Reform UK suspends mayoral candidate over comments on Jewish group Chris Parry referred to members of neighbourhood watch group as ‘cosplayers’ after ambulance arson attack The Guardian - UK · Mar 24
Ipswich fans criticise club for ‘shameful and embarrassing’ Nigel Farage visit Ipswich fans have said they are ‘disgusted and ashamed’ after the Reform Party leader Nigel Farage was able to stage a photo opportunity at Portman Road on Monday The Guardian - UK · Mar 24
Ed Davey dismisses threat from ‘dangerous’ Greens at local elections The Lib Dem leader said some voters drawn to Jeremy Corbyn-style policies may opt for Zack Polanski’s party. Evening Standard · Mar 24
Ipswich Town ‘did not invite Farage to club for photo opp’ The club was not aware of the extent of the event until social media posts emerged, it is understood The Independent UK · Mar 24
Reform mayoral candidate likens Jewish community group to ‘Islamists on horseback’ Chris Parry describes Shomrim members as ‘cosplayers’ hours after arson attack in north London The Guardian - UK · Mar 23
A war and maybe an unprecedented depression: it’s Trump’s mania, but now all of us will pay the price It has been possible to observe this presidency in abstract terms, but no more. The consequences of the Iran attack will affect our lives and our politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Mar 23
Reform politician Matt Goodwin forced to defend his new book after using AI to help write it Former candidate for Nigel Farage’s party lost the Gorton and Denton by-election last month The Independent UK · Mar 23
Reform hits out at IFS analysis of Scottish tax plans The IFS said the party’s tax plans were ‘not credible’. Evening Standard · Mar 23
‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define May local elections While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectations The Guardian - UK · Mar 23
‘Unprecedented territory’: are UK polls as volatile as they seem? – in charts In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequences The Guardian - UK · Mar 23
What’s at stake for UK in May’s elections: six key questions Reform, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and the Greens are all banking on big gains and nationwide repercussions The Guardian - UK · Mar 23
Funding for populist-right ‘media-political complex’ exceeded £170m in five years, research finds Handful of billionaires gave huge sums in particular to media organisations that boosted rightwing politicians, says Liam Byrne MP The Guardian - UK · Mar 23
The Independent UK · Mar 22 Reform stands by candidate who called for deportation of British Muslims and endorsed Tommy Robinson Reform UK’s Scottish leader Malcolm Offord suggested people should ‘take less offence’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22 ‘Big Chungus’ and racist meme coins: Nigel Farage’s Cameos are rife with the language of the online far right The Reform UK leader uses the energy of memes to fuel his popularity, but this should not distract us from the seriousness of his purpose, says digital media academic Robert Topinka
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22 Dining across the divide: ‘The restaurant had us down as a blind date!’ After a romantic booking error, would these two find anything to love in each other’s views on deplatforming Reform and right to buy?
Evening Standard · Mar 22 Offord stands by Reform candidates, saying one will be ‘first-class MSP’ Malcolm Offord suggested people should ‘take less offence’ after candidates’ social media posts drew criticism.
Evening Standard · Mar 21 Reform treasurer ‘met sanctioned individuals on Nicaragua trip’ Nick Candy is a high-profile figures within Reform UK.
The Independent UK · Mar 21 Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy ‘met sanctioned individuals’ on Nicaragua trip Billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy visited the central American country last week
Evening Standard · Mar 21 Irish border will feature in EU–UK ‘reset’ if Reform wins power, MP says Danny Kruger was speaking to the TUV conference.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 21 ‘It was our little idyll – until the solar farm landed’: the battle raging in the heart of the British countryside In one corner, clean energy champion Ed Miliband. In the other, residents – and Reform politicians – outraged at plans for more large-scale solar farms in Lincolnshire than anywhere else in the UK
The Independent UK · Mar 20 ‘I don’t want Nigel Farage to come to my house’: Unpacking Reform’s energy bills draw “Do you want Nigel Farage to come to your house?” This is the question posed by Reform’s shadow (shadow... shadow) secretary Robert Jenrick in a video announcing a website called ‘Nigel cut my bills’, which offers to pay off the energy costs of an entire street for a year.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20 Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him Stuart Niven found to have diverted Covid grants to personal account as party faces criticism for candidates’ Islamophobic remarks