I have started to look carefully at the results of the local elections in #wandsworth.. One remarkable finding has been that there has been a significant decline in the proportion of voters entitled to a #postalvote compared with same election in 2022. In 2022 roughly a quarter were entitled to a postal vote. In 2026 it was a sixth. This is differs from what had happened nationally in #generalElection s - where the proportion in 2024 was the highest ever according to the #britishelectionstudy.

#Reform #UK #Makerfield candidate was friends with #neo-fascist leader

Facebook screenshot shows #Kenyon’s friend list included #Raikes, whose profile image included the words “New British Union” – group advocating #fascist revolution

The Times reported 41 of Reform’s candidates in #GeneralElection were friends with Raikes. He was leader in #Scotland of British National Party (BNP) before founding the New British Union

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26122271.reform-uk-makerfield-election-candidate-friends-fascist-leader/

#fascist #fascism #extremists #racism #violence

Reform UK Makerfield candidate was 'friends' with neo-fascist leader

REFORM UK’s candidate in the Makerfield by-election was formerly “friends” on Facebook with a neo-fascist leader ...

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🪩 What about this ..... #AndyBurnham loses #MakerfieldByElection ... 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 northern MPs panic 😱 ..... b4 they can organise a "𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳" leadership challenge ..... 📢 #SirKeir 👓 calls a #GeneralElection .... in a 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 🖕 FU ..... !?
𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀?

Anas Sarwar faces showdown at Scottish Labour summit after Holyrood election rout

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/anas-sarwar-faces-showdown-scottish-37160931

Hopefully Wes Streeting and Jess Phillips lose their seats at the next #GeneralElection and the world will be a better place. #bbcpm #StateOpeningOfParliament #KingsSpeech #Labour #Starmer

Streeting’s ‘mood changed dramatically’ after Starmer meeting, body language expert tells Metro

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/13/streetings-mood-changed-dramatically-starmer-meeting-body-language-expert-tells-metro-28354515/

Nicola Sturgeon’s personal company quadruples in value after lucrative book deal

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nicola-sturgeons-personal-company-quadruples-37143585

‘A life-and-death matter’: understanding how Ofsted inspections risk suicidal thoughts in teachers

A teacher described always having to be ready for an inspection as ‘intolerable’.

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