| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. 14:14 - May 8 with 5792 views | SitfcB |
Read here: https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/
Perhaps Ashton was ahead of the curve when meeting with Farage then? |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 15:55 - May 8 with 997 views | Benters |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 14:52 - May 8 by BlueSmoke |
You still seem really really grumpy, and unpleasant. Didn't you go for that spliff / walk as I advised? [Post edited 8 May 14:53]
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They don’t like it up em buh! |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 15:58 - May 8 with 979 views | noggin |
Good, hopefully they'll stop all those small boats arriving in Aldeburgh and Southwold. |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:01 - May 8 with 961 views | ZapatasMoustache |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 15:35 - May 8 by DJR |
Interestingly, so far 62,000 people have voted Green, not that far behind Reform and ahead of the Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems.
Maybe the so-called green lefty bumfest that some say TWTD is reflects to an extent Suffolk as a whole.
It also suggest Polanski hasn't alienated the rural vote as some have said he has. [Post edited 8 May 15:37]
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On your final point, that's very clear. Greens have won a lot of rural seats, plus (it seems) better off medium sized towns? Reform have done better in suburban seats and less well off urban seats. |  | | |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:08 - May 8 with 909 views | Blueschev |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 15:58 - May 8 by noggin |
Good, hopefully they'll stop all those small boats arriving in Aldeburgh and Southwold. |
Stop all boats. It's the only way to be sure. |  | | |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:08 - May 8 with 907 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 14:41 - May 8 by blueoutlook |
Lot of tribal dimwits in the country then hey mate ? Nearly every council now has an awful lot of Reform councillors in them. What actually gives you the right to call people that anyway ? The dimwits are people like you who keep berating others just because they don’t have the same view as you. Nothing to say you are any better or any more right than those with opposite views. Just you giving it the big one. You don’t even live around here anyway, go tend your leaks. |
Leaks? My plumbing is fine thanks as we’ve just had the bathroom done. Were you trying to make a xenophobic “joke” and meant leeks?
People can think whatever they want. It’s the people who are taking pleasure at winding people up to own the libs who are the tribal dimwits. [Post edited 8 May 16:11]
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:12 - May 8 with 868 views | DJR |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 15:16 - May 8 by DJR |
And this still doesn't show any borough council results.
https://www.ipswich.gov.uk/you |
Results on that link are coming through.
A quick glance suggests 4 Labour, 3 Reform and 1 Green.
Reform therefore haven't done as well, so far, as feared. |  | | |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:13 - May 8 with 861 views | leitrimblue |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 14:41 - May 8 by blueoutlook |
Lot of tribal dimwits in the country then hey mate ? Nearly every council now has an awful lot of Reform councillors in them. What actually gives you the right to call people that anyway ? The dimwits are people like you who keep berating others just because they don’t have the same view as you. Nothing to say you are any better or any more right than those with opposite views. Just you giving it the big one. You don’t even live around here anyway, go tend your leaks. |
'Go tend yer leaks'  . That's proper comedy, excellent work Blueas True legend |  | | |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:13 - May 8 with 859 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 14:29 - May 8 by PhilTWTD |
Except it's IBC who the club will be working with on that and they're already onside. |
So are you saying there’s nothing in it? | |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:43 - May 8 with 771 views | JammyDodgerrr |
Gross to think the club played a part in this. |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:57 - May 8 with 747 views | BrianTablet |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:08 - May 8 by Blueschev |
Stop all boats. It's the only way to be sure. |
Yes, have you seen Thorpeness Mere recently?
Boats crowded with terrified families desperately trying to flee from pirates, crocodiles and the exorbitant prices in the cafe.
pAynT MOre RouNDABOuts [Post edited 8 May 17:02]
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:59 - May 8 with 731 views | Blueschev |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:43 - May 8 by JammyDodgerrr |
Gross to think the club played a part in this. |
It was a very shrewd move in order to secure planning permission for future ground improvements, obviously. | | | |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:01 - May 8 with 711 views | Ewan_Oozami |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:57 - May 8 by BrianTablet |
Yes, have you seen Thorpeness Mere recently?
Boats crowded with terrified families desperately trying to flee from pirates, crocodiles and the exorbitant prices in the cafe.
pAynT MOre RouNDABOuts [Post edited 8 May 17:02]
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And the parking is dreadful.... |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:04 - May 8 with 696 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:01 - May 8 by Ewan_Oozami |
And the parking is dreadful.... |
But can Reform stop erosion! |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:06 - May 8 with 688 views | Zx1988 |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:59 - May 8 by Blueschev |
It was a very shrewd move in order to secure planning permission for future ground improvements, obviously. |
Except none of that is dealt with at County level, so there was no need to try and schmooze Führage. |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:08 - May 8 with 684 views | BrianTablet |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:59 - May 8 by Blueschev |
It was a very shrewd move in order to secure planning permission for future ground improvements, obviously. |
Using lobbying, bribery or coercion?
