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Racism

A Stand Up to Racism demonstration
Opinion

When shame left the room: racism, immigration, and Britain’s moral retreat

Claire Jones
Yesterday

Britain is sliding backwards into open racism, fuelled by political silence, immigration narratives & the media. Can we reverse this fall? 

Nigel Farage has been criticised over his Glasgow schoolchildren comments
News

5 Reform disasters this week: Your weekly round up of where it’s going wrong for Farage’s party

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

Whether it’s their actions in local government, or Nigel Farage’s latest scandal or what their candidates and members are up to, here’s where it’s gone wrong for Reform this week.

Nigel Farage speaking at cryptocurrency event
News

Journalist shouted down at Reform press briefing when asking Nigel Farage about alleged racist and antisemitic comments

Basit Mahmood
7 January, 2026 (3 days ago)

That a journalist was shouted down with shouts of ‘boring’ over such serious allegations of racism and antisemitism shows you how disgraceful Reform UK are.

A photo of an NHS protest with the Left Foot Forward logo in the top right corner
News

Letters to the editor: What progressives can learn from 2025

LFF Reporter
23 December, 2025

We asked progressives from across the political spectrum about what lessons they think we need to learn and how to fight back in the year ahead.

Chris Parry refused to apologise for his offensive comments
News

Reform candidate refuses to apologise for saying David Lammy should ‘go home to the Caribbean’

Olivia Barber
16 December, 2025

Chris Parry would not confirm that the former foreign secretary’s “primary loyalty” is to the UK

Starmer
News

Keir Starmer takes apart Reform during PMQs: Tells Farage ‘chaos and division’ are his life’s work

Basit Mahmood
10 December, 2025

“It’s not a coincidence Mr Speaker, because chaos and division is the Member of Clacton’s life work.”

Reform UK
News

Reform councillor defends candidate from party’s own racist supporters

Basit Mahmood
10 December, 2025

Rather than welcoming Addy, Reform supporters and accounts supportive of Reform claimed that he ‘shouldn’t be eligible to stand for election in Britain’, while others called for his deportation.

Nigel Farage at PMQs
News

Keir Starmer and ministers call on Nigel Farage to explain ‘repulsive’ school racism allegations

Olivia Barber
21 November, 2025

Farage has yet to publicly address the allegations

Nigel Farage making his speech at Reform Party conference 2025
News

Nigel Farage faces new racism and antisemitism allegations from school days

Olivia Barber
19 November, 2025

More than a dozen of former schoolmates have described “deeply offensive” behaviour by Farage throughout his teenage years

Reform UK

Reform council leader jumps to defence of colleague who called police ‘British hating scum’

Basit Mahmood
14 November, 2025

The Reform councillor was criticised over social media posts he made about the police and Black women.

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