Reform

Highlighted for its significant growth in support, particularly the dramatic surge in Wales.

“has stayed constant for the last ten years. The Tories have dropped off-- have halved, and Reform has jumped out of nowhere. Now, let's just jump to Wales. In Wales, Labor was at forty-two percent in 2011, thirty-four point seven percent in 2016, thirty-six pe…”

Noted for their rising vote share in Wales and general populist appeal.

“But Reform in Wales now up to nearly thirty percent of the vote. I mean, this is... You know, if you were seeing this, if the, you know, if you were reporting back, I think you're in Germany at the moment. If you started reporting back on some election in some…”

A political party gaining influence by acting as an opposition force without government responsibility.

“I think a lot of them think that the country's not in great shape, and the two main parties have, you know, taken turns. We had the Tories for a long time. We've now had Labour for a couple of years. And I do think it's grossly unfair that Labour takes so much…”

The political party that used the slogan 'Vote Reform, get Starmer out' during the local elections.

“Well, I think we sometimes argue about whether things are genuinely an emergency when we do these emergency podcasts, but this is without doubt a crisis for Keir Starmer as prime minister and for the government. And I think for the Labour Party, I, uh, my big …”

Mentioned in the context of their recent performance in local council control.

“We can be in the same room perfectly well. [laughs] Uh, I've made it up. I don't know if he's made it up. I've, I'm fine with it. But so I... But I, I, I think that there's, there's something about the way that the government deals with the media that makes hi…”

Political party criticized by Campbell for its councilors' conduct and lack of scrutiny.

“MPs is that he doesn't really... back benches in particular, is he doesn't really take them seriously, he doesn't listen to their views, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. That's part of politics. And so you reap the consequences of that. No doubt about that. I'…”

Mentioned as the political opposition Andy Burnham would need to defeat in a by-election.

“By winning, he proves that he has the secret sauce to defeat Reform in what was supposed to be a pretty safe Reform seat. Suddenly you've got man from the north, successful mayor who's proven that he can beat Reform in an absolutely tough by-election, which th…”

Cited as a significant electoral threat to Labour in polling, with high chances of winning specific seats.

“[laughs] Well, uh, what I'd say, Rory, is that your, your knowledge of the workings of the Labour Party has vastly improved in, uh, in recent years as-- due to your constantly listening to me banging on about it. Look, I think this is, from Andy Burnham's pers…”

Mentioned as a political rival that Labour attempts to counter through tactical policy shifts.

“And I think that's a really good point about this. It comes back to the incremental point, actually. These individual decisions on tax and spending policy have, uh, you know, when you look at them on their own, you could, they, they could make sense. But as yo…”

Mentioned as a political rival that the Labour Party struggles to compete against.

“... uh, and actually at the moment there aren't many o- issues that the Labor Party can coalesce around that look as though they would give Farage and Reform a bit of a run for their money at the next election. But again, as I say, there's absolutely no sense …”

The party proposed a 'negative child benefit tax' to penalize those without offspring.

“Now, Christopher Goodwin, a Reform UK candidate, actually proposed this as the negative child benefit tax. And the purpose is quite literally in the name. It's to tax anyone without any offspring, and to actually remove personal income tax to any woman with mo…”

The political party associated with Nigel Farage that has gained support.

“could have afforded to live here 10, 15, 20 years ago. By the way, there's very few cities in the world where that isn't happening. Most cities, that is happening. And London's, you know, an example of that, like New York is an example of that. These very larg…”