People do want change, TTR, agreed. The Reform councils aren't doing well, thus far. Is that the reason their % share of the vote was actually down on the previous local elections.

Farage keeps saying things folk want to hear. Later, when questiuoned about things he's said, he claims he's never said them, despite there being video of him saying it. I'm not going to sidle up to him as long as he votes against Bills designed to improve safety for women and children. As long as he keeps voting against Bills to help worker's rights. As long as he supports Trump. As long as he is a fan of Putin. Next election, after a whole Parliamentary cyclus of him steering clear of his Constituency, he's not going to get back in.

Who would I vote for at the next election? The answer is I won't vote. As I've written before, as I no longer pay UK tax and don't live there, I don't think I should. From 1999 to 2022, as I'd been away for over 15 years, I wasn't allowed to vote. The Tories gave me that back. I won't use it though. Why? As well as my thoughts that I shouldn't have a vote anyway, if I did change my mind, there isn't a party that looks remotely like home. Tories never have and never will have my vote. The Labour party I used to be a card acrrying member of no longer exists. I find it impossible to take the LibDems seriously. Reform are too far to the right for me and are, IMO, simply a party that will be as pro the rich and big business as Trump's republicans are in the USA. DJT is pushing for more, more, more for the rich and less, less less for the majority. Farage will go the same way if he ever gets into power. Not something I can support. Greens are the "Reform" of the left and go too far, way too far. There isn't a party that mirrors my wishes. That is why I won't be exercising my reinstated right to vote.