Reform party

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Will Reform win any votes at the local elections?

This is just nonsense though. They are a political party- they are approved and registered as such. I doubt they’re making any money anyway

Yes this definitely needs to be asked of Farage when interviewing him!

On FB posts, Reform voters say that an insurance based NHS is not part of their plan when it most certainly is. I’ve seen an interview of Farage actually saying what he would do and have posted links (that get removed oddly).

Of course they're making money. Farage wouldn't be doing it if they weren't.

Apparently it's now a 'non-profit [organisation] with no shareholders, limited by guarantee'.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgdlv56y2wo

Their slogan seems to be;

Your local council is broken. Reform will fix it.

I think the op is right - it's more Bob the Builder.

I'm not sure about that. I saw it, I think either on the news or in The Times as a photo. It was just a poster on the front of a podium saying Reform and 'will fix it' in a different colour/typeface. No mention of councils at all.

Like this

I think some posters hope it is more Bob the Builder.

Amusingly when I uploaded that image it had a warning for sensitive content. I'm no fan of Farage but I think that's a little bit unfair 😂

There are obviously variations;

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/15/nigel-farage-reform-is-parking-its-tanks-on-labours-lawn

I'm still voting Conservative!

Jasmine's photo was from their latest conference and that image is being used in the PPBC alongside an attack on immigration.

The photo in my link was apparently taken a week ago.

Well if this sweeping victory as some are claiming will happen at the locals then surely reform are going to have to, with their newfound popularity and power..,actually fix things.

When you look at the quality of their candidates at eg the last election, many were found out to be completely dodgy- all sorts of murky things in their past; not the kind of people that you’d trust to get anything done.

And when you look at how their 4 MPs have conducted themselves in parliament at times of crucial debate… those 4 MPs weren’t there fighting their corner, they were nowhere to be seen.
They’re happy to spout sound bites but when it comes to the nitty gritty…no fixing it for anyone going on and once again Farage was in the US sucking up to Trump.

So maybe as I think it was @blossomtoes said; give them the chance and as soon as they wield any power they will be shown up as the chancers that they are, as they’ll probably end up really messing things up even more than they are already. They’re starting from a high position rn. Promise the world, but have zero responsibility to deliver anything.. Once the real world kicks in with them as a party, and how they cope with that? The signs don’t look good.

Variations my arse. It should not have been used at all, ever. Only a Reform apologist could think otherwise.

Of course you are. Nobody ever doubted it for a second.

Lonelycrab
When you look at the quality of their candidates at eg the last election, many were found out to be completely dodgy- all sorts of murky things in their past; not the kind of people that you’d trust to get anything done.

Well, to be fair, I don't think Labour were much better;

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/five-suspended-from-labour-in-candidate-crackdown/

Not to mention Dan Norris, Tulip Siddiq and Louise Haigh.

Sure Clav, every party will have its dodgy elements, pretty much none are excluded from Libs to Tories to Green etc…

But when you scale up the power gain for reform to deliver a working majority- they have 4 MPs and suddenly they’re going to gain 250+ MPs to reach a majority…
(what’s that percentage increase and has anything ever been seen like that… ten thousand percent?!?)

Then, looking at the quality of their candidates in the previous elections…

Theres going to be a whole lot of dodgy people elected by the country on the basis that these dodgy people are the best choice to run the country.

Its cloud cuckoo land.

This is the scenario @EasternStandard thinks is likely. I don’t agree that there are nearly enough uninformed voters to make that happen.

I said possible. The gain in 8 months is already a leap. 4 to 180 for voting intention in that time.

I’m following More in Common and pretty much agree with their analysis. It’s not a prediction.

If More in Common are not saying it then I’m not either. I’m impressed with how close they got the last GE though.

Yeah but eastern there is sooo little value with clutching at polls 4 years out!

This appears to be the same event - the slogans on the boarding behind Farage do say; 'Your Council Is Broken. Reform Will Fix It.' Not to mention the JCB.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/29/nigel-farage-ban-civil-servants-wfh-uk-doge/

Yes in spring 2020, 4.5years before the July GE, the Tories were riding high in the 'polls.... 20pts up on Labour...

Anyone making predictions on what may or may not happen at the next election based on a poll now, is a fool.

Good hear!

They need every vote!

I believe Badenoch is personally visiting each supporter for tea and biscuits. You should let her know.

I’m not ‘clutching’ at anything.

I’ve posted three times now it’s not a prediction. Not by More in Common or by me. It’s posters who keep reading it as such.

Someone was going on about no way 4 MPs could go much higher in a short time. They already have by voting intention in a short time, clearly.

It still could and likely will change before the GE.