No more Mr Nice Guy: Ed Davey rebrands Lib Dems as the real opposition to Reform Leader’s conference speech at Bournemouth shows a bullish party ready to be key player in any centre-left coalition The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
BBC 'unduly platforming' Nigel Farage by streaming Reform UK press conference THE BBC has been blasted for giving “lengthy” coverage to a Reform UK press conference on immigration. The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2025
Your Party is offering a gift to the hard right Letters: Paul Cavaciuti, Lorraine Du Feu and Paul Walmsley on bickering and the politics of the fledgling new leftwing party The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
What the latest Holyrood polling means for the SNP, Reform, and independence ABOVE all else, the reaction of independence supporters to The National's new Scottish poll from Find Out Now will be relief that it once again… The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2025
John Curtice offers 2026 Holyrood election prediction after new poll PROFESSOR John Curtice has given his verdict on new polling giving the SNP a major lead in Holyrood and Westminster voting intention ... The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2025
Ed Davey lays out Lib Dem plan to overtake the Tories at next election in speech full of digs at Nigel Farage The Liberal Democrat leader claimed ‘racism and misogyny’ would ‘get the tacit support of people in power’ under a Nigel Farage-led government Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025
Davey sets goal to overtake Tories and says Farage wants to roll back gun laws Sir Ed Davey told Liberal Democrat activists they should aim to win more Parliament seats than the Conservatives. Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025
Lib Dems the last block against ‘forces of darkness’ led by Farage, says Ed Davey Lib Dem leader’s conference speech takes aim at Reform by predicting it would bring Trump-style policies to UK The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
Farage will roll back gun laws and turn Britain into Trump’s America, Ed Davey claims Ed Davey claimed the Reform UK leader would unleash ‘the forces of darkness’ in Britain and allow social media barons to ‘poison young minds’ if he becomes PM The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025
Lib Dems aiming to go big as they spot electoral opportunity Ed Davey and his party are preparing to do battle with Reform as they gather for their annual conference The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
Nigel Farage will roll back gun laws, Ed Davey to claim in Lib Dem speech ‘Trump’s America’ will be the blueprint for ‘Farage’s Britain’, the Liberal Democrat chief will say in an attack on the Reform UK leader. Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025
Nigel Farage's Britain will need school shooting drills, LibDem chief to warn NIGEL Farage will roll back gun laws and spark “mass shooting” drills in British schools, Ed Davey is expected to say in a speech to conclude… The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2025
Labour deputy leader contender warns party faces 'big threat' from left wing and Reform in London Lucy Powell said that while campaigning in Lewisham she spoke to ‘a lot of traditional Labour voters who are frustrated’ with how the Government has acted since coming to power last July Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025
Tuesday briefing: The online origins of ‘Boriswave’, the right’s favourite new phrase In today’s newsletter: How a term created by the extremely online right made it into the mainstream press – and a major speech by Nigel Farage The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025 The hard right is claiming the cross – and true Christians should not allow it British church leaders have finally spoken out about the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism. But their message was far too timid, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025 Keir Starmer to launch progressive fightback against ‘decline and division’ fuelled by far right Prime minister expected to warn UK is ‘at a crossroads’ as he sets out plan to counter Nigel Farage and Reform
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025 Ed Davey calls for UK to import US cancer researchers hit by Trump cuts Lib Dem leader to use conference speech to urge extra funding for mRNA research and accuse Nigel Farage of cheering US funding reductions
Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025 Doctors fleeing Donald Trump's US should come to UK under dedicated visa scheme, says Ed Davey The Liberal Democrat leader will call for the arrangement as part of a plan to make cancer a ‘top priority’ on the NHS
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025 Ed Davey calls for open welcome to US cancer experts after Trump halts research The Liberal Democrat leader will call for the arrangement as part of a plan to make cancer a ‘top priority’ on the NHS.
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025 Farage’s plan to scrap indefinite leave to remain dismissed as ‘unworkable stunt based on dodgy maths’ Doubt cast over figures used by Reform UK leader as experts warn of labour shortages
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025 Farage’s ideas to reduce migration deserve to fail THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Reform UK’s headline-grabbing plan to abolish the indefinite leave to remain for foreign workers, among other proposals, might prove to be electorally popular – but it would also create greater problems for the country than it would ever solve
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025 What are Nigel Farage’s immigration plans – and do his sums add up? Reform UK leader’s hardline plans were lauded by rightwing press. But are they coherent and will they save money?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025 Nigel Farage roundly condemned over plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain Cross-party criticism after Reform UK leader threatens hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants with deportation
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025 Davey insists he is not scared of Farage or legal threats from Elon Musk The Liberal Democrat leader said ‘no’ when pressed on Sky News as to whether he would like to retract calling the Tesla owner a criminal.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025 Hate, hate again, hate better – for Farage, the country needs educating about foreigners Was he sure everyone hated legal immigrants as much as he did? Nige knew better because he was Nige