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Basit Mahmood

Prime minister Keir Starmer giving a speech on Gaza

Keir Starmer says despite pressure he will not change position on Iran war

Basit Mahmood
1 April, 2026 (5 weeks ago)

“There’s been a good deal of pressure on me to change my position in relation to joining the war and I’m not going to change my position on the war.”

Nigel Farage defends Senedd candidate's Nazi salute

Reform meltdown in Wales: Third candidate quits before Senedd election citing ‘serious concerns’

Basit Mahmood
1 April, 2026 (5 weeks ago)

He also cited serious concerns around candidate selection as one of the reasons he decided to stand down.

Matt Goodwin, Reform's candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election

Matt Goodwin slammed as an embarrassment to Reform

Basit Mahmood
31 March, 2026 (5 weeks ago)

Discussing Goodwin on the News Agents, presenter and journalist Emily Maitlis described him as an ‘embarrassment to Reform’.

A photo of Nigel Farage at Reform UK's local election campaign rally in Birmingham

Reform whistleblower says vetting process is ‘expensive, flawed and unprofessional’ 

Basit Mahmood
31 March, 2026 (5 weeks ago)

Party leader Nigel Farage had vowed to professionalise vetting process

House of Lords

Anti-establishment? Reform looking at packing House of Lords with hundreds of peers 

Basit Mahmood
31 March, 2026 (5 weeks ago)

Reform says it is “working on recruiting those people as we speak” out of a fear “every unelected body in the country will be hostile to us.”

Keir Starmer in Downing Street

Keir Starmer says Iran conflict ‘not our war’ as he blasts Reform chief Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
30 March, 2026

‘Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for wanting to ‘dive in with both feet into the war without thinking through the consequences’.

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Reform’s Zia Yusuf in meltdown when asked about growing number of candidate scandals

Basit Mahmood
30 March, 2026

The right-wing party has lost at least 67 candidates since May 2025,

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Reform’s policy chief shared stage with ‘white nationalist’ politician

Basit Mahmood
30 March, 2026

That Reform’s policy chief feels comfortable sharing a stage with someone who holds such disgraceful views speaks volumes of the kind of values Farage is comfortable with.

Nigel Farage refuses to condemn Trump's comments on LBC

Senior Reform UK figures panicking Trump links could cause them electoral damage

Basit Mahmood
27 March, 2026

Panic has set in among Reform’s senior figures

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Reform councillor on Staffordshire County Council exposed for posting racist remarks

Basit Mahmood
27 March, 2026

It’s not the first time that the Reform-led council has been embroiled in a racism scandal.

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