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Nigel Farage may have finally found a political berth 90 miles away in Clacton, but the Reform leader has indisputably had a huge impact closer to home. Attention is focused on the drastically reshaped political landscape in Kent and Medway, with Labour winning 11 seats and the Conservatives holding onto just five plus the new Weald of Kent constituency. Farage’s Reform party have not gained a single seat here, but analysis of the results shows the seismic impact of his decision to re-enter the fray. Of the seats the Tories won, the impact of Reform on the traditional right-of-centre vote is s…

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