United Kingdom

The Tories have no answer to Fromage & Co and the result is that Reform are pinching their voters. A lot of those County Council seats are traditionally rock solid Tory. Kemi Badenoch has failed to lead the right wing of British politics and now she's paying a price for that.

Labour need to wake up, stop appeasing the far right and maybe start trying to engage more with voters.

Lib Dems made modest gains, usually where they campaigned hard. In my opinion the Lib Dems need more of a vision in order to do better.

The obnoxious Andrea Jenkyns won in Lincolnshire. That's going to be a complete disaster.

Doncaster managed to dodge a bullet for once.

Likewise for the county councils Reform has won. Councils like Derbyshire have a lot of financial issues, as well as a lot of statutory duties they can't legally wiggle out of.

GB News gobshite Darren Grimes has been elected to Durham County Council. That's a sticky situation that's going to leave a lot of voters feeling very salty.

In more positive news, a good friend has also won election to Oxfordshire County Council as a Liberal Democrat!

Obviously, there's going to be some scandals and gaffes ahead for Reform. And don't be surprised at all if a lot of these newly elected Reform types end up falling out with each other.

But overall, depressing. The right wing of British politics continues to move from pragmatism to petulance. And somehow they keep getting rewarded for bad behaviour.