They’re not. They’re mostly the centre left lot who used to run the council as liberals and LibDems, before the coalition; nowadays they’re fairly centrist non party political folk. With one exceptio… (View Post)

IOW final Independent - 11 Conservative - 2 Labour - 1 Liberal Democrat - 4 Green - 2 Reform UK - 19 Reform one short (View Post)

Green hold in Carisbrooke, and the first Reform gain of the afternoon, from the Tories, in Lake S. Meanwhile Labour has, against all expectations, held the Cowes seat of their former sole councillor … (View Post)

And a third Indy hold in East Cowes Reform are polling well but it looks as if the independently minded voters of the island have moved tactically to try and shut them out There aren’t however enough… (View Post)

More to the point, Shetland has always been resolutely anti-independence, being the only area as I recall that voted against even devolution (View Post)