Why are so many Welsh people flocking to Reform?

We’re asking people in Cardiff for their thoughts on why Reform have grown so quickly, and if they’re concerned for the next Senedd election.

Transcript

00:00A very specific target audience with people like Andrew Tate and other people

00:05like in more like radical right-wing politics and appeal it to a sort of

00:09younger age demographic with like toxic masculinity and that sort of thing I

00:14think that's playing a big part in how popular they're becoming. People get

00:18overwhelmed with it and you have someone saying this person's problem and

00:23I'll give you the solution. I think a lot of people do subscribe to that so I

00:29think it's I understand where people you know are coming from. It's sort of

00:35playing on the the downturn in like economics and the downturn in the status

00:39of the UK and stuff you see it all the time in every country throughout history.

00:44I don't think it's a big surprise it's slightly concerning for me but I think

00:48the Welsh government and the government in Westminster have forgotten a lot

00:52about a lot of the communities in the valleys in places like Llanelli in

00:56Swansea so I don't think it's a surprise that people are looking for an

00:58alternative.