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    Another Reform candidate resigns after vetting failure – and councils are forced to pick up the bill
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    Another Reform candidate resigns after vetting failure – and councils are forced to pick up the bill


    Another Reform candidate resigns after vetting failure – and councils are forced to pick up the bill

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-vetting-local-election-councillors-resign-b2974935.html

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    1. aredddit on

      To be fair imagine how hard it is to vet Reform candidates. Their awful views are why they’ve been chosen to be a candidate.

    2. SinisterPixel on

      It’s almost a joke that their voter base think these clowns can run the Government when local council work is a stretch.

    3. whyowhyowhy9 on

      Any politician who resigns for any reason other than illness or major life change should be forced to pick up the bill either themselves or via the party

      The party should be banned from running in that seat until the next election as well

      Similarly any defections should result in a by-election

    4. Hedgehopper25 on

      Also 4 Green councillors have resigned since being elected on 7th May. It will cost at least £80,000 up to £100,000 to hold 4 by-elections

    5. emdotdee on

      There is a bit of a joke where I live that it’s been Labour for so long you could put a dog (or anything) up as a candidate and we would still vote Labour.

      What’s funny (or incredibly depressing) is that in my ward reform have put up a guy that looks like a sack of rotten sausages with 2 teeth and they still voted him in. He’s the type to post AI generated memes on Facebook everyday and go on about the war despite knowing nothing about it. Thick as mince.

    7. Reach_Reclaimer on

      Maybe instead of the local councils, the party they ran for has to foot the bill? Surely would force proper vetting

    9. HinDae085 on

      Gonna be alot of resignations and suspensions with 1300+ new people in local government.

      Unbelievable how the public didnt learn looking at Kent and Worcestershire. How long before Farage says “we shouldn’t have bothered” about another council?

      At this point, if youre gonna vote Reform, take your poll card and wipe your ass with it. It’ll see more use that way

    10. Ok-Western3626 on

      Those patriotic minded Reform donors can fund Novgorod Nigel’s house purchase, but council tax payers foot the bill when one of their councillors turns out to be too batshit for even their low standards.

    11. SmashingK on

      Crazy they do the vetting after the elections.

      Should be done well before. Surely the cost of vetting all candidates would be less than the cost to elect someone new.

    13. LatelyPodes on

      Surely, this cost should be passed onto the party or the person rather than the council?