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Sir John Curtice: How Reform’s capture of the Brexit vote could be enough to win an election
At the Reform event, only a few hundred activists were present in the function room – and Nigel Farage, not yet party leader, was reportedly not among them. Reform was polling around 3% and had won just two councillors in that May’s local elections. What a difference four years makes. Reform’s annual conference takes place this weekend…
Sir John Curtice: The map that shows Reform’s triumph was much more than a protest vote
There is no doubt that Reform performed well in Thursday’s local council elections. The party won most votes, most seats and overall control of most councils. True, the party’s share of the votes cast across all 23 councils where elections took place on Thursday was no more than 31%. So despite doing well, it secured…