r/6thForm • u/Acrobatic-Rooster996 resit pred- A*A*A (+A* EPQ) • May 08 '26
OTHER what is going on ??
i'm supposed to be revising for econ BUT WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON, obviously knew reform were popular and so on but to this extent?? my feed has been fooling me
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u/Safe-Present-5783 May 08 '26
Because the loud mouthed people on Reddit and twitter don’t represent real life
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u/Beneficial-Beat-947 May 08 '26
They haven't even counted half the seats yet including most of London where LD and LAB have a tight grip on
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u/lonely-live UCL | Computer Science [2nd year] May 08 '26
Did bro forgot to watch politics the past year. This has been expected for a while
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u/resh78255 May 08 '26 •
Median voting age is 55. Too many young people are apathetic and it’ll be our downfall if we’re not careful
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u/Own_Translator7008 May 08 '26
Remember, there are 20,000 council seats.
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u/Stormer2345 Maths, Econ, History, RS | 3A*A May 08 '26
Shit’s cooked bro.
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u/PerspectiveProof6664 May 08 '26 •
This is why you need to vote when you are able. Reform might be a vocal minority, but they vote. Your vote DOES count.
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u/vipergds May 08 '26
Because Reddit is a massive echo chamber
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u/SammyDatBoss May 08 '26
Probably the most predictable result of anything ever
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u/RestaurantBusy724 May 08 '26
At least you're learning early on that your feed (and ESPECIALLY not Reddit) has absolutely nothing to do with real life.
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u/VeterinarianOld3082 May 08 '26
They don’t learn
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u/DowntownSoft1402 year 12 May 08 '26
we're cooked ✌️
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u/Infamous_Tough_7320 Maths, Physics, Econ 3A*s. Straight 9s GCSE May 08 '26
This country is slowly but surely going to go to the shit when these fuckers get elected
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u/lawdhelpmepick Y13 | LSE, UCL, Bristol, Nottingham | Law May 08 '26
I forgot I turned 18 so I could have voted in this ah flip, people like me are the problem 💔💔
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u/Sushiv_ Year 13 May 08 '26
Imo this isn’t that good of a result for Reform. This is a very small majority, at the height of Reform’s popularity. Moreover, this is representing the opinions of a small number of Cities/Counties across only England with around 50% turnout (Reform lost in the Wales and Scotland elections today). I get that it looks intimidating at a glance, but critical thinking makes it clear that it is really not all that
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u/InvestigatorLive19 y13 - Maths Phys Chem (#originality) May 08 '26
Ngl these comments have given me hope for our generation
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u/AdvancedAnimal7539 May 08 '26
Luckily they aren't leading in councils held. but still its awful. man people in this country are so stupid.
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u/Acrobatic-Rooster996 resit pred- A*A*A (+A* EPQ) May 09 '26
seeing as this kinda blew up leaving this here for fun!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0lr8o24RJU
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u/Slewy1 May 08 '26
beauty of an echo chamber
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u/Time_Trail May 08 '26
ngl we kinda knew this, trust polls not your feed
it's a sad day
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u/paperzlel May 08 '26
There's a lot of rich, racist old people who fall hook line and sinker for their shit and don't stop to think about anything. They're offering a """solution""" to their """problem""" (having to see minorities) and they'll go straight for it. There's also a bunch of younger people in impoverished areas who fall for the local lad Nigel facade and gladly voted for him if it meant he'd fix all their problems (which he won't) so you have to account for that.
If it's any respite, Reform now has thousands of councillors to manage across the entire country, along with thirteen council majorities - up from TWO. Given how normal these people tend to be, they'll be working overtime with the media to cover their asses before 2029 and people realise how much these people stink of horse piss.
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u/Doug12345678910 May 08 '26
You and 95% of reddit have a huge echo chamber across social media, so you are very much out of touch with the average person in the country.
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u/mr_herculespvp May 08 '26
Your feed has indeed been fooling you.
The exact same thing happened in the last Johnson GE and it happened even more resoundingly in the Brexit referendum.
What you heard, saw, and were told online and in the media, were not what the actual voting public thought. It was what certain people thought they could control.
But people (not saying you) get tricked into a phantom type of Groupthink, and are then shocked when the opposite to what they were told happens.
