Nigel Farage mocked for claiming he understands steelworkers as he worked in “metals business”
“You couldn’t make it up. Such a fraud.”
Olivia Barber
Reform UK’s Runcorn candidate hit with misconduct finding during time as magistrate
Sarah Pochin was found to have used her magistrate position to influence the views of her colleagues in a political context
BBC criticised for giving ‘extremist’ Douglas Murray an 8-minute interview on prime-time TV
“Imagine just for a moment, Nick, being one of the millions of British Muslims, law-abiding British Muslims, watching him say those things.”
Voters shocked by how much Nigel Farage loves Donald Trump
“I thought he’d got a bit more sense than that.”
Teaching union pledges funds to campaign against Reform UK candidates
“This is what Nigel Farage is: he’s a poundshop Donald Trump.”
Tories and right-wing press outraged over appointment of new Charity Commission chief
The Daily Mail isn’t happy because Mark Simms mocked Boris Johnson six years ago
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson loses it in Daily Express after Stop Brexit Man court victory
Anderson has thrown his toys out of the pram
Reform UK refuses to drop candidate over racist social media post
Reform has ignored calls for the candidate to step down and is standing by him
Top 5 local election battles to watch this May
With the local elections on 1 May, Left Foot Forward picks out the most competitive races and potential game-changers.
Breaking: Rishi Sunak’s former aide among 15 charged for election betting scandal
In the midst of the scandal, the former prime minister refused to say whether his aide had bet on the election date using confidential information.