5/ Surely then it makes more sense for Labour to try to appeal to voters they've lost in the other direction if they want a cat in hell's chance of winning the next GE

4/ I suspect that any voters who switched from Labour to Reform did so 6 years ago over Brexit and a lost cause; they aren't coming back any time soon. Cont

3/ I know that this kind of simplistic analysis is far from precise, but it suggests to me that Labour is losing votes to progressive parties far more than it is to Reform. Cont

2/ Reform have picked up almost the same combined number of seats as the tories and independent councillors have lost, while Labour have lost roughly the same as the Lib Dems and Greens have gained. Cont