In the immediate aftermath of this month’s local elections, at which Reform UK made massive gains, the party’s Home Affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf promised they “would never take voters for granted”.

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Labour, on the other hand, appears to have reacted to the shoeing the voters gave them by doing the exact opposite, and giving every impression they do take the electorate for granted.

Internal squabbles, personality cults, weaponising internal party processes that look baffling at best and batty at worst to the casual onlooker. The government have embraced the lot.

For those wondering what the impact of the years of Conservative chaos would be, we now know. A new........

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