As a Green supporter that would quite like to see Reform disappear forever, this is a bit of a push from Ramsey.
While the maths is technically right, it's taken the Greens four years to win those seats, while Reform did theirs in one. If next year's locals are similar to this ones, Reform will be breathing down the Greens' necks if they don't surpass them in total- especially when you consider that they'll have to defend 159 of them compared to Reform's two.
A better comparison will be in 2029, when both have had a go at all sets of Council seats (assuming Starmer hasn't abolished them all by then)
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