The above is from Private Eye although according to Substacker Sam Freedman the number of ex-Reform Councillors now stands at 42.
In Kent Reform started with 57 Councillors in May and are now down to 48. Kent is the largest local authority in England, on Farage’s home turf, and supposed to be Reform’s flagship.
The Guardian reports on Cornwall where Reform are no longer the largest party due to resignations and expulsions
Local Government politics in austere times is a tough job particularly so when those elected are often in the case of Reform paper candidates unable or unwilling to take on the responsibilities of being a Councillor. There are many other ways in democratic politics to make a protest count that does not involve taking on the administrative burden and time consumption of Council work.
Beyond all that however lies a crisis of democratic representation and accountability of which Reform are a morbid outcrop
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