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Reform lost 6 by elections this week 🎉

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TheRealSmurfette · 05/10/2026 03:38

Some good news to start the week!
The mainstream media might be quiet about it, but the numbers don’t lie: Reform UK just lost SIX by-elections in a single week.

Their momentum is officially hitting a wall. On Thursday, they failed to win across the UK and even lost the incumbent seats they were supposed to defend:

  • Amble Ward (Northumberland) — LOST (Gained by Labour)
  • Hirst Ward (Northumberland) — LOST (Reclaimed by Labour)
  • Claremont Ward (Blackpool) — LOST (Held by Labour)
  • Long Whatton & Diseworth Ward (NW Leicestershire) — LOST (Held by Conservatives)
  • Wick & East Caithness Ward (Highland) — LOST (Stormed by Lib Dems)
  • Forth & Endrick Ward (Stirling) — LOST (Held by Conservatives) about:blank 1, 2]

The right-wing vote is splitting down the middle, squeezing them out in low-turnout battles. Proof that real, local communities are seeing through the rhetoric.

Keep it up lads! 🙌

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TooBigForMyBoots · 13/10/2026 23:18

EEexpat · 13/10/2026 22:43

@TooBigForMyBoots

Nigel Farage campaigned for Leave but didn't think they would win

Nigel Farage has never been PM. Whereas, both Cameron and Johnson have.

Most Leave voters, like yourself, , even GB News viewers are disappointed with Brexit.

I am not disappointed with Brexit. Reasons are:

UK has grown more than the major EU countries since Brexit.

UK has lower US tariffs than the EU.

UK has lower debt than France.

UK has lower immigration than EU.

My Spanish SIL has to pay to enter the UK, but I don’t pay anything to enter Spain.

I'm glad you're happy with Brexit. As I said, I know people who are very happy with their vote to Leave. It delivered exactly what they voted for. Destabilisation of the Union.

But you're better off than your foreign SiL right?🤔

EEexpat · Yesterday 09:57

@TooBigForMyBoots

It delivered exactly what they voted for. Destabilisation of the Union

How can you know why 498 MPs voted to leave the EU? Do you have evidence that they voted to destabilise the European Union?

My Spanish SIL has to pay to enter the UK. However, UK people don’t have to pay to enter Spain.

Reason is simple. UK are Spains number one customer for tourism. Spain continues to campaign for the 90/180 Schengen guideline to be relaxed as it’s costing them a fortune.

concertinacornflake · Yesterday 10:42

Pineneedlesincarpet · 13/10/2026 11:16

Have you actually looked at what the findings of tbe secret services were? They determined Russian interference had no material effect on the Brexit vote.

But what the Russians did affect was the Scottish independence campaign. Although they were on the side of the SNP so it didnt work.

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Any covert foreign interference in democratic elections or referenda is a serious concern.

The Brexit discussion - whether Brexit itself was good or bad - is not something I CBA to discuss.

Pineneedlesincarpet · Yesterday 11:13

concertinacornflake · Yesterday 10:42

Any covert foreign interference in democratic elections or referenda is a serious concern.

The Brexit discussion - whether Brexit itself was good or bad - is not something I CBA to discuss.

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Im not 100% sure what CBA stands for but if it stands for what I think it does, I agree with you.

EEexpat · Yesterday 12:37

Maybe CBA is an anagram of CAB

C an’t
A rgue
B ack

TooBigForMyBoots · Today 09:55

Hopefully they'll lose every single election they stand in after las night's expose on ITV.

Racist, misogynist scum!🤢 And traitors.😡

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