Farage doubles down on claim west provoked Ukraine invasion Reform UK leader refuses to apologise after his remarks attracted widespread condemnation The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
Tories believe Sunak ‘has given up’ after surprise auction lot admission at fundraiser A fundraiser last week suggests that Rishi Sunak may have given up on winning the election The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2024
Farage ‘completely wrong’ and appeasing Putin with Ukraine claims, says Sunak The Prime Minister likened the Reform UK leader’s suggestion the West provoked the invasion of Ukraine to appeasement. Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2024
Starmer denies Badenoch’s claims Labour will reverse Brexit if it wins election – UK election as it happened The Labour leader hit back at claims by the business secretary that his party plans to rejoin the EU, the single market or the customs union The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
Nigel Farage criticised for suggesting the West provoked Putin's invasion of Ukraine The Reform leader has been accused of ‘echoing Putin’s vile justification for the brutal invasion of Ukraine’. Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2024
‘Get real, wakey wakey, red pill time’: Reform candidates in their own words We’re all entitled to our opinions, says one party candidate. His aren’t the only ones to have attracted controversy The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
Nigel Farage stands by comment describing Andrew Tate as ‘important voice’ for men NIGEL Farage has stood by his comment describing Andrew Tate as an “important voice” for men as he greeted supporters in Clacton-on-Sea. The National (Scotland) · Jun 21, 2024
West ‘provoked’ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Nigel Farage claims Nigel Farage has claimed the West “provoked” Russia into its deadly invasion of Ukraine two years ago. The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2024
The Guardian view on a lopsided parliament: a deficit in democracy needs electoral reform Editorial: Polls suggest this election could make the case for proportional representation. That would be very welcome The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024
Nigel Farage claims Russia was provoked into Ukraine war Farage, who has long been accused of being a Putin apologist, tells BBC Moscow was given excuse by EU and Nato eastern expansion The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024
Welsh leaders face off in TV debate after Nigel Farage is grilled by BBC – as it happened Politicians take part in debate on BBC One Cymru; Reform leader tells Nick Robinson that Ukraine war was ‘provoked’ by west The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024
Campaign catchup: Tax evasions, party poopers, and a political chicken In today’s newsletter: Some uncertainty remains on how Labour will pay for the spending it plans in government – but new Guardian reporting gives new insight The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024
What would a Reform surge do to Labour and the Liberal Democrats? Two scenarios mapped Labour leader Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey had what looked like a political strategy meeting when they were sitting together in Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King Charles. This produced what appears to be a tacit agreement between the two parties to campaign against the Conservatives… The Conversation · Jun 21, 2024
Election diary: SNP skips costings, sheep snub Sunak and Stride struggles on Plus, a potted history of the Gurnos, diminishing returns from the debates, and the Tories’ £12k-a-table wake The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 A Labour earthquake would be a triumph for Starmer – but open up alarming new ground for Farage The rejection of Tory big beasts like Liz Truss would be thrilling, but don’t discount the boost it would give Reform, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 Betting, vetting and the return of Big Dog: the weirdest election campaign ever is only getting weirder Rishi Sunak’s scaring sheep and Ed Davey’s on the wheelbarrows … Nothing’s happening, at a chaotic speed, everywhere all at once, says comedy writer Ian Martin
The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2024 Farage condemned for saying influencer Andrew Tate is ‘important voice for emasculated men’ The Reform UK leader said the misogynist online influencer had raised awareness of ‘men becoming feminine’ and stood up for their ability to ‘be a bloke’
Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024 OPINION - The Standard View: Betting scandal is a threat to more than just the Tories Public confidence in our political system has reached record lows. As many as 58 per cent say they “almost never” trust “politicians of any party in Britain to tell the truth when they are in a tight corner”, up 19 points from 2020, according to the National Centre for Social…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 ‘He’s for English people’: Farage’s populist pitch gains traction in Clacton The Reform UK leader appears to be capitalising on widespread alienation from mainstream politics in the Essex town with a heavily anti-immigration campaign
Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024 Nigel Farage criticised after saying misogynist influencer Andrew Tate was ‘important voice’ for men Reform leader said Tate was on campaign to ‘raise awareness’ of men’s issues in resurfaced podcast interview
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 How to see off the threat of Reform? I found one answer on the streets of Boston and Skegness In the leave-voting Lincolnshire towns, I witnessed a rare sight: a Tory unafraid to stand up to Farage’s party, writes Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 Hip-hop mimes and breast jokes win Farage a valuable gen Z following Reform leader’s strategy to engage with young voters online pays off as he hits 776,000 TikTok followers
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024 Sunak warned he has two weeks to persuade Tory voters back from Reform or face humiliation Sunak is on the ropes as one poll puts Reform ahead of the Tories and a second sees gap close again
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024 All bets off on trust for the Tories as election gambling scandal engulfs campaign A new poll has put Reform UK ahead as the Tories go into meltdown about the betting scandal linked to Rishi Sunak’s inner circle
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024 Who are the five Reform UK candidates predicted to win their seats? The shock YouGov poll also predicts the Tories would drop to just 108 seats, losing 257 of the seats they won in 2019