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Local government

A leaked video of Kent’s Reform councillors meeting shows chaotic infighting – and yet another 4 councillors are suspended

A few days ago we got an insight into Reform’s chaotic and dictatorial leadership of their “flagship” council, Kent, following the leak of a recording of a meeting several of their councillors attended. From the Guardian Bitter divisions in Reform…

Wrong Reform
23 October 2025

Local government

At least 25 Reform UK councillors quit, tried to defect, were expelled or subjected to criminal investigations within just 4 months of being elected

This blog has documented a few of the resignations, defenestrations and criminal investigations related to Reform UK’s oftentimes motley bunch of elected council candidates. These are of course the ones that have passed the vetting that is somehow apparently already…

Wrong Reform
7 September 2025

Local government

What Reform achieved during their first 100 days of running Kent Council – ‘clickbait and chaos’

The Byline Times gives a run-down of what Reform achieved in their first 100 days of running the Kent council. In their words, it was “clickbait and chaos”. We were told that Reform UK would act in the interests of…

Wrong Reform
9 August 2025