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World news | The GuardianReform UK spending on Facebook ads surged before May elections https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/27/reform-uk-spending-facebook-ads-surged-before-may-elections #ReformUk #Advertising #Politics #Labour #PartyFunding #Media #May2026Elections #UkNews #LocalElections2026 #ScottishElections2026 #WelshElections2026
The withdrawal comes after significant local opposition and after Labour lost control of the council, to the Tories at the #LocalElections2026!
Texas Senate runoff sees surge of anti-Muslim rhetoric in campaign ads https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/texas-senate-runoff-anti-muslim-ad #Texas #May2026Elections #LocalElections2026 #UsNews #UsPolitics #KenPaxton
The ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป? I'm told ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณโ๐ด ruling ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ has ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ its councillors from forming ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด with the ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐!? ๐ฒ
At the #LocalElections2026, the ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ won most of their seats from ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, at nearly a fifth of those that ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ were defending!
๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ lost almost ๐ฐ๐
๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ as many ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด to the #GreenParty than to #ReformUK in the #LocalElections2026 ....!
๐คญ๐ต ๐ฌ
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour-local-elections-greens-reform_uk_6a0ecd79e4b0f1ba1f628168
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour-local-elections-greens-reform_uk_6a0ecd79e4b0f1ba1f628168
Broadcasters too reliant on vox pop interviews and failing to challenge politicians, says study https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/20/broadcasters-reliant-vox-pop-interviews-failing-challenge-politicians-study #Politics #TvNews #TelevisionIndustry #May2026Elections #Media #Bbc #ItvNews #UkNews #England #Scotland #Wales #WelshElections2026 #ScottishElections2026 #LocalElections2026
Opinion | The Guardian USThe Green party is split between two factions โ but there is a strategy that could bring them together | Joe Todd https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/18/green-party-factions-politics-zack-polanski-cost-of-living-price-controls #GreenParty #LocalElections2026 #ZackPolanski #HannahSpencer #Politics
The Green party is split between two factions โ but there is a strategy that could bring them together
If Zack Polanski can be both popular and radical โ think price controls to manage the cost of living โ then he will have found a uniting mission, says political writer and podcaster Joe Todd
Plaid Cymru has forged a brand of inclusive nationalism. That's why it beat Reform in Wales | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/17/plaid-cymru-inclusive-nationalism-reform-wales-senedd #WelshElections2026 #PlaidCymru #ReformUk #RhunApIorwerth #Wales #May2026Elections #Politics #UkNews #LocalElections2026
Plaid Cymru has forged a brand of inclusive nationalism. Thatโs why it beat Reform in Wales
Growing up in Gwynedd, I was made to feel not โWelsh enoughโ. But things have changed โ and the Senedd victory shows the politics of exclusion has no answer, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
GrumpyOldFartโThe More Than 30 Scandal-Hit Reform Candidates Elected Last Weekโ
by Josiah Mortimer in The Byline Times on Substack
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โAt least four newly-elected Reform UK councillors appear to have been suspended, expelled or resigned their seats altogether since the local elections in England. They only took place last Thursday, 7 May.
But there are more than 30 other new Reform councillors who face allegations of wrongdoing, hypocrisy, sharing hateful social media material and more, analysis by Byline Times finds, none of whom appear to have faced any disciplinary action so farโ
https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-more-than-30-scandal-hit-reform
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #LocalElections2026 #Reform #Farage #Councillors #Scandal #FarRight #Racism #Islamophobia #Hypocrisy #Hate #Disciplinary
