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    Reform councillor in Nottinghamshire quits one week after election

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    1. IntrovertSnail on

      “Significant recent changes to Desmond’s personal circumstances have led him to conclude that he is not in a position to deliver the level of service to the people of Newark West that they deserve and require.”

      Some tweets he posted 10 years ago are about to be made public so he’s jumped before he’s pushed.

    2. lxgrf on

      I assume the significant recent change is being elected councillor. That wasn’t the plan and he doesn’t actually want to quit his day job.

    3. qwerty_1965 on

      There’s a theory which posits that Reform simply ran as many as possible to grab a headline about hundreds of wins and the vote percentage while not giving a damn about how long they stayed in position after the polls closed

    4. Kind-County9767 on

      I really hope that reform winning some councils will ruin their reputation. While people love to moan about local government the truth is the majority of their spending and focus is legally required stuff that they basically can’t do anything about.

    5. Critical_Revenue_811 on

      “Seven days after fighting an election on a promise to cut spending and waste, the Reform County Councillor for Newark West has resigned which will result in the triggering of a by-election that will cost taxpayers thousands of pounds,” he said.

      This quote should be front and centre. The cost of this farce

    6. zeros3ss on

      How much will the by-elections cost to replace someone who either didn’t want the job or didn’t bother to read the rules?

      It’s a waste of time and money just because a party owned by a chancer attracts people who have no interest in serving the community and improving everyone’s lives but are there to whine about the ‘foreigners’.

    7. Flimsy_Fisherman_862 on

      Expecting a lot of this in the coming weeks, Reformers going into office, realising they’re ill-equipped, ill-informed and altogether indifferent to how local councils operate, realising there’s not really an avenue to “get foreigners out”/get rich quick when you’re more in charge of bin collection and bus routes.

    8. Bison_Aggressive on

      That’s two in a week. Wonderful. Pity there’s many more that’ll take his place.

    9. Jigsawsupport on

      I know everyone is keen to mock and in a lot of circumstances I would be to.

      But “Significant recent changes to Desmond’s personal circumstances” could well mean something like a cancer diagnosis, I would wait a little bit for decencies sake before getting the shots in.

    10. Stwltd on

      Having been elected his staff sat him down and explained to him what he would be doing. When he learnt he was actually going to have to work he decided it wasn’t for him.

      “I thought reform was all about grifting, not actually thinking and working”

      He said (allegedly)

    11. Mumique on

      Oh no! Governance is actually hard when you have to deal with the nitty gritty and not just spout inane nonsense!

    12. Inglorious555 on

      I hope that this is a sign that Reform will crumble across the next weeks/months to the point where even those who voted for them can see their incompetence and not vote for them again

    13. PabloMarmite on

      You get this after every local election – a candidate who wasn’t expecting to win suddenly realises he has to actually do the job he never really wanted to do in the first place. Being a councillor is a part time job that doesn’t pay that much.

    14. Nice-Actuary7337 on

      Politics will be boring unless you are greedy/corrupt or truly Altruistic

    15. MarcusAtakin09 on

      Suspect his seat will flip back to the Tories now. One of the few times im actually looking forward to a Conservative gain

    17. Jay_6125 on

      What a none story 🤣

      However the fact so many lefty shills on here seem triggered by someone who had resigned due to ‘Personal Circumstances’ shows them for what they really are.

    18. RealLunarSlayer on

      is anyone keeping count of how many of these losers have quit/been fired yet?

    19. ThisCouldBeDumber on

      Oh look, reform getting scared when they have to do the job rather than just stand on the side lines and shreak.

      Exact same thing with Brexit

    21. MCMLIXXIX on

      I’m guessing there wont be an aggressive social media pr campaign pushing this particular piece of news lol

    22. Illustrious-Ebb-5460 on

      He looks like such a stereotype of a Reform voter. Like the grumpy uptight neighbour from a 90s sitcom.

    23. Anonymous_Biscuit on

      Spoke to a Tory councillor the other day who said reformers threatened to get their lawyers involved if they didn’t agree to form a coalition with them… These people have no idea how to govern.

    24. SebastianHaff17 on

      I’ve never seen such interest in councillors in my life as the last two weeks.

      I would be hard pressed to even find someone that could name their councillors