Backslapping and Reform UK triumphalism can’t hide Nigel Farage’s fatal weakness in his moment of strength. The Thai funny-money-funded turbo Tory dining out on his hard right party’s big gains in England’s councils, Welsh Senedd and Scottish Parliament would have good cause not to be as privately confident as he publicly appears. Because Reform undeniably did well and, in England, considerably better than four chasing parties – including walloped Labour . But behind the 1,451 seats gained and