60 h. ago Reform council leader defends party colleague who called police ‘British hating scum’

Staffordshire County Councillor Peter Mason apologised for the posts on X, written before he was elected in May

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8 d. ago Greater Manchester council's opposition leader defects to Reform UK

He has defected to Reform and says Wigan's controlling Labour group could be ousted in 2027

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9 d. ago Reform council leader claims party is ‘stronger’ after suspensions

Reform UK won 57 of the 81 seats at Kent County Council in May, and now have 48 party members following nine suspensions and removals.

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1 week ago Police swarm London Bridge station as passengers 'evacuated' over 'suspicious man'

British Transport Police have confirmed they were called to reports of a man 'behaving suspiciously' on a train from St Albans. The train was stopped at London Bridge while officers carried out a full search of the train

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2 w. ago Reform council leader has ‘no regrets’ after leaked video meeting

A leaked video of a Reform member meeting saw Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran telling members to ‘suck it up’ when they disagreed with her.

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3 w. ago Dear Britain, do you worry that Team Farage is just a hot mess in power? Or is everyone too angry to care | Marina Hyde

Footage of Reform councillors fighting is further proof that uselessness abounds, but that’s almost moot. To voters they are very useful idiots “I’m meant to be on bloody holiday this week, Paul! I don’t want to be having this meeting!” There is much to enjoy about the patriotic revolution in government promised by the leaked footage obtained by the Guardian of the Reform UK group of councillors running Kent county council. Take council leader Linden Kemkaran speaking for all free speech absolutists when she declares: “Paul! Paul! I’m going to mute you in a minute!” Or consider her repeatedly stated vision of the imperfections of representative democracy: “You’re just going to have to fucking suck it up, OK?”Even so I think the standout bit is when Kemkaran, who acknowledged Kent’s “flagship” status for the party and its leader Nigel Farage, says: “If we can avoid putting up council tax by the full 5%, that is going to be the best thing that we can do to show that Reform can run som...

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3 w. ago Labour MPs call for Reform council leader to resign over ‘chaos’ and suspensions

Seven MPs have written to Nigel Farage after a video leaked to The Guardian showed Kent County Council leader ‘berating’ Reform councillors.

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3 w. ago Reform council leader says she has launched hunt for ‘cowards’ behind leaked video

Linden Kemkaran told fellow Kent councillors those who disagreed with decisions would have to ‘suck it up’Leaked video exposes bitter infighting at Reform UK’s flagship Kent councilThe leader of Reform UK’s flagship local authority has told her fellow councillors that she launched a hunt for the “cowards” who leaked a recorded meeting in which she said those who disagreed with decisions would have to “fucking suck it up”.Bitter divisions among Reform members of Kent county council, one of 10 controlled outright by Nigel Farage’s party, were laid bare at the weekend by the Guardian in a leaked video of a chaotic internal meeting. Continue reading...

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