There are over 16000 Council seats in England & reform have 677. They have just 5 seats in the commons. In 2024 the Tories won nearly 13% of the Scottish vote, I wouldn't say 'The people of Scotland voted Conservative'.
I'm not anti independence.. But positive arguments are better than manipulation or negative arguments..that's my only point.
Social media is all about memes and soundbites.
Yes..only 1650 seats were being voted on out of 16000. Of those 1650 reform won 677. On that basis you said that the people of England had voted for Reform.
Surely that's a bit misleading?
Yes.. I don't feel they were truly representative nationally though but I could be wrong. Probably a combination of low turnout & protest votes. There has been a clamour from the BBC and Sky to sensationalise it, I think. They've given Farage a disproportionate amount of airtime since day one.
Yes.. It doesn't fit the narrative of a divided society. Most (not all) reform votes came from ex tories.. So in reality, some right wing voters simply voted for a different right wing party... But that's not a great headline.
Yes, but a lot were Tory seats won by another lying, cheating useless bastard. Difference is now Reform have to account for themselves and they aren’t capable.. so good news really..
I don't reckon it'll be too long before it all begins to unravel when they have to start being accountable for their actions instead of just shouting insults at those who already are.
Oh god I made the mistake of looking at the comments under our new Reform council line up. Frightening. People think they're going to fix the NHS. And the hatred against anyone who isn't white & 'english' & without disability, is terrifying.
Please get you facts correct - the people of England did not vote reform uk ltd, only a few did, I believe around 75% did not. Not every council had local elections, most people didn't bother voting, others, like myself & family did NOT & will NEVER vote for Fascist Forage's company, Reform UK Ltd
Many of the war dead would wonder why they bothered. Millions living in poverty while a tiny % are obscenely wealthy and a govt actively engaged in murdering thousands of kids in Palestine. The best way to honour the war dead is to look after the living. The hypocrisy this week will be off the scale
Exactly. Media full of stories about VE Day, street parties, royal visits to commemorate/celebrate the downfall of fascism. Thursday 1st May saw celebration of its return. Already threatening council employees, will teach our children to love their country, get rid of DEI. Ironic!
The #Reform scum voters who’s scum family will not visit them in their dying hours in a hospice or hospital. They will be plotting and planning how to spend their inheritance. The foreigners who they hate, will hold their hand in their dying moments & those Reform scum will expect a place in heaven!
WW2 was never about defeating fascism (except from the Red Army)
The leadership of the allied forces were protecting Western imperialism against the 3rd Reich imperialism.
Always interests me the English football fan, singing anti German songs about WW2. They are only concerned with the idea of victory ("we won the war ergo we're better than you") not necessarily the defeat of fascism.
Correct but The 80th anniversary of VE Day will be commemorated in the UK on Monday 5 May.
Monday marks the official start of a four-day national celebration culminating on Thursday 8 May, the exact 80th anniversary of Germany's surrender in 1945.
5th May 1945 marked the surrender of German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark and north west Germany, a key moment leading to the end of World War II.
Just days later (8 May) Nazi Germany surrendered fully, bringing the war in Europe to a close.
That’s just because we already had a public holiday planned on 5 May and we’re too miserly to announce a new one for 8 May! There really is no more to it than that. We’ve never ever before decided to “start 4 days before”!
I think we can be pretty sure it will be. Reform is the private firm that specialises in providing easily digested answers to the móst crass of impressionable simpletons.
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SNP baaaad.
Social media is all about memes and soundbites.
and then using that distorted percentage to compare with what the Tories won in an overall total Scottish wide vote.
Manipulation right enough - from you
Surely that's a bit misleading?
But to summarise, yes Sky News and the BBC are those making a mountain out of a molehill. So yes, I agree on that point.
There were 1,650 seats and 23 councils.
Reform took 677 seats and 10 councils.
There was only one parliamentary seat that Reform took with a majority of only 6.
Although I believe turnout overall was very low.
It will degenerate into a RW wankfest of flagshaggers.
The 1 May election was for 1,650 council seats and reform won 677 of them.
That's about 43% of the vote.
Ignorant racist wankers.
The leadership of the allied forces were protecting Western imperialism against the 3rd Reich imperialism.
Otherwise you're spot on
Something doesn't add up.
I hope the people of Scotland vote wisely and minimise the risk.
Monday marks the official start of a four-day national celebration culminating on Thursday 8 May, the exact 80th anniversary of Germany's surrender in 1945.
Just days later (8 May) Nazi Germany surrendered fully, bringing the war in Europe to a close.
The 1 May election was for 1,650 council seats and reform won 677 of them. Nearly half.
There were 24 councils - they won 10 of them.
Yes, overall they have a small percentage but those other seats weren't up for grabs.
Yes, being played