Coco Kahn

Yellow labelled him.

Yeah, so this is all because of a decision to put off the elections until 2027.

Ministers said the councils were in the middle of huge structural changes and the extra costs would be a burden.

Reform was not happy and they launched a legal challenge.

This is such a weird story, isn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, you're a bit more generous than I am, actually.

Like, you know, I do take the point that the councils won't exist, but, you know, they also do exist currently.

And there will be an amount of leadership that will happen in that time, and people should always get the say over their leaders, as much as I feel sorry for every single council that's really struggling at the moment.

So, you know, a part of me does think this was a little bit more...

Political, not having the embarrassment at losses, which I think are coming down the way.

And as usual, reform are going to look good, which I just really resent.

And it is worth saying that as much as we're talking about reforms when parties across the spectrum thought this was a bad idea.

So the shadow housing secretary, James Cleverley, who I saw in an IKEA recently, said that the reality is that Labour are scared of voters.

I believe you have manipulated the democratic process to serve Labour's political interests.

Obviously, every single party wants to stand candidates.

They want their opportunity to take their offer to the people.

So you can see how across the board this has upset people against

This inability for Labour to see how they are perceived by the public.

And yeah, autocratic.