Is Reform done for?

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The last several recent national polls indicate that the election of Burnham as leader has seen Labour retake the lead and would probably form a minority government (or better) if an election was held tomorrow. Reform meanwhile is in the low 20s, while they’re were averaging low 30s just six months ago. Do you think it’s game over for Reform in terms of the next election? Is Burnham enough to secure the next election for Labour? Or could Reform claw it back still?

Well, some people do.
This is what happens when governments don't listen to the people that elected them and treat them badly - you get insurrections. which IMO will only get worse.

That's not an "excuse" that's a statement of fact.

Have you not seen all the civil unrest caused around the country by this government's ineptitude ?

@chipsandcurrysaucewithpickles

That's not an "excuse" that's a statement of fact.

Correct.

Have you not seen all the civil unrest caused around the country by this government's ineptitude ?

I have. Maybe toes has not?

Maybe not, if they've had the TV and radio switched of all day and night.?

Something the UK should be very aware of.

Civil unrest? Where? Obviously there was Belfast and Southampton a while back. The only places I have read about recently are Thetford and Bristol. Both involved two/three hundred people.

The way certain posters are talking you'd think there were thousands of people rioting. I suspect an agenda is being pushed tbh.

I don’t suspect. It’s patently obvious. Either these posters are pushing that agenda or they’re extremely gullible.

Neither.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gathering-storm-civil-unrest-warning-summer-2026-dan-sandford-gjbde

https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/national/26448964.dozens-protesters-gather-outside-former-raf-base-thetford-unrest/

Is that an illustration of two things being true at the same time ?

Pretty much.

An article on LinkedIn is some sort of authority 🤣? Everyone knows LinkedIn is choc-a-bloc with fuckwittery these days.

Why blame me? I didn't write the article.

Why did you link to it?

Because it was relevant to the discussion.

You linked to it, presumably as evidence to back up your views.

This says not https://www.clrn.org/is-linkedin-a-credible-source/#google_vignette

That requires a priori trust in US based sources, of course.

Linked In is available for all manner of loons to post on. He’s an engineer, not a political analyst, his view has no more validity than yours.

OK, please yourself.

By the same token can we trust any news sources ?

Not exclusively, no. That’s why reading a variety is essential. And, by the way, some random geezer on Linked in isn’t a news source.

Now that is a good question. The only real answer is "no", and to apply a compensating control of sourcing more than one and looking at a median.