Local Elections 2026 Reaction with Ethan Croft (New Statesman) and Jake Dibden (MoreinCommon UK)
About this episode
The episode discusses the seismic changes in British local elections of 2026, analyzing the outcomes and implications.
The 2026 Local Elections have been some of the most seismic in British history. Across England the public took their chance to give Labour a kicking, with Reform winning big and the Greens bringing about their best-ever election night. Add to this Wales, where Labour dropped to the third-largest party for the first time ever, and the SNP’s anticipated plurality in Scotland, and May 8th now look sradically different at the local level than the previous day. To dissect what’s happened ove...
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Guests: Ethan Croft, Jake Dibden
Topics covered
- local elections
- British politics
- Labour party
- Reform party
- Green party
- SNP
- election analysis
Keywords
- 2026 Local Elections
- Labour
- Reform
- Greens
- SNP
- Wales elections
- England elections
- political analysis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New Statesman, MoreinCommon UK
Places: England, Wales, Scotland
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