# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYAQQNzCjUL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65297102-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/eac282ce7f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-06T16:30:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

The Essex town of Basildon has long been regarded as one of the most reliable so-called bellwether British locales, having voted for the winning party in each general election for decades.⁣
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So, having flipped between Labour and Conservative for decades, will locals choose either of the two UK political giants in this week’s local elections?⁣
Or will populist political insurgents Reform secure victory?⁣
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CGTN’s Iolo ap Dafydd went to Basildon to find out what voters thought.⁣
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#basildon #localelections #uk #starmer⁣

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- **Views:** 1,407
- **Likes:** 29
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- **Comments:** 2

## Tags

starmer, basildon, uk, localelections

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