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Labour has lost almost 200,000 members in the past five years, according to the party's latest annual accounts. The party's membership has been steadily falling since Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020, from a peak of 532,046 at the end of 2019. Despite the party's landslide election victory last summer, it shed another 37,215 members over the course of 2024, around 10% of its total membership at the start of the year.

Russell T Davies emphasized that the LGBT community should respond with terror, anger, and action against the rise of Reform UK, which threatens their rights.

"We have to prove to people we are competent," Cooper told BBC Radio Stoke. He said many people told the party after they came into power that they "did not know how to run things" and had no history in local government.

Reform UK's campaign spending included lavish items like a £350 bottle of champagne, a £989-a-night hotel stay, and substantial room service charges, raising concerns over member subscriptions.

Nigel Farage has pledged to halve overall crime within five years under a Reform UK government, asserting that crime levels have significantly surged since the 1990s.

Reform UK's leader Nigel Farage proposed transferring British criminals to some of the toughest prisons worldwide, akin to strategies used by former President Trump in the U.S.

Reform UK's threat to strip public subsidies for wind and solar projects risks undermining Britain's green energy industry and threatens the prospects of clean energy jobs.

Reform UK is influencing British politics by mimicking US political trends, particularly through its focus on anti-DEI rhetoric and cryptocurrency advocacy.

Reform UK-run councils average fewer than 0.5 diversity and equality roles each, raising questions about their claim to save money by cutting such jobs.

Sir Jake Berry, a former Conservative minister, stated: "If you were deliberately trying to wreck the country, you'd be hard pressed to do a better job than the last two decades of Labour and Tory rule." This reflects a strong discontent with both major parties, showcasing a significant ideological shift. Berry's defection to Reform UK underlines the growing disillusionment among Conservative MPs.

The number of Britons who think Starmer lacks respect for them has doubled since he entered Downing Street, with 63 per cent now expressing this view.

Steve Coogan expressed that his support for Labour has waned, accusing the party of abandoning its principles and paving the way for Reform UK, stating, 'The success of Reform, I lay squarely at the feet of the neoliberal consensus, which has let down working people for the last 40 years.' He criticized the Labour government for leaning into a 'broken system', indicating that people's voting choices change nothing in their lives.

John Mac points out that the local industrial landscape has seen a significant decline, expressing concern over the loss of jobs in areas affected by deindustrialisation.

If a general election were held now, the far-right Reform UK party would be the largest political party, winning 271 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.

Fiona Cottrell, the biggest donor to Reform UK, has contributed £750,000 since last year, highlighting a change in the party's funding sources.

Dr. David Bull's experience and popularity among Reform UK members position him as a strategic choice to navigate internal diplomacy and engage with potential donors.