Last I heard was Labour had lost 141 council seats while the Tories had lost 525. Nearly four times as many. Seems to me that it is mainly Tories who are defecting over to Reform rather than Labour voters. Probably altered by now but there are a couple of points if that is still the case.

Firstly, it puts me in a difficult position come the next election. The constituency where I live is Tory through and through. Always has been. Come 2028, if too many Conservative voters defect, we could end up with a Reform PLC MP :-( There is no chance that anyone left of centre will make any impact here so I may have to hold my nose and vote Tory to help ensure we get nothing worse!

Secondly, as the swing seems to be that right wing voters are moving further right then would it not make sense for left wing voters to move further left rather than support Reform? I doubt it will ever happen but if Starmer wants to keep Labour in the running, then he needs to steer the party back to traditional socialist values. We can but hope :-)

As an aside, I noticed something today. The leader or Reform PLC has the initials NF. Does that give us a clue as to where they came from? :-D