A terrifying prospect: Reform pledge to create ICE-style agency
Reform has gone full Trump
Meet ASLEF’s new general secretary, Dave Calfe
Dave Calfe speaks with Left Foot Forward about fully nationalising the railway, the Employment Rights Act and the Birmingham bin strikes
Reform’s new head of policy has some pretty awful views on Ukraine and Putin
James Orr has a range of worrying, radical views about Russia and Ukraine
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“This situation has the alarming potential to evolve into a propaganda regime over time, requiring urgent attention.”
GB News mocked for St. George’s Day gaffe in England’s ‘most English’ town
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National Day of Action demands Barclays ‘stops funding genocide’
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Reform UK is soliciting donations from oil and gas executives
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Robert Jenrick makes embarrassing U-turn on Tory-Reform election pact
Jenrick is now saying he wants to “send Nigel Farage back to retirement”