UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

There was a by-election held in Caerphilly, Wales yesterday. A solidly Labour area for over a century, the Labour (and Tory) vote absolutely collapsed, and the contest became a two-horse race between far-right Reform party and Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. Thankfully Plaid beat the fash quite handily, beating polling expectations that it was going to be a narrow Reform win.

The Labour Party really is buggered if is polling <15% anywhere in Wales though. It’s going to get wiped out there next May unless a miracle happens.