In the Nottinghamshire market town of Arnold, famous in the county for brewing and stockings, Trumpism has arrived.

It all began when two Reform UK councillors representing Arnold North let slip they were “not happy” with the proposed reorganisation of local government which would create an enlarged Nottingham Council. (Bear with me, this does get more interesting.)

The councillors revealed the Reform group which runs Nottingham Council were backing the plan, and if they didn’t go along with it they faced suspension.

Local news outlet Nottinghamshire Live reported the story in a very straight manner with rights of reply offered to all those involved.

The headline soberly reported: “Reform UK leader advising councillors to back Nottingham expansion that some are ‘not happy’ with”. I

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