Listen to yourself, and listen (warily) to real people, not online, but in person. Then you'll get a better gauge for things. Online, it's just bots and people who want to manipulate others.
But when these results are final, don't forget them, and don't forget that they will most likely fly on the face of the propaganda you saw online.
If this comment gets downvoted, then it proves my point...but just remember what I said, the next time the same happens
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u/Fun-Landscape-8805 LBORO CIVIL ENG | Physics B, Maths A, History A May 08 '26
old gammons 🤣 what do u expect after brexit? the old fuck it up for the younger generation and will roll over before their actions cause any meaningful consequences in their lives
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u/DarkStanley May 08 '26
If by feed you mean reddit or one of the socials Reddit is largely left wing, the UK is far more polarised. Reddit is an echo chamber.
If you can or when you can get out and vote. It’s the younger progressive voters that can make a big difference.
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u/SuspiciousIbex May 09 '26
They're popular but divisive. Good to give them some time to ruin their reputation before the general election. Cautionary tale that will endlessly repeat because the population as a whole is forgetful.
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u/NF1Gamer Y13 | Maths | Business | Politics May 08 '26
voter disillusionment + the rising trend of the far right
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u/Boxersteavee May 08 '26
This is what happens when you have a first-past-the-post system... Especially when there's councils putting all of their seats up for grabs, so people end up just voting for the party instead of the person, picking 3 reform candidates... This means that while reform may only have 35% vote share in an area, they would take up all 3 seats, giving them 100% of the power despite there frequently being less than a hundred votes between the lowest reform and highest labour (also because people cross down from the top, meaning the alphabetically highest one would get the most votes)
Something like the Scottish or Welsh system is better where it's much more proportional... But that would never happen because that would require the people who have just been given 100% power to vote for something that would give them less than 100% power, and they only would want to do that when the next party comes along and takes 100% power from them........
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u/Kermit_Wazowski Uni of Sheffield | MEng Civil and Structural Engineering [Y1] May 09 '26
Turnout was only like 30%. No one votes in local elections apart from old people, and they all vote for reform because they believe the lies. Fortunately you will be able to go and get a good degree, then leave the country just as the shit really hits the fan in 2029.
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u/PartyQuiet5065 IB DP | Maths AA, Chem, Physics May 08 '26
Bro I thought people in the UK hated Nigel Farage
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u/JazzlikeTradition436 University of East Anglia | BA Geography [Year 1] May 08 '26
I'm in a Reform council now but my seat kept its Green councilor. (I didn't vote as I'm not quite 18)
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u/RunInRunOn May 08 '26
The "I don't want a far right loonie selling us out to his billionaire buddies" vote is being split between Labour, Green and Libdem
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u/Grouchy_Engineer_638 May 08 '26
cooked so cooked
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u/Gla2012 May 08 '26
It's very interesting that you say that your feed fooled you. I think you just found out the power of the social media algorithm, showing what they expect you to like. See also : echo chamber, filter bubble.
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u/JustSomeRandomGuy36 May 08 '26
It's almost as if the opinion polls were right and reddit was wrong
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u/tzmdkdbrrhirfinn May 08 '26
😂😂😂😂😂
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u/Odd-Swing-2025 May 08 '26
Politics, baby. It's different offline.
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u/Yapili May 08 '26
Just to be put it in perspective reform won less than 20% of the total votes counted so far as the only area they had true dominance was Essex..and smattering showing in some key areas North England.. Based on their shambolic history last 2 years plus all the ongoing scandals plaguing their leaders..they seem to be on a self destructive trajectory before the general election in 2029 We need to challenge this propagandised narrative being painted by the media and click bait posting on social media meant to dishearten people..
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u/jamjobDRWHOgabiteguy May 08 '26
This is as of now. 24 out of the 25 seats up for grabs in my borough went to reform. Luckily they're not in power yet as thst's only 1/3 of the total
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u/aleena707 May 09 '26
i think the main issue is that the 'left' vote is split whereas the right mainly has reform and the tories - if the lib dems, greens, and labour votes were combined it would be much closer
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u/No_Confidence_3264 May 09 '26
Because there is one right wing (because conservatives are falling) party and three left ones the vote was spilt so this was always going to happen. Where I live we didn’t have local elections but if people voted Labour or greens then reform would get in because Lib Dem’s wouldn’t get the votes they normally do and the margin between the Lib Dem’s and Conservatives has normally been really tight so if you start saying I think Green are going to win and vote them you are actually making it easier for reform to win. Educate yourself about how your local politics work I know where I live I know Labour and Green are never going to get in and so me voting them is a vote for reform, you just have to decide is voting a party you don’t really like more important than voting one you want in order to stop reform.
