We ask Londoners about the rise of Reform UK and the Greens.
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00:00After the latest round of local UK elections, both Reform and the Greens have made some big moves,
00:07showing just how fed up people are with the usual parties.
00:11Reform has gained major ground by speaking out on topics like immigration, the cost of living and the ineptitude of the Tories.
00:20Greens are getting more support thanks to growing concern over climate change.
00:25But can either party really make a dent in London?
00:28Well, in times like these, could big cities like the capital be up for grabs?
00:34I spoke to Londoners to find out.
00:36I mean, it's no surprise the reform has continued to gain ground, really.
00:40I mean, they're kind of mirroring populism.
00:44You know, he's a friend of Trump and all the rest of it.
00:45It's still hanging on from the Brexit party and all those kind of things.
00:50I mean, I mean, a lot of it's just disenfranchisement, isn't it?
00:55By people with both the main parties, Conservative and then Labour.
01:00So, you know, Jeremy Corbyn was kicked out.
01:04Keir Starmer's not that much different than Tories in some way.
01:07So there's quite a centrist.
01:08And people up north and other places, they're just like, it's a protest, really, isn't it, really?
01:15I believe the Green Party is going to do better in London in comparison.
01:18I believe the reform, they do well in communities that aren't diverse.
01:23So therefore, they kind of run on fear and stuff like that.
01:25Green Party, a lot of people push about because they don't understand the ideologies that they want to push.
01:30And we need a lot of the ideologies that they want to push.
01:33So in regard to the comparison of both of them, reform is going to do well, but outside of London.
01:39And that's a good thing because we don't need it.
01:42We really don't need it.
01:43What they push is division.
01:44What they push is negativity.
01:46And what they push is nothing we need, really and truly.
01:49Because I see a comparison to what's happened in America, which has created more of a division.
01:54It's not improving the situation at all.
01:57I would argue a lot of people say it's anti-immigration.
02:00But again, it's just the rise of populism.
02:02And local elections are always like a low turnout.
02:05Whether they get a hold of London boroughs, I think it's unlikely.
02:11But it's never to say it's impossible.
02:13I mean, you might find that donut effect.
02:15I mean, what's so surprising is just how many, you know, Lincoln, I'm from Lincolnshire,
02:19and Lincoln Council then got like, they own the council, which is, that's never happened before.
02:25You know, even the Lib Dems, you know, Respect managed to get East London quite a few years ago.
02:29The Green Party and Bryan.
02:31But they've never really had any sort of national, nationwide appeal.
02:35But reformers managed to convert a lot of these sort of people who are angry with the Tories.
02:39Whether or not it transforms into the national, I don't know.
02:42As long as we continue getting educated by the correct people,
02:46as long as we don't get manipulated by the wrong people,
02:48I feel we'll continue doing well.
02:50Because it's just, the wrong people can sell you a story.
02:54And as long as you don't fool for that particular story, then you'll be fine.