Zahawi and Jenrick: a couple of chancing bounders who think politics is just another hustle. Reform hoovers up this sort of political flotsam and calls it a strategy.
The Dame can be acidic about the council, but when it actually matters she knows exactly where her bread is buttered. She understands how power works — and who can be trusted with it. That is why the current RBK&C leadership team is top quality compared to Reform riff raff.
Reform, by contrast, has already shown itself to be flat-out incompetent when it comes to managing council finances. RBK&C needs serious scrutiny of staffing levels and productivity, yes — but it also needs grown-ups in charge. Officers exist to serve elected councillors, not to run rings around amateurs who don’t understand how local government functions. We can be sure they would run rings around Reform.
Reform is eyeing a push in Kensington & Chelsea. That should worry anyone with a functioning brain. K&C is packed with business-savvy, highly experienced people who spot blaggers a mile off. Letting Reform anywhere near the levers of power would be an act of collective self-harm.
The Dame has met several of their candidates and the verdict is brutal: they are of a vastly inferior calibre to the current leadership team. Thin CVs, thinner judgement.
And then there’s Reform’s fatal flaw: its personalities. Jenrick and Zahawi won’t last five minutes without falling out with Farage. It’s only a matter of time before the whole thing collapses into public infighting and ego — tears before bedtime, guaranteed.
We are all better off sticking with a team that actually understands governance, competence, and responsibility — not a rabble of opportunists playing at politics.
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