Zack Polanski’s party will make stunning gains in the English local elections next month, writes John Rentoul , but it will then face many of the same problems afflicting Nigel Farage and Reform N igel Farage’s enemies have watched the opinion polls over the past six months with some satisfaction, as air has escaped from the Reform balloon . From a peak of 31 per cent in October, average support for Reform has fallen to 26 per cent now. The party is still comfortably in the lead in a five-way