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Reform UK

Andrew Rosindell backs moving to a private insurance model for healthcare
News

Reform’s newest MP backs privatising the NHS

Olivia Barber
26 January, 2026

Andrew Rosindell said he would not object to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with a private insurance model.

Right-Wing Watch

Why a Tory-Reform pact suits the right-wing press more than either party – for now

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 January, 2026

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.

A photo of a Scottish independence protest with a Saltire flagm with the word "yes" imposed on it
News

More Scots would back independence if Reform entered government, poll suggests

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 January, 2026

“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.”

Farage
News

Nigel Farage’s support for Trump is putting off voters

Basit Mahmood
23 January, 2026

“He might just be [Trump’s] whipping boy. That kind of concerns me”

Nigel Farage speaking in Davos
News

5 Reform UK disasters this week

Olivia Barber
23 January, 2026

From Farage’s late registrations of financial interests to Reform endorsing Trump’s expansionist fantasies in Greenland, the party hasn’t had a good week

Sarah Pochin speaking at the Christians for Reform launch
News

Reform MP Sarah Pochin sides with Trump on Greenland dispute

Basit Mahmood
22 January, 2026

It just goes to show that rather than standing up for democracy and the right of self-determination, Reform would be more than happy to trash international law and order.

Nigel Farage speaking in Davos
News

Nigel Farage criticised for going to Davos and undermining the UK’s position on Greenland

Olivia Barber
22 January, 2026

“He doesn’t want to be PM, he wants to be the Governor of the 51st State.”

Nigel Farage has been criticised over his Glasgow schoolchildren comments
News

Reform slumps in latest poll after Jenrick defection

Basit Mahmood
22 January, 2026

While Farage may have tried to portray himself as an insurgent against the status quo, Reform is now increasingly seen as a refuge for Tory politicians who voters have already rejected.

The Greens have defeated Reform in a Derbyshire by-election
News

The Greens defeat Reform UK in Derbyshire by-election

Olivia Barber
22 January, 2026

The new Green councillor says people were “unimpressed with some of the things that Reform has done”

Laila Cunningham, Reform's London Mayor candidate
News

Reform mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham co-owns ‘unsafe squat hotel plagued by bed bugs’

Olivia Barber
22 January, 2026

Cunningham has promised an “all out war” on crime in London, yet there have been complaints of theft and safety issues at the hotel she co-owns

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