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Why a Tory-Reform pact suits the right-wing press more than either party – for now

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

Editors may relish the drama, but behind the scenes they must be tearing their hair out as the feud escalates. “Stop fighting each other and end the Labour nightmare,” pleaded the Daily Mail, like a weary parent begging quarrelling children to behave.

Right-Wing Watch

More Scots would back independence if Reform entered government, poll suggests

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

“Given support for independence remains tied, Brexit alone is clearly not a catalyst that can itself prompt a surge in support for separation — but, on the basis of this poll, the advent of Nigel Farage as Prime Minister may well be.”

A photo of a Scottish independence protest with a Saltire flagm with the word "yes" imposed on it

MPs across the political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about NATO troops

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

“The president was wrong to diminish the role of Nato troops, including British forces in Afghanistan”

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Reform UK donor told ‘deliberate lies’ in testimony, High Court said

Olivia Barber
22 December, 2025

Reform has accepted almost £45,000 in donations from an entrepreneur who has had several run-ins with the law

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Reform councillors in Kent criticised over plans to spend up to £100,000 a year on political assistants

Olivia Barber
22 December, 2025

Reform campaigned on a promise to cut wasteful spending and save taxpayers’ money before the local elections

Woke bashing of the week: Font wars – Times New Roman strikes back

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 December, 2025

Place your bets now. In 2026, don’t be surprised if we’re reading headlines about “woke” fonts being purged from Reform-run councils altogether.

Right-wing media watch: One last swing at Ed! The right-wing press keeps missing the climate point

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 December, 2025

This familiar trope persists in the right-wing media – reduce climate policy to sneering attacks on Ed Miliband and avoid engaging with the substance of the argument.

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Spain’s €60 nationwide transport pass sparks UK debate over Europe’s costliest rail fares

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 December, 2025

Britain’s train operators charge fares more than twice the European Union average for routes of comparable length.

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Why the Telegraph’s ‘Labour Christmas bonus’ story doesn’t add up

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
20 December, 2025

To present a frozen £10 payment, worth a fraction of its original value, as indulgence is another example of grievance-mongering dressed up as journalism.

Right-Wing Watch

Pipe bombs and chicken nuggets: how fake news became ‘fact’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
20 December, 2025

From Trump to Fox News, Johnson to Fleet Street, misinformation is not a series of isolated failures. It’s a business model, one that rewards outrage, punishes accuracy and treats the public not as citizens to be informed, but as audiences to be manipulated.

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Erasmus returns, and with it, the familiar sound of Brexiteer outrage

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
20 December, 2025

Even readers of the Express, often dubbed the Brexpress, were not entirely convinced by their paper’s fury.

Reform Mayoral Candidate Chris Parry
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Reform’s Chris Parry found to have repeatedly questioned ‘loyalty’ of MPs who aren’t white

Chris Jarvis
19 December, 2025

The Reform mayoral candidate made the comments about Sadiq Khan, Zarah Sultana, Dawn Butler and others

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Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?

Chris Jarvis
19 December, 2025

Who’s up and who’s down?

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