We ask the people of Preston about the success of Reform UK

Lancashire Post

After the recent success of Reform UK in the local elections, we went out into Preston to ask people what they made of the controversial right-wing party.

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00:00elections are over and one of the biggest stories to emerge is the rise of reform uk

00:04after claiming an overall majority in lancashire which includes control of the county council

00:09it's clear the party is picking up support from voters disillusioned with the traditional mainstream

00:13parties today we're on the streets of preston to assess what's behind reform's growing appeal

00:19nationwide are they surprised do they offer something new or are people simply dissatisfied

00:25with the status quo let's find out what voters really think so my first question would be what

00:32do you make of the results in the local elections reform have had a lot of success in lancashire

00:38in particular but are you surprised by how well they're done or would you expect them that

00:49is there any particular reason you're surprised you think it's because people are more frustrated

00:53with the mainstream political parties or do you think that frustration with kia starmer's reign so

01:11far as prime minister has kind of pushed people away from labor and the conservatives towards reform is

01:16that is that what you'd say yeah and do you do you just envision envisage it getting stronger moving

01:23forward do you think reform will continue to have success or do you think it will kind of die off

01:27if they do what they say yes definitely so my first question is we've seen in the recent local

01:34elections that reform have made huge gains in lancashire what did you what did you make of that

01:39success first and foremost there's not popular opinion behind them people are fed up of labor because

01:44they've not come through with anything they said they'd do so they've voted reformers uh get back at labor

01:51yeah and do you think most people have decided to vote reform because they're frustrated with the

01:56other parties like labor or conservative or do you think they genuinely want to see reform do better

02:02they might be but i'm a bit concerned that they say they're going to do everything but they will

02:07be because not all the parties have done they've all said they're going to do this that but they've done

02:12nothing yeah so you think it's more a case of the false promises to get into power rather than

02:16actually delivering what they say yeah and my final i think truth given i think most people

02:24knowing the benefits of voting reform would vote for uk reform and what do you attribute that success

02:31down to do you think it's people being frustrated or disillusioned with the traditional mainstream

02:36parties like labor and conservative or do you just think that offering something completely new

02:41i think that most people have been disillusioned by the different parties predominantly i don't think

02:49they've benefited there's been a lot of vested interests with these uh politicians over the years

02:55where they've financially benefited themselves financially for things by pushing the agenda for certain

03:02things and getting shares allocated from various different companies to push the agenda for certain

03:10actions so they become very multinary there as on the backs of pushing things that shouldn't have vested interests

03:17in the first place yeah

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