VILE Reform UK Making A Difference One Year On?

Añadido: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]In the last video, we spoke about it's been a year since Reform UK claimed up to 667 council seats, two mayoral wins, and basically taking control of 14 councils like Cornwall.

[00:00:12]In this video, we're going to be talking about Derbyshire and Doncaster County Councils.

[00:00:18]Alan Graves, the leader of Reform at Derbyshire County Council, wrote in February 2025 that it is unfair that the poorest in our society spending the larger part of their income on taxes, including council tax.

[00:00:34]Less than a year later, Graves would oversee an increase in council taxes of 4.99%, the highest amount permitted by law.

[00:00:44]With Reform in charge of Derbyshire, not only are taxes going up, but services are being reduced. Reform said that without consulting anyone, they would be shutting down adult education facilities. For decisions like these, councils must give a month's notice.

[00:01:02]Nonetheless, Reform terminated the services without any discussion or prior notification. These centers utilized teach at least 1,300 individuals computer skills, arithmetic, and English. Additionally, eight residential care facilities will close. A GMB union spokesman declared, "These closures are nothing short of a betrayal of local people and staff. Over 200 jobs are also at jeopardy due to the proposals."

[00:01:30]Additionally, the council plans to shut the Glossop recycling facility, requiring locals to travel an hour to the nearest Buxton location. This has angered some of Reform's very own lawmakers. Referring to the Glossop employees, Councillor Gareth Nashe would call the closure "horrendous and a shocking way to treat people who work for us." In its first 100 days in government, Reform's Derbyshire councillors quickly declared that its cost-cutting measures had saved millions of pounds.

[00:02:03]How did they get to this conclusion?

[00:02:05]Apparently by postponing a plan for a salary review.

[00:02:09]But this was incorrect. No such funds had been kept according to a freedom of information request. Additionally, Reform has been accused of squandering resources on unnecessary PR stunts.

[00:02:22]Graves, the leader, submitted a letter to King Charles in January during the height of the council tax controversy, demanding the dissolution of Parliament in position to Keir Starmer. He wrote, "I sincerely hope that the King will consider this." Reform has been accused of racism and strange conduct in Derbyshire, just like many other authorities. When a member of the public questioned Steven Reed, the cabinet member for business services, about Union Jack banners in December of last year, he became enraged. "If you want to claim that anyone who believes that our citizens should come first instead of people jumping on boats and entering the country illegally is racist, then guess what?" He shouted at her, "I'm glad to be racist."

[00:03:06]Later on, he claimed he was being sarcastic. Reed's encounters with racist accounts on X has been identified by Hope Not Hate. He has responded to Britain's first white supremacist leader, Ashley Simon, or Symonds, whatever. I don't really give a monkey's. Sounds like a piece of [ __ ] anyway. But has responded to on X many times. Additionally, Reed has communicated with Holocaust denier Peter Emanuelsson, also known as Peter Sweden.

[00:03:34]Never got that right. I don't really give a monkey's. He sounds like a piece of [ __ ] as well. And he's done the same with Tommy Robinson as well.

[00:03:41]Additionally, he stated that there were "dog holes arms" in his neighborhood, saying, "There are numerous estates near me." There's also Doncaster County Council. Reform's performance there has also been quite turbulent and unsatisfactory.

[00:03:57]Despite having a Labour mayor on their council executive, Reform is the largest party in this area. More racist Reform candidates were found in this local authority than any other in England during the 2025 [music] election campaign.

[00:04:14]With about one in 10 making extreme statements, according to Hope Not Hate.

[00:04:19]Bart Broadhurst posted a Hitler meme.

[00:04:22]Dave Platter reposted content from the neo-Nazi group Patriotic Alternative.

[00:04:28]And Isaiah John Reed called Bradford "one of the biggest [ __ ] holes in Europe." And as somebody who lives in Bradford, I disagree. And attributed it to the Muslim community. Despite Broadhurst's eventual expulsion, all were elected under the Reform banner.

[00:04:45]Gaston, who posted a like to Facebook post on the so-called Kalergi plan, a conspiracy theory that asserts Jews have started a genocide against white people, was perhaps the most disappointing of all these candidates.

[00:05:01]Gaston was chosen to lead Reform before quitting after 5 months in the job. He claimed to have received hateful texts from people in his own party. He stated, "I thought Reform was better than this.

[00:05:14]I was obviously mistaken." Also, ending corruption was one of Reform's platform promises. Regretfully, two members of the party's Doncaster team formed a business in order to profit from the local airport renovation. The council established Fly Doncaster Limited to oversee the airport's renovation. The group party leader, Rachel Reed, and Reform Councillor David Knight then founded Fly Doncaster Auxiliary Services Limited to bid on contracts and benefit from the taxpayer-funded renovation.

[00:05:49]But Reed's resignation as deputy leader, both council members remarkably stay in the party. Additionally, several council members have exhibited inconsistent conduct. Nicola Brown, who serves on the children's panel and on the appointments committee, left Reform twice in a 2-week period. She had objected to Reform taking on a "unacceptable financial risk" by borrowing 57 million pounds to reopen the airport.

[00:06:18]Some Reform politicians have also been accused of having low attendance. Dan Dawson of Reform, who serves on the appointments and planning committees, is arguably the most severe example.

[00:06:31]Since May 2025, he has been required to attend 11 meetings.

[00:06:35]He's been to three.