“22 Reform UK councillors elected. Two weeks later? They’re dropping like flies.” Let’s talk about what this says about their competence, their candidate pool, and Farage’s promises. 🧵
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Two weeks ago, Reform UK celebrated council wins across the country.
Now? At least 22 councillors have already resigned, been suspended, or are under investigation.
That’s not a teething issue. That’s structural rot.
Durham: Andrew Kilburn
Resigned after failing to declare his job working for the same council he got elected to.
Conflict of interest 101.
Vetted? Apparently not.
(Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k38pp1573o)
This raises a bigger question:
If they can’t even manage a few dozen local councillors without scandal, incompetence or collapse...
How exactly do they plan to run a country?
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Now? At least 22 councillors have already resigned, been suspended, or are under investigation.
That’s not a teething issue. That’s structural rot.
Resigned after failing to declare his job working for the same council he got elected to.
Conflict of interest 101.
Vetted? Apparently not.
(Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k38pp1573o)
Also forced to step down because of employment conflicts. Still clinging to the Reform badge, but no longer a councillor.
These aren’t slip-ups. They’re a pattern.
(Source: https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/reform-uk-loses-one-of-its-new-warwickshire-county-councillo-9416243/)
At least a dozen councillors caught sharing far-right and Islamophobic content.
The party line? “We’ll investigate.”
Which sounds a lot like “We didn’t check first.”
(Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/10/reform-uk-councillors-face-allegations-sharing-far-right-islamophobic-content)
Called it “cult-like.”
This isn’t coming from the left—it’s one of their own who got out fast.
If they can’t even manage a few dozen local councillors without scandal, incompetence or collapse...
How exactly do they plan to run a country?