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Reform votes were “just a way of delegitimising the point of view that I bring to the table”. “It’s also a way of delegitimising the perfectly valid, legitimate views of millions of people
gained by it," he said. "I think that parties, in different ways, deliberately play on it, and manipulate it, and I think people fall for it. "But I think people are genuinely concerned about
UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party). The result has once more put Starmer’s leadership in question. “I think the very best thing the prime minister could do now is address the nation tomorrow
Labour was "finally bringing down" immigration numbers. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had taken "decisive action" to cut small boat crossings and "restore control of our borders after the Tories' failed open borders experiment", they said
Labour party is so desperate to get the heat off of their backs because they’re so unpopular.” He added: “They’re willing to throw migrants under the bus to try to pander to Reform
gains in Ealing”, and was “a common method of trying to make that point during an election campaign”, it said. A leaflet from the [Green party in Gateshead](https://electionleaflets.org/leaflets/22369/) shows Reform
gain some councils too. The veteran academic of London's politics, Tony Travers, a politics professor at the London School of Economics, says the capital may be about to witness a "political earthquake
Labour's 2024 election manifesto. However 15 Conservatives and some crossbenchers - who are not affiliated to a political party - will be allowed to stay as life peers. The government says they will be appointed
gained appeal by promoting pro-Modi narratives. Last year, the MP was [awarded](https://easterneye.biz/mps-bob-blackman-and-barry-gardiner-awarded-padma-shri/#) one of India’s highest civilian honours, the Padma Shri, and held an event celebrating Modi’s birthday
Labour party has lost hundreds of seats, while** **the rightwing party Reform UK has made inroads in England’s local elections.** Results have not yet been declared in [Scotland and Wales.](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales#Scotland-banner)
Reform UK and the Conservative Party disagree. "Aligning" with the EU involves the UK following EU rules. It makes the UK a rule taker, not a rule maker. The main Leave campaign ahead
Labour figure interpreted this as a sign of fraying loyalties, and said "serious cabinet ministers are not prepared to defend [the PM] or sully themselves". Another MP said: "They are looking for life rafts. They
UK’s local and mayoral election campaign launch in Birmingham. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Alamy However, favourable mentions of the machine appear most concentrated among Reform politicians. A month ago, Anderson [posted a video](https://www.facebook.com/LeeAndersoninAshfieldMansfield/videos/pothole-proas-promisedlook-here-/1322461296645874/)
gain media coverage and attention using adverts – involving mailshots and leafleting as well as targeted Facebook ads, with nearly £100,000 spent on the latter in the last 30 days, according to Meta
gain control of their buildings, but that leasehold would not disappear overnight. Critics have accused the government of dragging its feet on leasehold reform and rowing back on Labour's election promises. However
gain. Several hundred miles away, the traditional order in Scotland was turned over in 2007, when the SNP stunned the political establishment by beating Labour in another of its spiritual homelands. The party
gains in the capital and could come first in as many as eight of London’s 32 councils. The party’s ratings have steadily improved since Polanski was elected leader in a landslide victory
Labour MP Jo White, a member of the Commons home affairs select committee, called for the Home Office to stop issuing study visas to people from Pakistan, [as it did last month for people from
gain hundreds of seats, with top projections putting the figure at 1,700. The pollsters More In Common expect the Lib Dems to take the newly created East and West Surrey councils
Gains for the Conservatives, who have long held enclaves in outer London, cannot be ruled out either. A [poll circulated among Labour MPs in March](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/06/labour-urged-listen-progressive-voters-or-face-political-earthquake-london) showed the Tories regaining Barnet from Labour