Well, well, well. It’s been a good start to the day so far for Nigel Farage’s Reform party, with the group in the lead on council seat wins, securing victory in the Greater Lincolnshire mayoralty and, to top it all off, coming first place in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. Now the party has returned its Westminster parliamentarian count to five (after ex-Reform man Rupert Lowe was suspended earlier this year) and hopes to continue making gains across the country throughout the day. Talk about shaking things up, eh?
Reform’s Runcorn victory sees the party gain its first female Member of Parliament while ex-Tory politician Andrea Jenkyns swept to victory to become its first women mayor. While Farage’s party may have had a ‘boys club’ reputation in the past, the party leader was keen to point out how things are changing. Speaking to reporters in Runcorn this morning, Farage insisted:
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