Labour slumps to record low in polls while Reform and Greens surge New figures from YouGov for ‘The Times’ found that 17 per cent of voters back Labour The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him Forget the public vitriol and use the next four years to get things done – first and foremost, whatever it takes to stop Reform, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025
Former prime minister Theresa May criticises Tory policy on net zero, judges and human rights The former prime minister warned her party against ‘chasing votes from Reform’ at the expense of the wider electorate The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025
Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them Reform is no place for racists, and every party has its bad apples. But the benchmark seems to be higher at Farage’s party The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
How the free speech debate stops us from stating the bleeding obvious The Sarah Pochin controversy has ignited another row over how nasty people are allowed to be before they get ‘cancelled’. It’s an insidious distraction, writes Zoe Williams The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
Nigel Farage defends MP’s complaint about TV adverts as ‘ugly’ but not ‘deliberately’ racist Reform MP Sarah Pochin said seeing adverts of black or Asian people ‘drives me mad’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
A costly lesson for Labour in Caerphilly Letters: Readers respond to Plaid Cymru’s victory in the recent Welsh byelection The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
Farage calls for Parliament grooming commission as survivor blasts Government The Reform leader suggested a joint initiative by both the Commons and Lords could lead to the launch of a special commission into the scandal. Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025
Reform MP’s remarks ‘ugly’ but intention was not racist, Farage says Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the remarks made by Sarah Pochin were ‘ugly’ and ‘wrong’ but resisted calls to remove the whip. The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025
Reform MP’s comments ‘ugly’ but not racist, Farage says Mr Farage said the remarks made by Sarah Pochin should be read in the context of ‘DEI madness’ Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025
Nigel Farage brands Reform MP’s comments ‘ugly’ but insists she’s not racist The Reform UK leader says he is ‘unhappy’ with Sarah Pochin’s comments on Black and Asian people in adverts but that he ‘understands the basic point’ and will not take further action The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025
Reform UK expels two Kent councillors accused of ‘undermining’ its interests Robert Ford, subject of an ‘unofficial complaint’, and Bill Barrett, suspended after leaked meeting, removed via email The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
Farage faces calls to remove whip from Reform’s Pochin amid racism row Labour has written to Mr Farage calling him to suspend the MP, while the Liberal Democrats have sought to formally rebuke the remarks in Parliament. Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025
Nigel Farage conference LIVE: Reform UK leader delivers statement on grooming gangs inquiry - what he said The press conference comes as the grooming gangs scandal deepens and outrage grows over the early release of a sex attacker and soaring asylum hotel bills Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025
Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025 Two Reform UK councillors removed from party after suspension Kent County Councillors Bill Barrett and Robert Ford have been kicked out by email from Reform HQ which said they had ‘undermined’ party interests.
The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025 Two Reform UK councillors kicked out of party Kent County Councillors Bill Barrett and Robert Ford have been kicked out by email from Reform HQ which said they had ‘undermined’ party interests
International Business Times UK · Oct 27, 2025 Shocking Spray-Paint Slur: How 'F* Off Home' Message Rocked Reform UK After By-Election Loss? Spray-paint slur hits Reform UK's Caerphilly office after by-election defeat. Powell condemns 'dark tricks' as Plaid Cymru claims victory.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025 Monday briefing: How radical views became normalised – from TV ads to deportation policy In today’s newsletter: The language that once belonged to Tommy Robinson and the BNP is now the preserve of the Conservatives and Reform UK – and represents a shift so vast we barely notice it
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025 Would a written constitution save Britain from the far right? Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article calling for a constitution to guard against the rise of Reform UK and autocracy
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025 Reform MP’s remarks about TV adverts were ‘racist’, says Wes Streeting Health secretary hardens Labour line after Sarah Pochin said advertising ‘doesn’t reflect our society’
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2025 Streeting condemns Farage’s ‘deafening silence’ over ‘racist’ remarks from Reform MP Reform MP Sarah Pochin provoked widespread condemnation when she said that it ‘drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people’
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2025 Reform MP apologises for ‘completely unacceptable’ comments IN FULL
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2025 Chris Philp repeatedly refuses to call Sarah Pochin’s comment on TV adverts ‘racist’ Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp repeatedly refused to call comments Reform MP Sarah Pochin made about TV adverts “racist”.
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2025 Streeting hits out at ‘racist’ comments by Reform’s Pochin Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin complained about adverts ‘full of black people’.
International Business Times UK · Oct 26, 2025 Who Is 'The Average Brit'? MP's Attack on 'Adverts Full of Black People' Sparks Race Row Over Representation Reform MP Sarah Pochin faces backlash after saying adverts are "full of black people." Her remarks ignite debate on race, identity, and representation in Britain.