Reform UK vows to repeal ‘borderline dystopian’ Online Safety Act Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf say they would find other ways to protect children online but admit they don’t know how The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2025
Ex-cop who led Levi Bellfield and London's night stalker investigations unveiled as Reform's crime advisor Colin Sutton will help Nigel Farage's party develop its pledge to halve crime in five years Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2025
Reform recruits former senior detective as police and crime adviser Colin Sutton, who led the investigation into serial killer Levi Bellfield, is to help Nigel Farage’s party develop its pledge to halve crime. Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2025
Are 16-year-old voters the key to future-proofing democracy? In the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer's Labour government has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 for all future elections, in a bid to "modernise democracy". But for the handful of other countries who have made the move, results have been mixed. Radio France Internationale · Jul 27, 2025
Returning James Cleverly hits out at ‘one man band’ Reform: ‘The British people deserve better’ Former foreign and home secretary warns Reform is ‘nowhere near good enough’ to govern The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025
Beware the blizzard of lies: US advice on how to handle Farage’s Trump tactics Pro-democracy campaigners suggest ‘pre-buttal’ is more powerful than factchecking in fighting falsehoods The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2025
Reform voters could be lured to Labour with extra focus on NHS and cost of living – poll More than half of 1,000 Reform voters polled would be more likely to vote Labour if hospital waiting lists come down The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025
Fear of crime is a useful political tool, even if the data doesn’t back it up “We’re actually facing, in many parts of our country, nothing short of societal collapse.” This was the dire warning from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, in setting out his party’s goal of halving crime. The Conversation · Jul 25, 2025
Reform wins first London by-election in major blow to Conservatives Local Tory members fear that the Conservatives will lose control of both Bromley and Bexley councils to Reform next May Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025
Press shift: how the rightwing media are pivoting to Reform It remains to be seen whether any paper will back Farage at next election, but damage may already be done for Tories The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025
Friday briefing: Can the NHS and Labour survive another strike by resident doctors? In today’s newsletter: After years of industrial unrest, the pay dispute between NHS resident doctors and the government has reignited, threatening to undermine Labour’s central health pledge The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025
Yvette Cooper condemns Nigel Farage’s criticisms of police Home secretary says Reform UK should back officers’ response to Epping asylum hotel unrest The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025
How violent protests in Epping are being fuelled by disinformation Claims Essex police force bussed in antiracism activists have been denied but have spread on social media and rightwing news channels The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025
No fear or favours: how Corbyn and Sultana’s party could blow up British politics With a huge profile and no one to appease, ‘Your Party’ starts on a better footing than new parties of the past The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025 Protesters and police in Grosvenor Square Brief letters: Vietnam war demo | Wombles’ residence | Nigel Farage’s magic money tree | Crime crackdown | Photo from Gaza
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025 Voices: In its handling of the Epping asylum hotel protest, what exactly has Essex Police done wrong? COMMENT: Protesters outside a hotel housing asylum seekers have accused the local force of ‘bussing in’ anti-racism campaigners, a fallacy repeated by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and which has taken hold on social media. But it’s not the police stirring up trouble, says Sean O’Grady
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025 Voices: Keir Starmer can rightly be proud of the historic trade deal with India COMMENT: The prime minister has secured Britain’s biggest post-Brexit agreement – but it’s also one in the eye for Boris Johnson, who had promised to make it happen, but failed, says John Rentoul
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025 Jeremy Corbyn confirms plan to create new political party with Zarah Sultana Ex-Labour leader said it was ‘time for a new kind of political party’ to take on Starmer – but Labour grandee warns it will only help Tories and Reform
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025 Kemi Badenoch: Argentinian president Javier Milei would be ‘template’ for my government Tory leader says she can fulfil same role as Milei, a far-right leader promising big cuts to public spending
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025 Jeremy Corbyn confirms he is setting up new political party with Zarah Sultana – as it happened Former Labour leader said he was founding the new party, which is being referred to currently as Your Party
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025 With Cleverly centre stage, the Tories have a new look – but that isn’t the same as a plan Does Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle mean the Reform-lite strategy is over? I don’t know and I’m not sure she does either, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025 Essex disorder was ‘signal flare’ of rising unrest and cracks in police forces There have been a series of demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel in Epping since an asylum seeker was charged with sexual assault.
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025 Angela Rayner’s critique of Labour’s performance is short on solutions THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With her characteristically blunt assessment of her government’s first year in office, the deputy prime minister has only added to the simmering tensions within the country at large over migration. She ought to know better than to play into the hands of those who would exploit…
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025 Why Angela Rayner’s comments on summer riots are part of a power play NEWS ANALYSIS: The deputy prime minister’s dramatic intervention came at a time when her stock is rising in Keir Starmer’s government, notes David Maddox
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025 Voices: Your move, Jenrick… passed over for promotion, what will Kemi’s biggest rival do next? COMMENT: Whether he turned down the offer of a more substantial position on Badenoch’s front bench, or was simply ignored in her reshuffle, John Rentoul wonders what the shadow justice secretary might be up to – and if a defection to Reform is on the cards