The Reform Party and The Workers Party of Britain.

So in the UK at the moment we have two elections. One is the local elections where you can vote for your town councillors. The other is voting for your police commissioner.

I did my civic duty this morning and am not ashamed to say I voted Labour.

How the parties do today will be a test to see how they might fare in the general election. Just as soon as Sunak has the balls to call it.

Labour are expected to form the majority party and place Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street theoretically ending 14 years of Conservative mismanagement. The Conservatives, again based on the latest polls, are expected to lose many seats. However, we will see what happens when the UK finally gets a chance to vote for either Starmer or Sunak. Other parties like the Greens, Lib-Dems, SNP, and Plaid Cymru, will also be standing.

Two parties that are on everyone's radar are Reform UK and The Workers Party of Britain. First of all, let's dive into how these parties came about.

Veteran politician and maverick George Galloway leads The Workers Party of Britain. Galloway has been a left-wing socialist maverick for a good number of years. Love him or loathe him, the man has a way of connecting with those who follow him.

Many see him as against Israel and pro-Palestinian. Galloway has been a member of the Labour Party, and Respect Party and is now the MP for Rochdale. It was Gaza that won it for Galloway as the area has many Muslims. They are the ones that put Galloway back in parliament plus disaffected non-Muslims.

Galloway has 200 or more candidates to stand across the country come the much anticipated general. Galloway hosts his talk show on 'YouTube' called 'MOATS' or 'The Mother of All Talk Shows'. The show is a platform for Mr. Galloway's political views and guests of a similar ilk. The Workers Party of Britain wants to replace the Labour Party as the working-class party of the UK. Galloway has Starmer in his sights and wants to unseat Labour Deputy Leader in her seat with one of His candidates Angela Rayner.

Asked if his candidates were all Muslims, Galloway said "No". His candidates are from all faiths, from all backgrounds and even some from the Conservatives.

At first glance, The Workers Party of Britain sounds like the more well- known 'Socialist Workers Party'. And so on a lot of things, Galloway's party is similar.

However, the party breaks with other other left-leaning groups. The party wants to stop the boats and secure the UK's borders and is anti-green and anti-transgender. Galloway has been withering in his criticism of Rishi Sunak calling him "Little Rishi".

The Reform UK Party was founded by right-wing stalwart and like Galloway a veteran politician who connects with his followers (also like Galloway) Nigel Farage.

Originally called The Brexit Party when Brexit enabled the UK to leave the European Union. When that was achieved Nigel Farage stepped down and handed over to Richard Tice.

The party is on the right and makes no bones about it. But not as extreme as say someone like Tommy Robinson. Reform has campaigned against migrants and immigration and speaks against Islamic extremism. Richard Tice can be seen on GB News and Talk TV two right-wing news outlets.

However, Nigel Farage has threatened to return to front-line politics. With Richard Tice stepping down allowing Farage to become a leader again. Or Tice giving Farage a job alongside him while He remains leader. Just as the 'Workers Party of Britain' is a nightmare for Labour, Reform UK is a 'Nightmare on Political Street for the Tories.

So will the Reform UK Party and The Workers Party of Britain be a threat? Well, George Galloway is their first MP and He was elected on a platform that meant much to the people that put him there. Reform has an MP but not by an election but because he resigned from the Conservative Party because of a controversial statement.

Despite the UK's 'First Past The Post' system will Reform UK and Workers Party of Britain candidates be elected in large numbers? Even if large numbers of these party's candidates do not get elected en masse, they could potentially affect the Conservative and Labour vote.

It's easy to laugh off Farage or Galloway, however, the Conservatives and Labour might do so at their peril.

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