I guess, to be fair, this will be the way of Reform-run councils.
One huge grift. | |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:08 - May 8 with 683 views | BrianTablet |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:04 - May 8 by BanksterDebtSlave |
But can Reform stop erosion! |
Not of morals and decency. [Post edited 8 May 17:09]
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:16 - May 8 with 652 views | cressi |
The best thing between now and a general election there will be so much chaos they won't get close to winning its helping the other parties long term to becoming more popular in the long term. | | | |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:20 - May 8 with 633 views | Zx1988 |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:16 - May 8 by cressi |
The best thing between now and a general election there will be so much chaos they won't get close to winning its helping the other parties long term to becoming more popular in the long term. |
That's assuming that most voters are rational, and will apply critical thought to their decision in 2029.
Yarmouth, when presented with the choice between the racists and the ultra-racist fascists, opted unanimously for the fascists.
Even if there's chaos in Reform councils between now and 2029, you can quite easily see Führage trying to lay it at the door of the Government, and claim that the only way to make Reform councils work will be to elect a Reform government. And his target audience will lap it up. | |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:29 - May 8 with 598 views | NthQldITFC |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 16:08 - May 8 by Blueschev |
Stop all boats. It's the only way to be sure. |
But what can I do with my gravy? |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:31 - May 8 with 591 views | mrfixit426 |
There's a part of me, a small part, that thinks Reform will flush out all the current poison in Parliament, all the people just looking out for themselves and then fold in on itself within 2 yrs. And this will kickstart Conservatives and Labour to clean house and start again. Politics has been infested by people out for themselves on all sides. Whatever happens over the next five years, it's going to be painful.
I voted LibDem and Green in locals btw, in case anyone thinks I have an agenda here.
I still maintain that if you want to be a politician, you shouldn't be a politician. |  | | |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 18:25 - May 8 with 507 views | Guthrum |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:31 - May 8 by mrfixit426 |
There's a part of me, a small part, that thinks Reform will flush out all the current poison in Parliament, all the people just looking out for themselves and then fold in on itself within 2 yrs. And this will kickstart Conservatives and Labour to clean house and start again. Politics has been infested by people out for themselves on all sides. Whatever happens over the next five years, it's going to be painful.
I voted LibDem and Green in locals btw, in case anyone thinks I have an agenda here.
I still maintain that if you want to be a politician, you shouldn't be a politician. |
The problem with that last line is it excludes all the people who want to improve the country and society, who think that public service is a valuable contribution to things running well.
Admittedly, many of those end up disillusioned, due to grifting, stalling, inertia or party rigidity. However, they should be encouraged to at least try. |  |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 18:29 - May 8 with 500 views | Guthrum |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 17:20 - May 8 by Zx1988 |
That's assuming that most voters are rational, and will apply critical thought to their decision in 2029.
Yarmouth, when presented with the choice between the racists and the ultra-racist fascists, opted unanimously for the fascists.
Even if there's chaos in Reform councils between now and 2029, you can quite easily see Führage trying to lay it at the door of the Government, and claim that the only way to make Reform councils work will be to elect a Reform government. And his target audience will lap it up. |
However, his target audience is not enough to get Reform over the line on their own. He'll need to persuade a large chunk of floating voters also. That is a much more difficult task. | |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 19:24 - May 8 with 418 views | Zx1988 |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 18:29 - May 8 by Guthrum |
However, his target audience is not enough to get Reform over the line on their own. He'll need to persuade a large chunk of floating voters also. That is a much more difficult task. |
Maybe I'm feeling especially pessimistic after today, but I'm not sure that's the case?
It's a small sample, but take a look at the Norfolk County Council results:
https://elections.norfolk.gov.
Even where they've lost seats (barring Yarmouth, which is a bit of a special case) they've polled at least 25% of the vote.
If we're looking at there being five major parties on the ballot in 2029, they'll only need a minimum of 20%-25% of the vote in some seats, assuming that there'll be a fair few four-way marginal.
Given the success Reform have had today, and the incredibly low bar of the FPTP system, I think they'll be all but there in 2029 based on today's figures. | |
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 19:27 - May 8 with 410 views | J2BLUE |
Seeing our county in Reform blue on the BBC map...
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| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 19:30 - May 8 with 387 views | PaulYoungs |
| Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. on 19:27 - May 8 by J2BLUE |
Seeing our county in Reform blue on the BBC map...
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