Ray, a retired electrician, appears to me to be nailed on for Reform. ‘Look at what happened to that young lad Henry Nowak,’ he tells me. ‘That guy was carrying a knife. But it was legal. How is that right? If people are going to come and live here they should abide by our rules. It seems like all the time we’re having to bend over backwards for them.’
He’s also deeply frustrated by Labour. ‘They’ve let people down here,’ he says. ‘Ask anyone. They’re so angry with Starmer and what the Government’s done.’
So how will he be voting next Thursday,
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