General British politics discussion thread

That's just ridiculous, voting for the Greens is an indirect vote for Reform, who are know to be pro-Israel. I would expect the lefties to be smarter than that

But then again this is the country that gave us brexit

West has backed down

Her letter to all:

Yip she has since pulled back rather than backed down i think - "Catherine West opting for a resignation timetable rather than a direct challenge"

SKY NEWS just now - BREAKING: "I think it's time for us to look for a new leadership"

Labour MP Chris Curtis, head of the Labour Growth Group of MPs, has joined calls for the PM to go and will be signing the Catherine West Letter.

On LBC news that there are now 40 mps and counting in labour calling for Starmer to go

Still stand by what i said here over weekend .. He could be gone by the end of this week?

Thats a stupid statement.

He is, by all evidence, a serious and moral person.

Unfortunately for him he is an uninspiring leader and a poor politician. The accidental PM, if you like.

The counting now is 55/60

birmingham is in a complete mess. Piece on C4 News at 7 about it .. crazy

Seemed an interesting enough guy and one with a strong view on things when he emerged as shadow Brexit secretary.

Would have never expected such a dull easily turned person back then.

A few of Farage's new prodigies (it probably helped them get elected):-

Reform councillor called for Nigerians to be ‘melted’

Newly-elected Sunderland politician suggested they be used as ballast in the city’s potholes

Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after social media claims | Reform UK | The Guardian

A Reform UK councillor has resigned days after being elected, after he allegedly celebrated on social media the rape of a Sikh woman in the Midlands, declared white people the “master race” and called Muslim people “rats”.Stuart Prior was elected as a councillor for Essex county council last Thursday, winning 2,404 votes, the highest total of any candidate in the ward. Prior has been criticised for the remarks he has allegedly made on social media. In posts on X in November 2025, he allegedly described white people as “the master race” and suggested that white people had “larger brains”.In other posts, Prior allegedly said “Muslims are dirt”, allegedly wrote that “Muslims are awful, globally” and allegedly declared: “There cannot be a genocide against Muslims. It’s only ever self-defence against those rats.”

Prior responded to the Mirror: “That’s not what I would have put down” and “this isn’t me” when confronted with the messages.

Prior is also alleged to have said black people should be “segregated”, and asked why “black folk bitch about” the slave trade. On 27 October 2025, he allegedly wrote, “good.reap it” in response to a post by the MP Zarah Sultana about a Sikh woman being raped.

Hope not Hate also highlighted the case of Derek Bullock, who was elected as a Reform councillor in Bolton last week. Bullock was a Tory candidate for the council in 2023 when images emerged of a post sent at the time of the 2017 Manchester Arena terrorist attack in which he allegedly used a racial slur to call for people of Pakistani heritage to be shot. The Conservatives disowned his candidacy and Bullock won as an independent before standing for Reform in 2026. Bullock has previously said the image was fake, and a Reform spokesperson said he had reported the resurfaced material to the police.

Hope not Hate allege Bullock also spoke of wanting to encourage Muslims to join Islamic State to “help re-balance England’s population & make-up”.

Jay Leslie Cooper was elected for Reform in the Bootle West ward of Sefton council. The Liverpool Echo reported that she had allegedly written on Facebook last year: “I don’t agree with him [Adolf Hitler] murdering innocent people. But the Hallocaust [sic] is a hoax. There wasn’t [sic] even 6 million Jews in Europe at the time. Propaganda.”

Nathaniel Menday was elected as a Reform councillor in Sheffield. According to Hope not Hate, he has allegedly described himself as an ethno-nationalist, encouraged the use of white supremacist symbols and blamed Jews for antisemitism because they “overwhelmingly favour open borders”. He allegedly shared a picture of Berlin’s Nazi-era Olympiastadion in January 2024 and wrote: “Whichever group of people built this must have been real visionaries!” The stadium was built to host the 1936 Olympics and was co-designed by Albert Speer, the munitions minister convicted at the Nuremberg trials of crimes against humanity.

Ben Rowe was elected for Reform on to Plymouth city council. According to Hope not Hate, he allegedly urged protesters throwing bricks at police defending a mosque to “get rid of that filthy building” during the 2024 Southport riots. In a comment beneath a YouTube video in February, Rowe also allegedly accused “the Jews” of “creating division by forcing other races on our societies” and described immigrants to the UK “breeding like rats”, according to The Times.

Most of them have increased council tax by then highest allowed %

Also, their propensity to have unvetted candidates who rapidly resign is costing councils tens of thousands a go in by-elections