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Huffington Post // World

'Rats In A Sack': Reform UK 'In Meltdown' After Axing Four Councillors On Flagship Local Authority

Monday 20th October 2025, 10:56AM


A Reform UK supporter holds a party placard.Reform UK are “in meltdown” after four of their councillors were suspended over the leaking of footage of a bad-tempered party meeting.Kent Council is seen as the party’s flagship local authority since they won power in May’s elections.But the council has been plunged into chaos after its leader, Linden Kemkaran, was seen berating her Reform colleagues on a video call when they questioned her on planned budget cuts.She told them: “Sometimes I will make a decision that might not be liked by everybody in the group, but I am afraid you are just going to have to f****** suck it up.”Kemkaran has previously said Kent Council would be a blueprint for how Reform would run the country if they win the next election.In a statement issued on Monday, Reform announced they were suspending four of the party’s Kent councillors – Paul Thomas, Oliver Bradshaw, Bill Barrett and Maxine Fothergill – amid claims they “brought the party into disrepute”.It is understood that their suspension relates to the leaked video.Kent Council is already under fire over plans to increase council tax after their pre-election pledges to slash spending fl

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