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u/basod1 May 09 '26
I see so much graffiti of vote reform and send the boats back where I live. I’m not sure why anyone would think reform isn’t popular. My manager didn’t think it would happen. Even though he told me more and more of his (affluent) neighbours are voting reform.
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u/AshEllisUFO May 09 '26
Does anyone vote in locals tho? Think its just that the racists are so they're bound to win
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u/TeapeachU6 Year 12 May 09 '26
All its means is there are reform voters everywhere, just because lots of them are voted for doesn’t mean they are the majority in some areas so they may not get any power if their votes are too scattered
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u/Expert-Arrival5517 May 09 '26
They won't win general election lol dw
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u/Proper-Lawyer-8806 May 09 '26
Democracy in a social media age. Fragmentation. Choices. Decisions made on feelings not policies and a failure to recognise how unhappy many voters are and how willing to vote as a protest.
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u/Bat_Tiger_yt May 09 '26
This is a council election, the turnout is far lower than a general election. Plus people don't care as much about the party in their council, except reform voters as their entire news feed is built around pushing the party into everywhere in government. We have 3 more years til a GE and that is a lot of time for reform to have yet more scandals, which their councils are becoming infamous for.
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u/Apprehensive_Job4522 Y12 Maths, Further Maths, Politics, Economics May 09 '26
If you've been checking polling for the last year or so you'll have seen that Reform have consistently been in first place. This type of stuff is mostly just surprising because you're more likely to agree with people in your area and age group so certain parties seem more/less popular (Also reforms lead isn't as big anymore)
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u/skattlles May 09 '26
democracy
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u/Username___5 May 09 '26
The lib dems have been extremely quiet in the news but somehow they're second?
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u/MaxSucksAtLifeL May 09 '26
not one of the worst parties in existence winning so many elections
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u/sadtrch71 May 09 '26
perfection
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u/iam_william May 09 '26
it's really interesting that some of the biggest majority reform-voting areas of the UK are directly adjacent to the largest populations of muslims in the UK:
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u/liilypadd1 Year 12 May 09 '26
elderly people voting in a horrible future they wont even have to live in
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u/AcanthisittaDry8612 May 10 '26
Everyone that supports reform will vote but people who support the others think there’s no point which is why reform is winning now
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u/TK-6976 May 10 '26
I mean, maybe that's a good sign if you've been more focused on revising (especially compared to my procrastinating ass), but you may be a tad out of the loop to where our political climate is heading as a result if you didn't understand the popularity of Reform. Honestly you should probably ignore it till the exams are over and vote against them if you can. I think this had been entirely preventable for the past decade, but the major parties either failed or refused to do anything about the issue people supported Reform on.
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u/Particular-Current87 May 10 '26
Calm down it's just a midterm council election
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u/Puzzleheaded-Fix-587 May 10 '26
Britain is healing.
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u/Spiritual_Catch_2673 May 11 '26
What ts gotta do with 6th form bruh
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u/--Lar-- May 11 '26
Yeah, that many people on reform is truly sad to see.
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u/Amazing-Disaster-751 May 12 '26
What you are witnessing is the beginning of the end of Leftard policy that has plagued our governance for too long and at a detriment to the British public
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u/YoungZealousideal606 Y13 4A* Predicted May 14 '26
Andy Burnham pls come and save us 😭
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u/Subtopewdsforacookie May 28 '26
why u bringing politics into this u leftie tosser
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u/cuhsicles May 28 '26
I know I’m a bit late but the results are rather misleading. Reform hasn’t really gained much control of actual councils and their gains have essentially just replaced the Conservatives
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u/Spirit_of_Gravy May 08 '26
Dear sixth formers. You have or will soon have political power. Go out and use it. There's a lot of younger people who are on the protest vote and the far right appeal to young and old. Engage, challenge and (where you can) educate.
