Science Minister Andrew Griffith says that people voting for Reform UK is partly to blame for disappointing local election results for the Conservative party.
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00:00 It's disappointing to lose a single Conservative councillor,
00:04 mayor, police and crime commissioner because they all work so hard for their local communities.
00:09 I think we've seen generally a fairly low turnout across the board.
00:13 Obviously it hasn't been the results that we would hope for,
00:16 but nor has it particularly been results that the opposition party would hope for.
00:21 They didn't win Harlow that Starmer was saying on Wednesday of this week.
00:25 They need to win. They didn't win Teesside.
00:27 One of the things we've seen is a vote for reform has helped opposition parties.
00:32 It's meant that Labour have found it easier to be elected and there's a very clear lesson
00:36 as we go into the general election that a vote for reform is more likely to see Keir Starmer
00:43 elected, put in number 10 with his policy of an amnesty for illegal migration and an inability
00:50 to fund the increase in defence spending that we believe as Conservatives this country needs
00:56 in these very difficult times. We've got a limited number of months and a big opportunity
01:02 at the next general election. These results don't show any real appetite for Keir Starmer personally
01:08 or for Labour. I think many, many people stayed at home because they know that he either isn't
01:13 trustworthy, he was the man that was trying to put Jeremy Corbyn into number 10 only at the last
01:18 general election, and we've got really good plans and those plans are starting to work
01:23 and we need the space and the time to be able to take those to the electorate.