Saba Salman

However, over in Worcestershire, which we've again covered in the boroughs, they've raised their council tax there by 9%.

So there's, again, that same thing, the gap between what's being promised and what's actually being delivered.

Yes.

I hate to be fair to Nigel Farage, but the fact is that he hasn't actually gone on the record to say, I am not going to be raising local council tax.

There's a general kind of implication that taxes will be lower across the board.

And if you're lucky enough to have one of the reform leaflets plop onto your doorstep, as I had recently, that's one of the sort of the five commitments.

He keeps a bear in his office.

An actual bear?

No, no, sorry.

Like Lord Byron?

He keeps a stuffed bear.

I believe it's on loan from the local museum.

Is this George Finch?

George Finch.

Yes, but more importantly, bears are big and buff and scary.

And I think, you know, for a 19-year-old, nothing against young 19-year-olds, but that's the image that he wants to portray.

Just to end on Sunderland, all of the 75 seats are up for election.

And obviously reform is making that one of their big targets.

Yes, exactly that.

So I think that one interesting thing is that the amount of candidates, Helen, you mentioned that the thousands of people that are standing, Reform is fielding candidates in about 95% of seats.