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Reform MPs stage ‘pathetic’ mass walkout during PMQs after Farage asks question

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

The eight Reform MPs stormed out after Farage asked a question about small boats

Nigel Farage at PMQs

Keir Starmer announces temporary ban on crypto donations in blow to Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

It comes after MPs were told to ban crypto donations and to cap expat donations to prevent foreign interference in British politics.

Keir Starmer slams Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage over their U-turns on the Iran war

Plaid Cymru on course to be the largest party in the Senedd, according to new poll

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

The Greens and Reform UK are also set to make big gains, while Labour is expected to lose more than 30 seats

A photo of the Senedd building

Latest Posts

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Reform UK’s Andrea Jenkyns commits to sacking county council’s diversity officers – but there aren’t any

Olivia Barber
6 May, 2025

“Someone who lives in Lincolnshire would know that there aren’t any DEI roles going in Lincolnshire Council.”

A placard reading "Liberal Democrats winning here"
News

Where did the Lib Dems win big in the local elections?

Chris Jarvis
4 May, 2025

The Lib Dems took overall control of three councils

Donald Trump

Woke-bashing of the week – Trump’s holy snitch hotline!

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
4 May, 2025

It makes you nostalgic for the days when it was just Fox News and of course its UK copycats – GB News and the Daily Mail – which tuned their violins for the annual “Easter cancelled” and “War on Christmas” symphony, where the absence of a nativity scene becomes a constitutional crisis.

Child poverty in the UK
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Ending poverty could save Britain £75bn a year, says charity

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
4 May, 2025

Trussell is calling for an “essentials guarantee” to be embedded within Universal Credit to ensure recipients can afford basic needs such as food and heating.

News

Kemi Badenoch’s call for ‘massive Margaret Thatcher statue outside Parliament’ met with brutal mockery

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
4 May, 2025

“Good idea—the pigeons need something new to shit on.”

Green Party campaigners holding a Green Party banner in Bristol
News

Where did the Greens win big in the local elections?

Chris Jarvis
3 May, 2025

The Greens gained 44 seats

Right-wing media watch – Mail reaches for the trans panic playbook

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 May, 2025

In faithfully amplifying Lord Ashcroft’s latest attempt to cause political embarrassment, through the ever-reliable culture war wedge, the Mail doesn’t just play dirty, it plays painfully predictable.

Right-Wing Watch

Lessons from Canada: Is it time to stop trying to ape populist politicians?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 May, 2025

Rather than courting the right, Carney gained votes by uniting the left, aided in part by Donald Trump’s unwelcome interference. Labour, by contrast, risks alienating its progressive support by chasing the right-wing vote. In doing so, it offers little that inspires, let alone galvanises.

News

‘Plate-gate!’ – Pro-Brexit media in uproar over DVLA’s banning of ‘Brexit’ number plates

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 May, 2025

“I see they have reverted to their hysterical hyperbole again. Silly. There are much more important issues than number plates at the moment.”

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage giving a new year's message at Blenheim Palace
News

Breaking: Reform UK win control of first-ever council in Staffordshire

Olivia Barber
2 May, 2025

The Tories’ held Staffordshire County Council since 2009

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