Reform’s locals victory was no fluke
To write up the election as a warped presentation of public opinion is more reach than reasoned analysis.
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Ben Walker
Ben Walker is a senior data journalist at the New Statesman and writes extensively about elections and UK public opinion. He is the co-founder of poll aggregator Britain Elects.
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