Rupert Lowe launches new hard-right political party and gets into a spat with Matt Goodwin
Reform and Restore Britain are having a showdown over who can push the most extreme deportation and anti-immigration policies
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Reform’s by-election candidate Matt Goodwin criticised jail term for man who said: ‘burn asylum hotels’
Goodwin said it was “insane” that a man was sent to prison for inciting racial hatred
Labour calls on Matt Goodwin to condemn aides’ ‘racist content’
Five members of Goodwin’s campaign team have shared racist content or expressed support for the far-right online
Tim Martin ridiculed for urging pubs to back Reform UK
“Brexiter Tim Spoons wants to cut child benefits so someone can save £1 if they drink 20 pints in one of his pubs…”
Portugal defies Europe’s rightward drift as socialist António José Seguro wins presidency
Seguro’s victory was widely interpreted as a rebuke to the far right and a reaffirmation of Portugal’s democratic and constitutional traditions.
‘Brussels’ Brexit revenge’? No, this is just what Brexit looks like
The EU is not punishing the UK, it’s treating the UK as what it chose to become, a third country.
5 Reform UK disasters this week
From Farage agreeing migrants have “colonised” the UK, to Matt Goodwin’s calls for “biological reality” checks for women and girls, Reform has hit new lows
Unite general secretary says trade union would say ‘no thanks’ to affiliating to Labour now
Unite, Labour’s largest trade union affiliate, may reconsider its relationship with the party
High Court rules Palestine Action ban is unlawful
Campaigners branded this a ‘monumental victory’
Reform’s Matt Goodwin calls for young girls to be given biological clock ‘reality’ check
‘Matt Goodwin really doesn’t like women’