Posted on 12/19/2025 3:10:25 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Millions of voters in more than 60 district and county councils across England may not get to elect local councillors until 2027, ministers announced on Thursday.
The government has told local leaders in those areas that they could delay May 2026 ballots while dealing with a wider reorganisation of local government that will see authorities consolidate into more efficient units
Alison McGovern, local government minister, insisted on Thursday that the decision to delay elections by a year would be entirely up to local leaders in the relevant 63 councils.
Any postponement of local elections next May could limit the massive political damage expected to be inflicted by voters on Labour at a time when Sir Keir Starmer is under heavy pressure over his leadership.
It could also offer a reprieve to Conservative opposition leader Kemi Badenoch, whose party is under threat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
Farage, who is expected to do well in May given his party’s lead in national polling, said many local leaders would delay in order to keep control of councils.
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Do this in the U.S. and you will have a revolution.
The Brits are cornholed one way or another.
They’re tryin to thwart Reform UK. Germany is trying to ban AfD, France is trying to stop National Rally.
Sam as Ukraine, eh?
Exactly.
Probably why Gay Starmer is itching for a war. So he can Zelensky the UK and get more white men killed in the process.
How convenient, leftists delaying elections they will lose.
Nothing shady about that…
"More efficient" here meaning more impervious to the will of the voters?
England goes Zelensky.
Anything they can do to deny people their freedom. Manipulating, cheating, deceiving them.
"There is even talk of an election..."
"An election?!!! That's absurd! I won't stand for it!"
,,, a reorg of local government would run quite apart from electing councillors and mayors. Starmer knows he’s hated by the population and this move will stop them voting and fuel the hatred.
Its deliberate and aimed at Nigel Farage and Reform UK
Sounds to me like they’re going full Soviet.
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