority – meaning there’s now no party majority in the council.
>It’s the sixth council to be declared and the first council of the night to change hands.
>The council has 27 seats but only nine were up for election. Of these, Reform won eight seats and Labour won one.
>Greens and the Conservatives have both also lost a seat on the council.
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>Labour loses Hartlepool as Reform gains 12 seats
>Labour has lost its second council of the night so far. In Hartlepool, in the north-east of England, the party has lost seven of its 22 seats, while Reform has gained 12 seats, bringing its total to 15.
>That gives both parties the same amount of seats in the 36-seat council.
>In total, 12 of 36 seats were up for election – and 19 are required to win control of the council.
trillospin on
>Labour loses Tamworth, Conservatives hold Broxbourne
>More bad news for Labour, which has lost control of Tamworth council after Reform gained nine seats. No party has majority in Tamworth.
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>In Broxbourne, a true Conservative stronghold, the Tories have retained control.
bahumat42 on
The reform gains are freaking me out a bit.
How can anyone look at the consistent failures and lies and think they want some of that.
Just aaahhh.
ediblednb on
Reform will sadly gain momentum here. It’s literally propaganda that has done this. Social media hate and funding from rich business men who support Farage’s drivel. If you look at gbnews views it’s full of bots being paid for on mass and sadly some people are lapping it up. Farage is Trump 2.0 and it’s devastating to see it happening in-front of our eyes.
I don’t know who’d I’d vote for in the next GE but I certainly don’t want any far right wing party in control of this country.
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Key_Dragonfruit_2492 on
**Reform gains councillors in Chorley and Southend-on-Sea**
Reform has made gains in both Chorley and Southend-on-Sea, though there is no overall change to control of either council.
(Labour hold)
Our press is really the most pathetic, sorry excuse of existence possibly imaginable
First-Ear-1049 on
not British, but the results seem to indicate that the Lib Dems and Greens are doing well. Reform was always ecpected to do well, to my understanding, but the Greens (+21) and Lib Dems (+17) are make signficant gains and most of London hasn’t reported results yet, so that should only help those two parties.
raven43122 on
The absolute state of these comments.. it’s almost like the country has a totally different political view than this sub and people can’t accept nor deal with it in any meaningful way.
Zynntra on
Congratulations Reform! On behalf of everyone here, I’d like to wish you all the very best. It’s wonderful to see so much support and encouragement for these plucky underdogs.
East_Succotash9544 on
To all Reform voters.
I could insult your lack of common sense. Throw 💩 how stupid you are. But I will not.
Why? Because I am glad for what is coming to you by your own hands when fraud Farage will fuck you up.
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Is there any chance reform don’t win tonight? Betfair offering 1.03 and I’m wondering if it’s free money
I voted independent. My local councillor has been present, and I’ve been very pleased with their work for the community, so I’ve cast another vote for them today.
I’ve always been very pragmatic about politics. I respect everyone’s right to choose their own idea of what is best for ALL of us. After witnessing the absolute circus that the USA is right now I cannot comprehend how anybody being literate enough, would for a second consider Reform as an option. Now I will break my vow to respect everyone’s beliefs, if you voted reform you don’t rank higher than smegma.
I voted Plaid Cymru today. I do NOT want Reform to win. Plus, Plaid are very much aligned with Labour and in some areas like social care they wanna go further, making it free etc, they’ll protect free prescriptions. Tiny part of me also just wants to see how it’ll be too.
I disagree with Welsh Independence and will vote against it if a referendum comes around. But in this election my priority, stopping Reform, was at the forefront of everything.
Whatever the result – if you have put yourself forward as a candidate in any of these elections: A huge well done to you for putting your head above the parapit and wanting to stand up and represent your communities and bring about change. It genuinely takes a lot to do this, as opposed to just shouting and whining online but never offering any practical solution.
Good luck, and I hope you get the result you feel you deserve tomorrow.
In Birmingham i was absolutely mortified to see candidates canvassing outside numerous polling stations. Also a car driving around with a speaker asking for votes.
I’m in Essex, and my area looks like its gone all in for Reform. I was expecting a win, but the scale of it is depressing. That picture looks to replicated up and down the country
I am very concerned where we are heading. For the NHS, women’s rights, the disabled and their benefits, so many things. It feels like our own miserable version of Trumpism.
How is Laura the best Britain came up with to plonk on the BBC 🤮 no wonder people are cancelling their license
Allow me to be the first to say goodbye to the Green Party.
You had a shot, but you fumbled (mostly because you are maniacs).
In other news, well done Reform, may your reign be short.
Hopefully three years of ruining councils will make people think twice come the ge.
I strongly dislike British citizens, immigrants, and asylum seekers who do not have a western mindset, and I really wanted to vote against them, but there was no chance in hell I was going to vote for a party full of anti-Welsh, anti-European, Russia sympathising, billionaire enriching, crackpot slimeballs like Reform UK.
