Who ignored them, the Tories?
They aren’t having to work very hard, if your idea is that it’s all a plot against Starmer. I’m amazed by how little support he’s getting from his own ranks.
Read this
It’s not a plot against Starmer but more some people making a lot of noise (& being amplified on t’internet) because Labour aren’t the Tories - or even more right wing in their views, symptomatic globally if you look.
Streeting, tipped as a potential future Labour leader, defended Starmer, whose popularity ratings are currently at near-record lows, predicting the prime minister would “100%” take the party into the next election.
“He has the full support of the party, and his position is secure.” 
I reckon he’ll step down on health grounds before June.
Genuine question.
I see this a lit.
You ignore ALL the convictions.
Yet the leader of the gang in one Northern City walks around
How many convictions?
What length of convictions?
How do they compare to conviction rates/lengths in say Salisbury or Eastbourne or Poole?
I see figures of THOUSANDS of victims. How many convictions?
Yet again Pie nails it…
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OK Boomer
And also watch the Jonathan Pie vid in @lifeintheslowlane ’s post above.
Also be careful out there
OK it’s the Grauniad so you won’t find similar in the Daily Heil or Torygraph
Dunno - your guess is as good as mine or anyone else’s tbf 
Reform polling higher that the Tories and just behind Labour - apparently 16% of people who voted Tory in the last election will switch to Reform this time
I think the Tories could be in real trouble of being marginalised entirely
Labour are now the Tories and Reform are the Fascists
Librals and old Tories are bystanders
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Reform are picking up votes across the political spectrum including from the Libs and Labs - There is something more fundamental at play than simply left and right politics.
What do you think it is?
People are pissed off with the traditional parties and their snouts in the trough. They see Reform as something new that might do something different (although they won’t, Farage has the longest snout!!).
There’s probably an element of jingoism and xenophobia, fuelled by Social Media, as well.
IMHO that is
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Id say its a failure of the trad parties to address issues that really matter to people and Reform are pushing them to the front. maybe that is because reform are seen as outsiders and not caught up in the Westminster bubble yet.
And conveniently forgetting The Brexit Party’s performance as MEP politicians. Doesn’t bode well when Farage seems more interested in raking in extracurricular earnings than being in his constituency and Lowe posting crap
(saw a post from Lowe on LinkedIn a couple of days ago - I don’t know if I was more offended about his comments about all migrants or that he still has Ex Chairman of Southampton FC front and centre of his account)
Or we could go even more bat-shit crazy
If Trump can do it…
As a one issue party, I would say they, ultimately, were very successful.
I’m not sure what to make of Reform, however I won’t be underestimating them.