5 Reform UK disasters this week
From Farage’s late registrations of financial interests to Reform endorsing Trump’s expansionist fantasies in Greenland, the party hasn’t had a good week
Olivia Barber
Fire Brigades Union says Andy Burnham must be able to run in by-election campaign
Starmer’s allies have launched a “Stop Andy Burnham” campaign to stop him from returning to Parliament
Nigel Farage criticised for going to Davos and undermining the UK’s position on Greenland
“He doesn’t want to be PM, he wants to be the Governor of the 51st State.”
The Greens defeat Reform UK in Derbyshire by-election
The new Green councillor says people were “unimpressed with some of the things that Reform has done”
Reform mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham co-owns ‘unsafe squat hotel plagued by bed bugs’
Cunningham has promised an “all out war” on crime in London, yet there have been complaints of theft and safety issues at the hotel she co-owns
PMQs: Keir Starmer humiliates Kemi Badenoch over Chagos deal attack
Badenoch’s attempt to use Trump’s criticism of the Chagos deal against the government backfired
Reform police and crime commissioner faces complaint over ‘Putin-style’ horse photo request
Rupert Matthews allegedly asked a police officer to help him organise a photo in the style of Vladimir Putin’s bizarre topless photo with a horse
Nigel Farage broke MPs’ code of conduct 17 times by registering his financial interests late
The Reform UK leader declared almost £400,000 in payments late
Zack Polanski says Keir Starmer needs to ‘take his head out of the sand’ over Trump’s Greenland threats
Polanski has said that the UK needs to look at removing US military bases from British soil
Reform delays defection of a “well-known” Labour figure
Reform has been hyping up a defection, only to delay it “until further notice”