United Kingdom 🇬🇧: LOCAL ELECTIONS
The vote count is still underway — conducted manually — but the results released so far point to the right-wing Reform UK as the big winner of the British local elections.
Here’s the current number of councilors elected by party (with change compared to the previous election):
⚪️ Reform UK: 213
🔵 Conservative Party: 76 (-172)
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 50 (+25)
🔴 Labour Party: 22 (-54)
🟡 Independents: 19 (-17)
🟢 Green Party: 10 (+5)
Based on the results of the local elections, if the general election were held today, Nigel Farage would win comfortably and become the next British Prime Minister.
The general election is scheduled for 2029, unless an early election is called.
Why not just 'Reform UK?'
Right/left wing are used to describe an ideology; both come with implicit social biases.
Fuck politics and the horse it rode in on, to be clear, but words matter and I like my news without the noise.
Keep up the good work #100 zaps
