It would be interesting to know what the figures are when adjusted for those Councillors who have changed their allegiance since May. 38 Reform Councillors have resigned from the party or have been expelled since May. Doubtful whether many have joined them in that time.

Pattern continues: local by-elections are dominated by gains for Reform and Liberal Democrats. Labour and Tories both in serious decline.

Now Labour have abandoned the principle of invest to save. Ridiculous and shortsighted.

19 year-old (!!) Reform Leader of Warwickshire County Council not willing to give experienced Green Councillor and Campaigner, Keith Kondakor, a chance to speak. Maybe he was afraid that he might learn something or hear some criticism? That's Reform.

Congratulations on 200 columns of refreshing and entertaining insights of the political scene!

oh good, wonder how much more will be found out? A criminal court in Brussels on Wednesday convicted two Polish nationals – including a current European Parliament assistant – of misusing EU funds tied to political entities associated with Brexit-backer #NigelFarage www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...

More rotten tomatoes Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group

That makes 38 Reform Councillors who were elected in May who have now resigned from the "party" or who have been expelled. And Reform has lost a few more who were not amongst those who were elected in May. Almost certainly there will be more to come... Shambolic.

Reform UK lose out as Lib Dems take 53% of the vote in Tunbridge Wells council by-election www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-we...

Labour slips down to third place. Reform a distant second to the Independent. Tories' vote share drops to 3.5% Hmm.

Has Reform peaked? But this isn't good news for Labour either.

Update on that super-professional candidate vetting process Nigel Farage used to boast about:

Reform MPs care so much about the Huntingdon attack that not one of them could be arsed to turn up for the Home Secretary’s statement about the incident yesterday.

If Labour are willing to bin their manifesto pledges on tax rises, why not on Brexit? That would win them far, far more votes than raising taxes ever will. Indeed, tax rises are likely to crater their weak support even further. What's so magical about Brexit that it must remain untouchable?

Reform UK put out this graphic during the local elections. Over 5 years = 25% according to their own graphic. They have announced they will raise it by this over 5 years: Kent: 25% Durham: 25% Warwickshire: 25% Worcestershire: 25% Leicestershire: 25% Lincolnshire: 25% Average: ⬆️ 25%

👏 Today marks 75 years since the creation of the ECHR. We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights. But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR. As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights. The Bear explains

"This is ancient history." That is all Reform have to say about their former Welsh leaders links to the Kremlin. No accountability. As unpatriotic as you can get.

And another one:- Councillor Everett in Tendring "slithered off" from Reform to become non-political. (Thanks to Private Eye for the clip)

Government, councils and police: all scared to act as far right run riot eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...

To be fair, they’re losing MPs at a much faster rate.

‘Sower of chaos’ – Russia behind UK cyberattacks, says Cloudflare boss. Russia is attacking the UK, and among its tools of disruption and division are Nigel Farage and Yaxley-Lennon. www.cityam.com/sower-of-cha...

Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An "Unusual" Rate www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Another witty and insightful look at recent political events in the UK. And a welcome respite from stories about the Royal Family.

Now 37 if you count defections to the Tories as well? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK councillor defects to the Conservatives www.bbc.com/news/article...

Controversial former Reform UK councillor resigns from Cornwall Council www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Actual votes in Council By-Elections are quite different from what Opinion Pollsters are telling us.

Reform MP admits to ‘gaming the benefits system’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Violence over street flags is escalating. A man was hospitalised while trying to remove divisive banners. Despite retrieving evidence from a house, police dropped the case.

A man is judged by the company he keeps.

Resignations and Expulsions of Reform Councillors who were elected in May are now averaging 6 per month. 36 in total - so far. www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...

More updates, more Reform councillors gone in Cornwall buff.ly/Fvnui0R

Another 3 Reform Councillors leave the party. That makes 35 who have resigned or who have been expelled since the elections in May. www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Another superb video from Led By Donkeys youtube.com/shorts/H-QkT...

On top of all the chaos, Linden Kemkaran also failed to declare an interest. Factionalism, farce and chaos dog Reform UK in the garden of England www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #KemkaranMustGo

Nathan Gill will be sentenced in a month. Nigel Farage would like it to all go away, but it won’t. It happened on his watch. Just like the failing councils his party are in charge of. #ReformRussianBribes

Yet another one. The tally of Reform councillors who were elected back in May who have now resigned from the "party" or have been expelled is now 32. Undoubtedly there will be more to come...

The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...

Guido Fawkes was not on the money on this one! order-order.com/2025/10/23/r...

What's Caerphilly and Clacton got in common? Neither's likely to see Nigel Farage today.

Labour says it wants to “make Brexit work.” But after years of shrugging at EU issues, is this government really capable of confronting the economic damage it inherited? Or are they just busking? Peter Thurlow reports

Reform’s only Black branch chair quits over ‘harmful’ migration debate www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🔴 Reform Council Asks Opposition for Help Making Cuts After ‘Desperate’ Search for Savings Falls Short Exclusive: Nigel Farage’s struggling flagship Kent administration is now reaching out to other parties, after failing to identify the millions of pounds in savings they promised

Exclusive: Two of Nathan Gill's fellow Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs used the same pro-Russia talking points in European Parliament, after joining him on a paid-for trip to Kyiv observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Ed Davey SLAMS Starmer for failing to fix Brexit UK-EU relationship

Traitor in our midst.

In answer to the question "Are you a puppet on a string?", Hull and East Yorkshire ReformUK mayor says he puts his electorate first - which means he supports the region's renewable energy industry. Farage won't like that.

Wow. Under Badenoch, in trying to out-Reform ReformUK, the Tories really have lost the plot. Ironically, if there were to be a Tory government in the future, their government might deport all people of Nigerian heritage. But then, she might find a new career opportunity in Nigeria.

Ed Davey referencing Brexit disaster - glanced up to the spectators gallery (where Farage was sitting as a petulant ill informed protest about the amount of questions he’s called for) during #PMQs 👌