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  1. Sea-Caterpillar-255 on

    None of this is an issue for the people who vote for Reform.

    That’s kind of why they voted for them.

    When you’re on a government guaranteed, inflation linked income, and you own your own house and you don’t need transport or schools or anything else to work, why wouldn’t you vote for a little chaos?

  2. Current_Focus2668 on

    What a surprise, a bunch of looney moaning wing nuts are terrible at governing. 

  3. Tartan_Samurai on

    What did people expect? They’re a protest party, not a governing party and their only skill appears to be making inflammatory comments from the sidelines.

  4. Cornwallian68 on

    Expected. Reform malignants just don’t want to work, hiding some bollocks or other. It’s their way.

  5. FrustratedPCBuild on

    Strange how I never seem to see these stories on the BBC, who only cover things that show them doing well.

  6. What!? putting random people you found on the street in charge isn’t a good idea?

  7. Turbantastic on

    The inbreds who vote reform won’t care, Nigel will just blame brown people and the gullible will lap it up again.

  8. On the one hand. Byline Times are not exactly an unbiased source so I’d be skeptical of this if it’s not in the mainstream media.

    On the other hand, I work across several Reform run councils. And they are an absolute shitshow. 

    I’ve seen a lot of shit councillors before. But never so many where being shit and the job isn’t a bug, but a feature. We are already seeing Tribunals being lined up because staff working in climate change and minority community outreach are being abused and told they should be sacked (both of which are statutorily required roles). 

    Cabinets wasting thousands on meetings to ban flags, rainbow lanyards, one even has a contractor lined up to price up removing solar panels and EV chargers from the councils buildings. 

    Another has a council trying to pass policy to prevent asylum seekers being housed in the County. Something the county council has no remit over (it’s a district function, and even then it’s controlled by the home office). 

    They will get by for a while on the “look how much waste we are finding, look how corrupt it all is!”. They’ll get by on this far longer than they deserve. 

  9. OddEffective5664 on

    Lies no councils are in trouble it’s all a smear campaign from the left wing gushing over Starmers farts

  10. Electrical-Lab-9593 on

    this because they are trying to be MAGA UK, but MAGA USA had a structure the GOP and GOP tea party people, trying to start the Party from scratch with Crazy ego people who know nothing about goverment or running local admins will not work

    they got to co-op an already running party, these people only work in opposition, they know how to blame, and complain, they don’t know how to build anything, only to slowly tear things down.

    they had to take over the tories for this to work

  11. Any_Weird_8686 on

    Wow, it’s almost like they’re a party primarily made up of dumb, hateful thugs… Oh, wait.

  12. quackquack1982 on

    I don’t think people know how bad some staff at councils are, and hopefully they are the ones resigning. Drain the swamps!

    I know of 1 person who left their private sector job to a local council job on a team. It was a shock, she would have her work done by 11, everyone else on the team was still doing the work at 4. After a few weeks she was pulled in the office and told to slow down and match the rest of the teams pace.

    This is just 1 example of inefficiency at councils.

    They also love to have meetings for meetings, achieve nothing and then have another meeting. I work in public sector but I’ve never seen anything as bad as councils.

  13. QuantumWarrior on

    That screenshot of the FB post by a Reform councillor really says everything you need to know about them.

  14. VictoriouslyAviation on

    So their simple solutions to complex problems using councillors of dubious intellect, capability and integrity aren’t working?

    Well I don’t know about you Todd but I’m perplexed. Back to you in the studio.

  15. Ill-Coconut8237 on

    A preview of what is to come if Farage gets in. This country’s electorate really needs to grow up and stop blaming every single issue they have on immigration and maybe grow their critical thinking skills outside of Daily Mail and what their mates have shared on Facebook.

    Reform UK is basically the political party for people who are to lazy to take their trolley back in the Tesco car park and cocaine addicted scaffolders.

  16. Historical_Volume409 on

    Never underestimate the effect Woke potholes can have on people’s voting habits…

  17. birdinthebush74 on

    Derbyshire is closing adult education centres

    Last week the BBC reported that Reform planned to close a swathe of adult education centres. 

    “Learning centres such as the Eco Centre in Wirksworth, and centres in Alfreton, Ashbourne, Matlock, Shirebrook, Long Eaton and the Toolbox in Glossop will cease to offer adult education courses at the end of July,” according to the BBC report of the council. 

    But they now have compulsory [Christian prayers at Council meetings](https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/playground-politics-pride-flags-prayer-10206505)

    “Among the changes rolled out by the new Reform administration was the introduction of prayer at the beginning of full council meetings. Numerous new Reform councillors, including group whip Cllr Dan Price, have made reference to the “undermining and mocking of British and Christian culture” and that “we are a Christian nation”.

    They are a Trump tribute act

  18. John_Williams_1977 on

    We might finally learn what the local council does!

    Sure, something stopping working isn’t the best way to learn, but I think we’re all keen to see where the money goes.

    Oh no! Now bins will be every other month!

  19. Shockingly, when you elect the party fronted by a historically inconsistent, inept, unreliable moron… it goes poorly.

    Leopards Eating Faces Party strikes again!

  20. It’d really help their case if they could get through a month without having to fire someone for racism.

  21. CaptMelonfish on

    Exactly why I’m happy we got to see some in action. With luck their voters will have pause in future.