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Originally Posted by Russ
Council elections certainly aren’t the b all and end all by any stretch but it does pretty much put the notion of this whole new ‘groundswell’ for Reform in to perspective.
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First Past the Post elections require a party to achieve a concentration of local support in order to win. That’s extremely difficult for an insurgent party in a Westminster constituency but slightly less challenging in a council ward. That’s how the BNP managed to win some temporary success picking up seats in certain parts of England 15-20 odd years ago.
If Reform is going to have any sort of genuine breakthrough, local council seats is where it’ll be evident first. If they’re challenging and yet not winning, well then they’re not doing very well.