Now we’ll see how many people have voted for candidates who type the talk on Facebook, but will find that the graft is too much for the grift they’ve got going on and subsequently quit because they didn’t realise criticising local authority decisions is far easier than actually working on policies, or that local authority work has no bearing on national decision making processes.
Wouldn’t be surprised if in a few months time (if that long), we see a lot of councillors for a certain ~~company~~ party step down because they may actually have to do some work for a change, but in a greater scale than before.
Reform UK are just maga with a British twist, instead of ‘illegals from Mexico’ it’s ’stop the boats’. The press helps push this agenda ignoring the actual issues in this country are driven by the rich not paying their fair share and lack of housing, which isn’t helped by legal migration (which is likely the cause of most of the issues reform voters have (ie changing population), but is necessary due to our own low birth rate).
As with the Conservatives before them they’ll likely do fuck all with the boats as then they’ll have nothing to get people to focus on. Instead they’ll completely fuck up public services whilst delivering tax cuts to their donors and enriching themselves/family members/future employers with mass privatisation that fails to deliver services.
And after five or ten years of everything being completely shit, a party to the left of them will get in, be too slow to magically fix everything and we’ll have another right wing party in for ten years to repeat the process.
It’s been less than two years since labour won after 14 years of Tory rule and people are already willing to set the country on fire by voting for a grifter in service to Putin. These people are fucking morons who have no idea what they’re doing, and I don’t know how it can be fixed.
I’m fairly solidly anti-Starmer, but even i’ll admit that he’s done a generally acceptable job so far and that this feels like an over the top knee jerk reaction.
Interested to see how PR works out in Wales.
Why are people acting like Reform is overperforming? They’re getting vote shares pretty much in line with voting intention polls.
>A bit more from John Curtice, who says results so far show Reform taking an average of about 28% of the vote.
>That’s more or less in line with what you would expect given that’s where they are at the moment in the opinion polls.
>We are also certainly seeing evidence of Labour’s vote falling away quite heavily, particularly in places where they were previously strong – on average down by 21 points on 2022.
>Oh and by the way doing particularly badly in one ward which has a very substantial muslim population. And of course we know that in 2024, Labour’s vote fell very heavily in such places. Here is the first indication that that may well be replicated.
>So far not quite so bad for the Conservatives, only down by five points. But it’s down five points on not a particularly good result back in 2022.
>Too early to say too much about the Greens except basically, wherever they’re fighting, their vote is up. They’re putting in a credible performance but it’s kind of a good second or a good third.
>Labour loses first council of the night in Redditch
>Redditch has declared all of its seats and Labour has lost its majority – meaning there’s now no party majority in the council.
>It’s the sixth council to be declared and the first council of the night to change hands.
>The council has 27 seats but only nine were up for election. Of these, Reform won eight seats and Labour won one.
>Greens and the Conservatives have both also lost a seat on the council.
—
>Labour loses Hartlepool as Reform gains 12 seats
>Labour has lost its second council of the night so far. In Hartlepool, in the north-east of England, the party has lost seven of its 22 seats, while Reform has gained 12 seats, bringing its total to 15.
>That gives both parties the same amount of seats in the 36-seat council.
>In total, 12 of 36 seats were up for election – and 19 are required to win control of the council.
>Labour loses Tamworth, Conservatives hold Broxbourne
>More bad news for Labour, which has lost control of Tamworth council after Reform gained nine seats. No party has majority in Tamworth.
—
>In Broxbourne, a true Conservative stronghold, the Tories have retained control.
The reform gains are freaking me out a bit.
How can anyone look at the consistent failures and lies and think they want some of that.
Just aaahhh.
Reform will sadly gain momentum here. It’s literally propaganda that has done this. Social media hate and funding from rich business men who support Farage’s drivel. If you look at gbnews views it’s full of bots being paid for on mass and sadly some people are lapping it up. Farage is Trump 2.0 and it’s devastating to see it happening in-front of our eyes.
I don’t know who’d I’d vote for in the next GE but I certainly don’t want any far right wing party in control of this country.
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**Reform gains councillors in Chorley and Southend-on-Sea**
Reform has made gains in both Chorley and Southend-on-Sea, though there is no overall change to control of either council.
(Labour hold)
Our press is really the most pathetic, sorry excuse of existence possibly imaginable
not British, but the results seem to indicate that the Lib Dems and Greens are doing well. Reform was always ecpected to do well, to my understanding, but the Greens (+21) and Lib Dems (+17) are make signficant gains and most of London hasn’t reported results yet, so that should only help those two parties.
The absolute state of these comments.. it’s almost like the country has a totally different political view than this sub and people can’t accept nor deal with it in any meaningful way.
Congratulations Reform! On behalf of everyone here, I’d like to wish you all the very best. It’s wonderful to see so much support and encouragement for these plucky underdogs.
To all Reform voters.
I could insult your lack of common sense. Throw 💩 how stupid you are. But I will not.
Why? Because I am glad for what is coming to you by your own hands when fraud Farage will fuck you up.