'Rats In A Sack': Reform UK 'In Meltdown' After Axing Four Councillors On Flagship Local Authority

A Reform UK supporter holds a party placard.Reform UK are “in meltdown” after four of their councillors were suspended over the leaking of footage of a bad-tempered party meeting.Kent Council is seen as the party’s flagship local authority since they won power in May’s elections.But the council has been plunged into chaos after its leader, Linden Kemkaran, was seen berating her Reform colleagues on a video call when they questioned her on planned budget cuts.She told them: “Sometimes I will make a decision that might not be liked by everybody in the group, but I am afraid you are just going to have to f****** suck it up.”Kemkaran has previously said Kent Council would be a blueprint for how Reform would run the country if they win the next election.In a statement issued on Monday, Reform announced they were suspending four of the party’s Kent councillors – Paul Thomas, Oliver Bradshaw, Bill Barrett and Maxine Fothergill – amid claims they “brought the party into disrepute”.It is understood that their suspension relates to the leaked video.Kent Council is already under fire over plans to increase council tax after their pre-election pledges to slash spending flopped.A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Reform’s leader in Kent said that Reform councils were ‘the biggest advert’ for what a Nigel Farage government would look like. Well now we know what that means: complete chaos.“All Farage’s talk on cutting council waste hasn’t come close. Now members of his flagship council are fighting like rats in a sack. Reform is in meltdown and it’s local residents who will pay the price.”A Lib Dem spokesman said: “Reform’s meetings are starting to sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council. All that’s missing is for Claudia Winkleman to appear and ask who they’re going to banish next.“Reform don’t know what they are doing. Residents are paying the price for their incompetence. Since taking control, they have broken their promise to lower council tax after they realised their plans don’t add up, and they can’t even hold meetings together without an argument breaking out.”Related...Reform-Run Council Set To Put Taxes Up After Musk-Style Plan To Slash Spending FailsTory Mayor Predicts Reform Would Win A Majority If An Election Were Held TodayNigel Farage Accuses Keir Starmer Of Inciting Violence Against Reform Supporters

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