Reform UK should be on a high.
Nigel Farage’s party hoovered up council seats in England and made giant leaps forward in Wales and Scotland in last month’s local and devolved elections.
Reform is also fighting a by-election in Makerfield in a bid to gain a ninth MP and deal a body-blow to Labour by defeating the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, who is widely expected to challenge for No 10 if he returns to Parliament.
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And yet, this week, several fractures emerged in Farage’s formidable election-winning machine.
