What Bob really believes:"The hatred is building and we will make a full use of it and when we get in we will undo every single socialist policy ever concocted". Also (me) "Farage not right wing enough for you now?""Farage, he’s a left-winger as far as I’m concerned. My politics are further right than Genghis Khan. However, don’t worry, we’ll use reform to get in then take it over and then we’ll show you what the right wing is all about. Mr. Starmer and the rest of his clowns are doing us more favours than ever between the entire leadership of the labour party. It’s hard to believe there’s a functioning brain cell"In reality, he demonstrates that he has not a clue about what a council does, what it spends its income on, and what are its statutory duties.He probably dreams of Hounslow being like KentParty CollapseReform won a majority on Kent County Council in May 2025, but have since seen their majority chipped away, falling from 57 seats to 47 in less than a year through defections, expulsions and defeats. Seven ex-Reform councillors now form a Restore Britain grouping, the party led by far-right former Reform MP Rupert Lowe.Last Thursday, the Green Party secured a victory in the Cliftonville by-election for Kent County Council, further whittling down Reform’s majority on the council. The by-election was triggered after a Reform councillor was imprisoned. Taylor was given a 12-month prison sentence in February after admitting to behaving in a controlling or coercive way.Green candidate Rob Yates gained the seat from Reform UK, increasing the Green vote share from 12% to 39%. The huge swing was seen by the party as a ‘Kent version’ of the recent Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election in Greater Manchester, as Reform UK were conclusively beaten into second place while Labour came fourth.
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