GB News blames Reform’s Derbyshire defeat on tactical voting rather than local failures
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
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.
More Scots would back independence if Reform entered government, poll suggests
“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.”
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Unite bosses should be compromising with workers not criticising them
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British Fur Trade Association slammed for ‘misusing poll’ to show support for fur trade
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Wera Hobhouse MP: These Tory plans to change the voting system are a power grab
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Lloyd Russell Moyle MP: We can end new cases of HIV by 2030. Here’s how
“The healthy life I enjoy every day is a testament to the grit and refusal to give up by HIV activists across the world.”
Jenny Jones: The Tories are planning an assault on democracy. The left needs to unite
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