Reform UK’s Kent County councillors have declared an “illegal migration emergency” in the county despite warnings that to do so might breach electoral law. Opposition councillors staged a mass walkout in protest at what they condemned as a cynical electoral stunt timed to influence an upcoming by-election. Migrant frontier A motion at Thursday’s council meeting, […]
Linden Kemkaran
How Reform’s ‘shop window’ council brought chaos to Kent
When Reform UK swept to power at Kent County Council last May, the victory was heralded as a populist revolution. After decades of Conservative dominance, Reform’s 57-seat majority promised a new era of straight-talking efficiency and common-sense governance. Six months later, that promise has curdled into farce. Leaked recordings, mass expulsions, and paralysed committees have […]