We compared this year’s locals to 2013, when UKIP hit its high watermark in equivalent council elections.

Then the Tories enjoyed a more than 10-point winner's bonus, with Labour getting a 2.9-point one.

This compares to UKIP suffering the heaviest penalty, -13 points

FPTP tends to give parties who come top, even by a marginal amount, a ‘winner’s bonus’.

So on May 1st, Reform got an almost 10-point bonus, meaning they received 40% of the council seats available on just 30% of the vote.

Here’s a full rundown

Think this is a stress dream I had once

Then there's this classic: the hope reform won’t happen, not because it isn't much-needed and long, long overdue, but because it’s hard.

Tbf, is partly the reason the UK is still a democracy that has people legislating by birthright in the 21st century.

Enjoyed argument that hereditary legislators are a counter balance to having a chamber almost completely chosen through political patronage (i.e. how friendly you are with a Prime Minister).

Or maybe we could just have some form of democratic chamber?

The absurdity of the situation really hits you when you read it in black and white