After the recent success of Reform UK in the local elections, we went out into Preston to ask people what they made of the controversial right-wing party.
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00:00elections are over and one of the biggest stories to emerge is the rise of reform uk
00:04after claiming an overall majority in lancashire which includes control of the county council
00:09it's clear the party is picking up support from voters disillusioned with the traditional mainstream
00:13parties today we're on the streets of preston to assess what's behind reform's growing appeal
00:19nationwide are they surprised do they offer something new or are people simply dissatisfied
00:25with the status quo let's find out what voters really think so my first question would be what
00:32do you make of the results in the local elections reform have had a lot of success in lancashire
00:38in particular but are you surprised by how well they're done or would you expect them that
00:49is there any particular reason you're surprised you think it's because people are more frustrated
00:53with the mainstream political parties or do you think that frustration with kia starmer's reign so
01:11far as prime minister has kind of pushed people away from labor and the conservatives towards reform is
01:16that is that what you'd say yeah and do you do you just envision envisage it getting stronger moving
01:23forward do you think reform will continue to have success or do you think it will kind of die off
01:27if they do what they say yes definitely so my first question is we've seen in the recent local
01:34elections that reform have made huge gains in lancashire what did you what did you make of that
01:39success first and foremost there's not popular opinion behind them people are fed up of labor because
01:44they've not come through with anything they said they'd do so they've voted reformers uh get back at labor
01:51yeah and do you think most people have decided to vote reform because they're frustrated with the
01:56other parties like labor or conservative or do you think they genuinely want to see reform do better
02:02they might be but i'm a bit concerned that they say they're going to do everything but they will
02:07be because not all the parties have done they've all said they're going to do this that but they've done
02:12nothing yeah so you think it's more a case of the false promises to get into power rather than
02:16actually delivering what they say yeah and my final i think truth given i think most people
02:24knowing the benefits of voting reform would vote for uk reform and what do you attribute that success
02:31down to do you think it's people being frustrated or disillusioned with the traditional mainstream
02:36parties like labor and conservative or do you just think that offering something completely new
02:41i think that most people have been disillusioned by the different parties predominantly i don't think
02:49they've benefited there's been a lot of vested interests with these uh politicians over the years
02:55where they've financially benefited themselves financially for things by pushing the agenda for certain
03:02things and getting shares allocated from various different companies to push the agenda for certain
03:10actions so they become very multinary there as on the backs of pushing things that shouldn't have vested interests
03:17in the first place yeah