Is there a reason theyre all quitting? i noticed a lot of them campaigning with foreign wars as a big part of it, did they realise the job was about bin dates etc?
YoshiMK on
What’s the explanation here? Chancers not realising they might actually win?
DarthAnusCavity on
It’s almost as if there is a reason we are a two party country. Reform and the Greens couldn’t arrange a piss up in a brewery.
Playing_One_Handed on
Reasons why as a tldr;
– 2 resigned because of ill health
– Suspended over alleged antisemitic social media posts and an arrest connected to them.
– Quit because his job as a primary school teacher employed by the local authority made him ineligible to serve as a councillor in Hackney.
– Had to stand down for the same eligibility issue involving employment by the local authority, this time in Camden.
– We dunno yet about the 6th, just that they have.
RageRageAgainstDyin on
Clearly election interference if they knew they wouldn’t be able to retain position all should be investigated for fraud
Nielips on
Parties should be fined for doing such poor vetting jobs, whatever the party, when candidates stand down after such short periods of time.
It’s ridiculous, that already cash strapped local governments, have to pay because of poor political party management.
gphillips5 on
Almost like the Greens and Reform are similarly run by fucking clowns who couldn’t vet a chocolate teapot. The Labour/Tory dominance is shite and people want change, but we also want people who are competent enough to make sure their councillors aren’t antisemitic or posting about melting immigrants.
It’s pathetic, on all sides.
Coupaholic_ on
Did any of them look at the job description before putting their names forward?
StreetCarp665 on
Full credit to the Greens for such a commitment to transparency. Showing people how much worse off they’d be financially with the Greens in charge in Westminster, through these acts, is forward thinking.
Apprehensive_Bus_543 on
If you work as a teacher aren’t you made aware of the restrictions around political positions?
Karl_Cross on
I’m sure reddit with lash these people with the same vitriol as the Reform candidates that stood down…
OnHolidayHere on
To stand for election as a councillor you have to sign a nomination form which is submitted to the returning officer. I think its time some of these people were prosecuted for submitting false declarations.
Environmental-Yak259 on
Reform have had double this number quit. Why are we singling out the greens? Not defending the embarrassing state of the green councillors, but is there a difference or is OP just biased against the greens?
14 Verified councillors (15 seats; 1 hold seats on more than one council)
9 Reform UK
0 Labour
2 Conservative
0 Liberal Democrat
4 Green (now 6).
8 seats went independent. 7 seats vacated. (Assume now 9 seats vacated).
chicken_nugget94 on
Probably realised that all their policies aren’t actually feasible so quitting before they get slaughtered for not putting any of them into place and can go back to telling all the other parties they are wrong
ox- on
They should have to pay for that out of their funds.
buffayrachel on
Every day a new councillor quits!! What the fuxk?? Has this ever happened before? Just scrap the whole election and let’s re-do it because at this point it’s laughable
hime-633 on
I don’t like this being framed as GREENS ARE SHIT because reasonable people would want a bit more data on quitting rates overall / by party / how is the cost of a byelection folded into to local authority costs etc
But, yes, generally, don’t raise your hand if you can’t be arsed.
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Is there a reason theyre all quitting? i noticed a lot of them campaigning with foreign wars as a big part of it, did they realise the job was about bin dates etc?
What’s the explanation here? Chancers not realising they might actually win?
It’s almost as if there is a reason we are a two party country. Reform and the Greens couldn’t arrange a piss up in a brewery.
Reasons why as a tldr;
– 2 resigned because of ill health
– Suspended over alleged antisemitic social media posts and an arrest connected to them.
– Quit because his job as a primary school teacher employed by the local authority made him ineligible to serve as a councillor in Hackney.
– Had to stand down for the same eligibility issue involving employment by the local authority, this time in Camden.
– We dunno yet about the 6th, just that they have.
Clearly election interference if they knew they wouldn’t be able to retain position all should be investigated for fraud
Parties should be fined for doing such poor vetting jobs, whatever the party, when candidates stand down after such short periods of time.
It’s ridiculous, that already cash strapped local governments, have to pay because of poor political party management.
Almost like the Greens and Reform are similarly run by fucking clowns who couldn’t vet a chocolate teapot. The Labour/Tory dominance is shite and people want change, but we also want people who are competent enough to make sure their councillors aren’t antisemitic or posting about melting immigrants.
It’s pathetic, on all sides.
Did any of them look at the job description before putting their names forward?
Full credit to the Greens for such a commitment to transparency. Showing people how much worse off they’d be financially with the Greens in charge in Westminster, through these acts, is forward thinking.
If you work as a teacher aren’t you made aware of the restrictions around political positions?
I’m sure reddit with lash these people with the same vitriol as the Reform candidates that stood down…
To stand for election as a councillor you have to sign a nomination form which is submitted to the returning officer. I think its time some of these people were prosecuted for submitting false declarations.
Reform have had double this number quit. Why are we singling out the greens? Not defending the embarrassing state of the green councillors, but is there a difference or is OP just biased against the greens?
This is slightly out of date but useful [https://pgw.report/council-changes-2026/v2/](https://pgw.report/council-changes-2026/v2/)
14 Verified councillors (15 seats; 1 hold seats on more than one council)
9 Reform UK
0 Labour
2 Conservative
0 Liberal Democrat
4 Green (now 6).
8 seats went independent. 7 seats vacated. (Assume now 9 seats vacated).
Probably realised that all their policies aren’t actually feasible so quitting before they get slaughtered for not putting any of them into place and can go back to telling all the other parties they are wrong
They should have to pay for that out of their funds.
Every day a new councillor quits!! What the fuxk?? Has this ever happened before? Just scrap the whole election and let’s re-do it because at this point it’s laughable
I don’t like this being framed as GREENS ARE SHIT because reasonable people would want a bit more data on quitting rates overall / by party / how is the cost of a byelection folded into to local authority costs etc
But, yes, generally, don’t raise your hand if you can’t be arsed.