English local elections live: Farage says ‘it’s the beginning of the end of the Conservative party’ after sweeping Reform triumphs do sex

English local elections live: Farage says ‘it’s the beginning of the end of the Conservative party’ after sweeping Reform triumphs do sex sex to

May, 02 2025 16:06 PM
15.40 BSTFarage claims these elections mark 'beginning of the end of the Conservative party'Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has claimed that these elections mark “the beginning of the end of the Conservative party”.Speaking at a rally in Consett in Country Durham, he said: [This is] the beginning of the end of the Conservative party. They may well have been around since 1832 and the Great Reform Act, but they’ve been wiped out in the shires of England, wiped out in those West Midlands, southern, south-western areas where they’ve got their members, they’ve got their councillors, they’ve got their base, they raise the money. They all frankly cease to exist. And they now become an obstacle. Because what is perfectly clear, given those mayoral contests in both Donny [Doncaster] and indeed North Tyneside, is that whilst we clearly are the main challenges to Labour in the Midlands and the north, if you vote Conservative you stop our chances of winning. If you vote Conservative, you get Labour. But if you vote Reform in the Midlands and the north, from now up until the general election, you get Reform. Sky News has the clip."This is the beginning of the end of the Conservative Party."Reform UK leader @Nigel_Farage speaks from Consett as his party takes control of Lancashire Council, adding "We are clearly the main challengers to Labour in the Midlands and the North."https://t.co/TC2ROCL7wW pic.twitter.com/JTKO7xChrY— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 2, 2025 Share
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