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Politics Weekly UK

Farage here to stay: the local elections that changed everything– Politics Weekly Westminster

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

News, Politics

4.11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

After Reform UK stormed to victory at local elections, has its leader reshaped politics for ever? And how will Labour and the Conservatives respond? Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey go through the results and unpick what they mean. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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This is reform quake.

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That's what's going on across the country today.

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These are the most astonishing set of local election results in the history of our country.

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I get it. I do understand people what that change.

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The message for me out of these elections is go further, go faster.

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Protest is in the air, but that doesn't mean that that's what's going to happen at the general election in four years time. I'm Pippa Carrera. And I'm Kieran Stacey. You're listening to Politics

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Weekly Westminster for The Guardian. Well, listeners, we've got a treat for you today. We are here

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on a bank holiday Monday. Pippa and I have decided to both put aside our bank holidays for a couple

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