‘Not left or right’: Nigel Farage says Reform UK could be ‘good friend’ to union movement
Nigel Farage has said Reform UK could be a “good friend” to the labour movement as he hit back at criticism voiced by Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). In comments last week, Nowak called the Reform leader a “political fraud and hypocrite” who is “cosplaying” as a working-class champion. Speaking […]
How a ‘Stop Farage’ strategy could save Labour and Keir Starmer
The defining feature of the political landscape this parliament — the point that continues to shape commentary on Keir Starmer’s woes in government — is Labour’s electoral precarity. Clichés have long since entered the Westminster lexicon that reckon with Starmer’s brittle supremacy. Writing for The Times ahead of polling day in July last year, Focaldata’s […]
Conservative Party will fail trying to ‘out-Farage Farage’, shadow minister warns
The Conservatives will not be able to build a broad coalition of voters if it focuses on “responding to and aping Nigel Farage”, a shadow cabinet minister has said. Andrew Bowie, the shadow Scottish secretary, warned his party that “nobody can out-Farage Farage” in an interview with the Holyrood magazine. He said the Conservatives […]
Nigel Farage claims ‘Russia getting far too much’ from Trump in Ukraine ceasefire talks
Nigel Farage has sought to distance himself from Donald Trump’s approach to ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine, saying he “would not be 100 per cent… where his team is”. The comment comes in a week in which the US appeared to signal an intention to ease sanctions on Russia amid ongoing attempts to secure a ceasefire. […]
Streeting: Nigel Farage’s NHS plans would ‘sell out’ working people
Wes Streeting is set to accuse Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of “selling out” working people with his NHS policies.
‘The truth is being withheld’: Heathrow closure claim points to Reform UK playbook
Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, delivered a statement in the House of Commons on Monday concerning the closure of Heathrow Airport late last week, as a result of a power cut caused by a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Alexander, who had that morning toured the broadcast studios touting Labour’s pothole crackdown, reflected on […]
Labour MPs label Brexit a ‘disaster’ as government urged to intensify UK-EU reset
MPs lined up to label Britain’s exit from the European Union a “disaster” in a House of Commons debate on Monday evening. Labour MP Stella Creasy vowed at the outset of her speech to speak plainly about the impact of Brexit, which she rubbished as “a disaster by anybody’s metric.” In one of several swipes […]
A new Lowe? Reform UK’s civil war will be a protracted farce
Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe have been at loggerheads over political strategy for months. But the Reform row burst definitely into the public domain last week after Lowe voiced his grievances in an interview with the Daily Mail. Reform will fail if Farage maintains his “messiah” complex, Lowe suggested. He cast acid aspersions on the […]
Ben Goldsborough: ‘Reform claim to put Britain first, but their words betray them’
Reform UK like to wrap themselves in the Union Jack, but at the slightest breeze it is pulled back to reveal they’re clad head to toe in the Kremlin’s colours. This isn’t hyperbole. From every word uttered to every act they undertake we can see they don’t stand up for forgotten communities. No. Instead, they […]
How Reform’s own Rupert Lowe became a threat to Nigel Farage
Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe is, on paper, everything party leader Nigel Farage could hope for in a Reform parliamentarian.
