CG in retirement33

As the US has proved, there is evidently no limit to human stupidity, irresponsibility and ignorance.

Grateful Dad31

Same old same old. I've given up having sympathy for the wilfully ignorant after Brexit and Boris Johnson. May they get what they voted for.

Tracy Watt20

All they hear is we’ll stop the boats, without thinking that the council has no control over immigration.

Craig Grävling17

The Thatcherite politics of toxic individualism and privatisation of public services have destroyed the country. Over the past 4 decades they have completely hollowed out my community, sold it for quick foreign cash. ...so lets vote for the party that more than any other is more of the same.

Kev17

The blame for this lies squarely at the feet of the media and their total lack of scrutiny

Jonny Main15

Most of them would be my guess. Old Nige is a card, he's a "straight-talker" (except when asked to explain who funds him) and he'll stick it to the "establishment". Its remarkable that the grift has survived Brexit, which he was largely responsible for and not a single voter can name a benefit of

Ian H 💚🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺13

our democracy, voting system, & right-wing press are a deliberate disaster

Llanc13

Not to mention the loss of the NHS.

BornToBark12

Welcome to the world of gullible and ignorant Trump voters, electing someone who will diligently work to screw them over while claiming to be saving them from…something.

Karen11

This is my big concern that many have just voted due to immigration stance… do they realise how many things they would reverse and send us backwards on?!

Lily Bomb 💣 🇸🇪 🎉9

Out of curiosity. Did they tell you what they thought they WERE voting for?

DW8

That's the problem, to many voters Reform just = 'change' which is what many voters ironically want. They're not into examining exactly what that change means & the media isn't interested in informing them

Sir Murray Harrold of Dun Leven8

Reform voters are educationally and intellectually challenged..... What did you expect? For what happens now, see 1930's Germany.

susiepeacecora.bsky.social7

Most of them I should think. Fixated on immigration and blaming them for the state of things.

Rouleur6

They don't care as long as 'forrins' are targeted. That is their mindset.

johnsamuel58.bsky.social6

Sir, I'm sure you already know. I assume most of them are unaware, or simply don't care. They see the headlines from the right wing media about small boats, they see the flag waving, all of this. They will realise, maybe, when their council services collapse and when their tax continues to rise.

star69-06.bsky.social6

Same people who voted Brexit .. thick morons

djkenthenoo.bsky.social5

Every Reform voter! They’ve been hood-winked by the corporate media which includes your BBC.

gpthakkar.bsky.social5

They heard the anti immigrant message they wanted to hear and that was enough. “Uninformed racist” is an oxymoron. Proof the

Dave4

Idiot Reform voter now rambling on at @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk. He's nuts. #LBC

Lucy Abbotts 4

Their pet leopard purred approvingly all the while.

Dennis Patton4

There are a lot of thick people out there.

Grahame Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿4

Spoke to a guy the other week who was going to be voting for them and I mentioned the NHS, workers rights minimum wage etc. He didn’t have a clue about their policies… it’s scary

tsoprano.bsky.social3

Because the media gaslighted them.

J Green3

At a rough guess, I'd say something like 60:40, people who ignorantly project their wants:people who vote to do harm to others

djcaress.bsky.social3

It speaks volumes, that in times of engineered decline and runaway costs leaving people desperately searching for answers, many can’t even do the most basic levels of research before voting. And far too many people allow their views to be cultivated almost entirely by the billionaire owned press.

Avril Jones 📷3

What policies do they imagine they’re voting for? Or is racism enough to invoke their lemming-like stupidity?

magnetron213

The future is about a 'green' Labour party taking on the Reform/Tory party for the next three years.

Rachel Kirsopp3

It's about scratching under the surface to see the real plan, also Media bias knowledge is key...

Stevie3

1000s I blame the Main news channels with their propaganda.

DebT2

90% of them. The media is to blame for not talking about it.

Jenny R2

Just wait until they find out about the NHS

Brainwashing and media indoctrination works.

Maluwa2

They won’t realise it until their democratic system has been completely dismantled and the oligarchs have seized power, but by then it will be too late, just like in the US!

Chidi Ejimofo2

Bet they loved the racism and xenophobia though. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

mrsddp.bsky.social2

Most of them, I think. They read the Sun/Express/Telegraph and watch BBC and believe what they read/see on TV. The Ruling Class is tightening its grip.

Paula Lovemore2

Farage feeds their racism and all other ism’s…I live on a huge council housing estate and the majority are unemployed or on benefits but he feeds their hatred without them knowing they are first in line to be shat on.

Anne Roberts2

What is staggering is the number of people who vote for a party - in this case Reform - without having asked a single question about their policies. All this does is highlight the pitfalls of democracy.

Llanc2

Although I suppose if they learn from these local elections, that will bring some sanity to the next general election?

Carole Bruce2

The majority I would imagine. The BBC have given Reform maximum coverage and non of the MSM have held them to account.

Matthew Bland14

As a Bexley resident, it's obviously the lesser of two evils but Reform having 7 councillors is not ideal, especially all three for one of the wards. But it's pleasing they've done worse than expected here.

Alasdair Cameron11

Crumbs though look at that split. Remind me never to move to Bexley.

Martandelus (Cheez)9

You've gotta figure something is seriously fucked up when it is that the self-same posse the voters wanted out in the last GE, became the unlikely tactical vote against the backdrop of them running the same political outfit as Reform. I can't make it make sense tbh. 🤪

Five Jabs Janet5

Might this be because the good folk of Bexley have a clear line of sight to Kent? #AskingForAFriend #LocalElections2026

Bernie Baldwin 4

I don't know how much of a target my local council, Merton, was for Reform, but it's pleasing to wake up and find that it does not have a single Reform councillor. We must NOT, however, become complacent.

Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙4

Well some good news at last!😔

StuPC3

Third time Green candidate in Bexley here. The Tory councillors in my ward, to their credit, canvassed quite a lot, but their pitch was almost exclusively "Vote for us or get Reform" and to me that was no choice at all. 🙁

evie1104.bsky.social3

Am a Labour supporter living in bexley. I voted Tory to keep out reform.

Lee Thumwood2

Tories > Years of crushing ideological austerity that reportedly attributed to over 300,000 excess deaths, foodbanks becoming a societal norm' & the UN investigating in the UK. Tories > change to a slightly different shade of blue & rebrand as "reform". UK public > votes for new shade of blue 🤦

Wayne4

These ill-informed Reform voters will learn the lessons that other Reform run councils have. Hatred and misinformation can only get you so far

GinGoddess2

That's not looking great for the Conservatives, is it? People are picking a different shade of blue