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GB News blames Reform’s Derbyshire defeat on tactical voting rather than local failures

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

The right-wing network’s coverage cast the defeat not as a judgement on Reform’s local performance, but as evidence of an emerging ‘Stop Reform’ plot.

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.

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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

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