Who is Tim Montgomerie? Prominent Farage ally quits Reform amid public row IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 9
Top Reform supporter quits party and urges Nigel Farage to ‘get a grip’ A civil war erupted within the party after Tim Montgomerie was suspended last month The Independent UK · Sep 9
Badenoch insists voters wouldn’t back a ‘monstrous Reform-Conservative hybrid’ IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 23
Kemi Badenoch rules out ‘monstrous’ pact with Reform UK: ‘They’re all over the place’ The Conservative leader dismissed Reform UK as ‘people fighting all the time’ as she insisted voters would not back a ‘monstrous Reform-Conservative hybrid’ The Independent UK · Aug 23
Tice defends suspension of Reform UK activist over Farage criticism Party’s deputy leader makes comments as he unveils new policy to subsidise more apprenticeships The Guardian - UK · Aug 20
Reform politicians are such a joke, they deserve a slot on the Edinburgh fringe Nige’s gift, Dicky’s love of global heating and so much more – what fun it is watching the party implode The Guardian - UK · Aug 19
Tim Montgomerie vows to fight to remain in Reform after Zia Yusuf row IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 19
Reform civil war intensifies as Farage ally vows to challenge suspension and test if party can ‘tolerate free speech’ Tim Montgomerie says he will make his suspension a ‘test case’ for the party The Independent UK · Aug 19
Reform UK suspends senior figure after public criticism of Zia Yusuf IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 18
Former Farage ally suspended from Reform after hitting out at Zia Yusuf Tim Montgomerie suggested in a podcast that ‘Nigel has fallen out of love with Zia’ The Independent UK · Aug 18
You can’t hide away from mounting questions over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, top ally warns Farage Tim Montgomerie defected to Reform UK in 2024 after 33 years in the Conservative Party The Independent UK · Jul 1
‘It’s about ego’: Matt Goodwin’s journey from far-right expert to firebrand Reform candidate Anti-immigration activist is contesting poll in borough where he previously researched far-right extremism The Guardian - UK · Jan 30
Rape victims says Labour minister should resign after calling grooming gangs 'dog whistle' issue Lucy Powell under mounting pressure over comments on the grooming gangs scandal made on national radio Evening Standard · May 5, 2025
Labour minister urged to quit over ‘dog whistle’ remark on grooming gangs The Commons leader has apologised after suggesting on BBC ‘Any Questions?’ that raising concerns over Asian grooming gangs was ‘dog whistle’ politics The Independent UK · May 4, 2025
Evening Standard · May 4, 2025 Labour minister Lucy Powell ‘mortified’ over grooming gangs remarks The Leader of the Commons appeared to describe the grooming gangs issue as a ‘dog whistle’ during a Radio 4 debate.
Evening Standard · May 4, 2025 Labour minister faces backlash after dismissing grooming gangs as 'dog whistle' issue Lucy Powell’s remarks have been condemned as a ‘disgusting betrayal of the victims’
The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025 Could Reform shock politics with a high-profile Tory defector? ANALYSIS: Boris Johnson has appeared on a wishlist of disaffected Tories sought by Reform UK. Wishful thinking, writes David Maddox, but it underlines the scale of ambition of a party that wants to win a general election in 2029
The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2024 Founder of leading Conservative Party website joins Reform UK A leading Conservative figure has defected to Reform UK ...
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024 The crisis-hit Tories need good advice. Will they really get it from Michael Gove’s Spectator? The Speccie was a wise voice compared to the rest of the rightwing media. But can it remain so within the stable of the man who owns GB News, asks Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter
Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2024 Election date betting row: Keir Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of 'total lack of leadership' The PM is refusing to suspend two Tory candidates under investigation by the Gambling Commission
The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2023 Loud and uncowed: how UnHerd owner Paul Marshall became Britain’s newest media mogul UnHerd has quickly become one of the biggest sites for political commentary in the UK, and now the hedge fund founder behind it – who also funds GB News and donates to the Tories – is trying to add the Telegraph to a fast-growing empire. What does he really want?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023 ‘He wants to shape wider culture’: Why Paul Marshall is turning from GB News to the Telegraph The hedge fund founder and schools reformer has some unexpected friends and is more complex than his Brexit credentials suggest
The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2023 Brexit blame game erupts again: how leaving EU came back to bite Tories Carmakers’ criticisms and migration figures add to pressure on Rishi Sunak, who is not trusted by leavers
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022 ‘Real possibility’: Boris Johnson urged to stand in Tory leadership race Former PM dominates debate as contest to replace Liz Truss begins, only six weeks after he left office
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022 Boris Johnson has ‘very’ good chance of returning to No 10, former aide says Tim Montgomerie, now a Johnson critic, says ‘close to 140’ Tory MPs could back disgraced ex-PM – who remains loved by party members