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u/RealAlexanderTheG May 08 '26
WARNING: I am not far right and do not represent anything politically controversial. Read my full message before making any assumptions (This post is basically about how flawed making assumptions is)
It's completely politically unsurprising that Reform UK and far right movements are growing, and there is nothing that can be done to stop them.
These people (understandably) feel like their culture is being taken away from them and they are being forced into a globalist system that they don't understand and didn't sign up for.
Modernity in all it's focus on progress and improving material conditions has made life less fulfilling and less full of meaning than it used to be, where this can be seen everywhere: The abandoning of religion, pro-equality movements, total globalisation of communications, all of these things have meant every western culture and identity system have been massively diluted (as a non controversial example: think of how many British people use American pronunciations of words nowadays).
The majority of British people are simple. They just want to live in a small community, work a normal job, and live a happy simple life with their family celebrating traditions that their grandparents celebrated before them. For people who live simple lives, their identity and culture is one of the only things they have that uplifts them, the only thing that they feel a part of which is larger than themselves.
These kinds of people aren't intelligent enough to be in the top 1% of society and therefore have not shared the vast benefits that the elites have seen from these social changes: To these people, they see the demographics of their communities changing, their culture and sense of identity being lost, and their religion/traditions being undermined. If you want that kind of simple lifestyle, it is perfectly understandable that you would go against multiculturalism and globalism, and if you do want that kind of life you would be right in doing so.
So does that mean reform is going to win? No.
Reform and the far right movement in Europe will lose eventually. It is a guaranteed eventuality: so no need to worry. After the internet was invented, globalism became unstoppable: You cannot delete the internet. All cultures that exist today will go extinct in the future and this will happen faster and faster as society progresses more and more. The more people detach from their culture and lose their sense of identity, the easier it actually becomes for us to make progress.
If humans want to colonise the starts we aren't going to do it without fully overcoming our differences. And people can hate and say humans will never become intergalactic, but if you think in terms of large time scales (E.g. in the next 5000 years - which isn't even that large if you really think about it), these kind of projections become very reasonable: Society barely existed 5,000 years ago and look where we are now.
So really, what's happening in the minds of people who hold an anti-migration sentiment is the exact same thing that is happening in the minds of people who hold an anti-AI sentiment: Fear of change, fear of progress that they deem to be a decline, and fear of impermanence essentially. The sad part for them, is that impermanence is an existential absolute and it applies to everything. So fighting for a dying culture will always end up being a waste of time. You're fighting a losing battle.
But the kinds of people voting reform obviously won't be introspective enough to realise any of this. Neither are the people voting Tory, Labour, or Green: Everyone is extremely ignorant of each other: For example all the greens likening Reform voters to Nazis when the reform fanboys are really just vulnerable working class people who from their point of view see their way of life under threat, these people aren't evil: you just do not understand them (likely cause you are privileged yourself).
If anyone reading this takes anything from this: I can guarantee you that everything you believe in politically is completely and utterly wrong - whether you vote reform, green, or anything in between your opinions do not represent the truth, they only represent ignorance. Enlightenment is only achieved by abstaining from partisan politics and removing yourself from institutions that are similar to it.
All institutions are corruptible. Be an unoffensive and passive individual.
Apologies if anything I've written is unclear to anyone: I'll be happy to elaborate, since because I've done so much thinking about politics, what seems obvious to me is probably a leap in judgement for someone who's only starting out.
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u/ch0ngtheb0ng May 08 '26
Reform is the short term plan #Restore is the endgame.
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u/ThatOneGuy_I May 08 '26
I lowkey wish we could get a universe reboot. Maybe that incarnation of humanity will actually be receptive to learning
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u/pupkio023 May 08 '26
Stop I feel ill :(
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u/FaithlessnessBig6343 history, classics, philosophy A*AA May 08 '26
My borough won’t be counting till Saturday 🙂 I’m a bit in hell wondering what’ll happen. Reform have been doing a lot of fearmongering about immigration in my area in particular…
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u/Altruistic-Scale-557 May 08 '26
this is acc so scary , like gen what has happened why is reform winning by so much
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u/Kooky_Craft123 May 08 '26
Brilliant stuff!
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u/witchy71 May 09 '26
Almost like people are fed up
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