Caerphilly Serves Hard Cheese to Starmer and Reform
Lindsey German discusses the democratic deficit, housing, football, and fighting fascism.
Reform was the bookies' favourite to win the Caerphilly by-election for the Welsh Senedd on Thursday. However, the Plaid Cymru candidate won comfortably, pushing Labour into a distant third place.
Nigel Farage had expected to celebrate the win, with a victory meal planned for Saturday night, to be addressed by Lee Anderson. Instead, Farage left, and his candidate departed the count without giving a speech.
Reform still took a sizeable chunk of the vote at 36%. The upset in Caerphilly was disastrous for Keir Starmer, as the constituency has been Labour for a century, being the heartland of Labour in the South Wales valleys.
The constituency has been Labour for a century, being the heartland of Labour in the South Wales valleys.
Author's summary: Labour faces disaster in Caerphilly by-election.
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