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Apr 21, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 We talk a lot about building the #ProgressiveAlliance, but alliances on the right are alive and well, and much more successful.
In English #LocalElections2022, UKIP & ReformUK are only standing 1/4 as many candidates as they did in 2018, consolidating the right-wing vote.
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In 2018, UKIP stood more than 600 candidates. In 2022 they are standing only 17, with ReformUK standing 121 candidates, a total of 138.
That's a reduction of more than three-quarters.
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