Who is Christopher Harborne? The crypto billionaire who gifted Nigel Farage £5m IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 29
Lib Dems push for ban on MPs taking money from X, citing Maga threat Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via X The Guardian - UK · Apr 29
Nigel Farage says his home was firebombed last year It has also emerged that the Reform UK leader received a gift of around £5 million from a Thailand-based crypto investor to bolster his safety. Evening Standard · Apr 29
Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024 Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne The Guardian - UK · Apr 29
Nigel Farage reveals his home was firebombed as he opens up about 'dangers' as Reform UK leader Police investigated the incident but have yet to identify any suspects Evening Standard · Apr 29
What If Reform Wins by Peter Chappell review – a massive wake-up call This ‘nonfiction thriller’ takes us through exactly what would happen if Nigel Farage won his dreamed-of majority The Guardian - UK · Apr 29
Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat ‘Critical debate’ about party’s identity and direction looms if it loses control of Senedd next month after 27 years in power The Guardian - UK · Apr 28
London local elections 2026: Ed Davey's Lib Dems battling to clinch 'historic victory' to gain fourth council ‘We go into these elections with our tails up. You will be surprised how well Liberal Democrats do in London,’ Sir Ed Davey tells The Standard Evening Standard · Apr 28
Hannah Spencer riles fellow MPs with attack on parliament’s drinking culture Byelection winner Hannah Spencer says ‘you can smell the alcohol when people are in-between votes’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 27
Match the children’s game to the profession Brief letters: Peter Mandelson’s walkies | Farage and Trump | EV charger issues | Bard brutality | Pay your taxes The Guardian - UK · Apr 27
Reform UK’s ‘national fuel tax protest’ in Whitehall stalls as barely anyone turns up The protest was a far cry from the tractors, lorries, and vans expected to swarm Westminster in protest at Rachel Reeves’ fuel duty tax increases Evening Standard · Apr 27
Local elections mapped: Where Labour is facing a ‘calamity’ and the key seats to watch The governing party could see its worst-ever results on 7 May, experts have warned The Independent UK · Apr 27
Paddington Bear and Sir David Attenborough among public’s banknote design ideas Sir Winston Churchill, who currently features on the £5 note, was the fourth most commonly suggested idea.. Evening Standard · Apr 27
Labour could lose control of Starmer's Camden council in biggest London politics shock for nearly 60 years - poll Zack Polanski’s Green Party is neck-and-neck with Labour in the north London borough, according to new poll Evening Standard · Apr 26
The Independent UK · Apr 26 Paddington and Attenborough revealed as public’s top banknote designs after ‘woke’ criticism The Bank of England is set to replace historical figures on its next series of banknotes
Evening Standard · Apr 26 Royal Mail investigating claims postman said he binned Reform UK leaflets A postman is said to have made the claim in a Facebook group for Royal Mail staff.
The Independent UK · Apr 25 Tories’ political domination in Sussex set for its biggest test in decades LOCAL ELECTIONS: Most Sussex residents haven’t voted for their county councillors since Boris Johnson was prime minister. With Nigel Farage’s Reform soaring in the polls, Harry Cockburn speaks to voters across the county – where the political future looks more alien than it has for years
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25 ‘Nigel is mad to accept his money’: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform? A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is known about his motives
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25 ‘They deserve to lose’: Labour at risk of ‘red wall’ collapsing in May elections Voters in Barnsley, Sunderland and Wakefield express frustration with party amid strong Reform UK challenge
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24 Shapeshifting fascism and the broken promises of social democracy Letters: Readers respond to Daniel Trilling’s article asking if fascism is making a comeback
Evening Standard · Apr 24 Martin Compston joins John Swinney to warn of ‘significant threat’ from Reform The actor campaigned for the SNP alongside the party’s leader in Greenock on Friday.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24 Rightwing populism is littered with broken promises. Its opponents need to make those failures count As Trump lurches from tariffs to wars and Farage makes unrealistic pledges about immigration, their impunity needs to end, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24 Reform UK asks steel bosses to draft ‘alternative strategy’ for industry Industry sceptical as Nigel Farage’s party goes on charm offensive to help win over former Labour heartlands
The Independent UK · Apr 24 Farage admits he hasn’t spoken to Trump for months as Reform leader questions president’s judgement The Reform UK leader previously suggested the US president had been badly advised ahead of military action