Will Reform dominate the local and devolved elections?

About this episode

Pippa Crerar discusses the upcoming local and devolved elections with election analyst Prof Rob Ford, exploring the potential dominance of Reform and the challenges to Labour in London.

Pippa Crerar is joined by the election analyst Prof Rob Ford to look at the upcoming local and devolved elections. Will Reform dominate across England? Can the Greens remove Labour’s longstanding hold over London? And will the nationalists win in Scotland and Wales?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

People in this episode

Host: Pippa Crerar

Guest: Prof Rob Ford

Topics covered

• local elections
• devolved elections
• political analysis
• Reform party
• Labour party
• Green party
• nationalism

Keywords

• local elections
• devolved elections
• Reform
• Labour
• Greens
• Scotland
• Wales
• politics
• Pippa Crerar
• Prof Rob Ford

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour, Greens, Reform

Places: England, London, Scotland, Wales

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