6 hours ago Elon Musk will help Reform UK win over young voters and beat the Tories, Nigel Farage claims

Nigel Farage said Elon Musk is ‘an absolute hero figure’ for the younger generation and would be a ‘huge help’ in connecting them with Reform UK

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23 hours ago Nigel Farage threatens legal action against Badenoch over Reform membership ‘fakery’ claim

Row comes after Reform UK claimed to have surpassed Conservatives in membership

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19 hours ago Nigel Farage says Elon Musk will help Reform UK beat the Tories as he demands apology for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's 'crazy conspiracy theory' in membership 'fakery' row

Nigel Farage has called for an apology from Kemi Badenoch over a row where she accused Reform UK of faking their membership numbers.

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22 hours ago Farage: Badenoch must apologise for ‘crazy conspiracy theory’ on Reform numbers

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Reform UK of ‘fakery’ over its membership data.

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22 hours ago Nigel Farage hints at legal action against Kemi Badenoch in Reform membership row

But Tory leader claims own party tally has risen as she accuses Reform UK of ‘fakery’

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22 hours ago Nigel Farage demands apology from Kemi Badenoch in Reform membership row

Nigel Farage would not rule out taking legal action against the Tory leader over her claim of ‘fakery’ in membership row

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24 hours ago Starmer’s VAT raid will ensure private schools become even more elitist

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25 hours ago Across the west, the centre right is collapsing – and with it, any notion of what is ‘too extreme’ | Owen Jones

So-called moderates are mimicking populist demagogues, with potentially disastrous consequencesIt was once known as the “centre right”, and this was the year it definitively perished. It never had a coherent political philosophy, but it tended to blend deference to the perceived needs of large business interests, the championing of so-called traditional values that were actually longstanding prejudices, and admiration for established institutions. Above all else, it supposedly offered a cordon sanitaire, preventing anything further to the right from acquiring political legitimacy.That hasn’t quite worked to plan. Nigel Farage now claims his populist-right Reform party has a higher membership than the Tories: if true, it is the first time in British history that members of a rightwing rival have outnumbered the Conservative party’s. Nearly two decades ago, then Tory leader, David Cameron, dismissed Farage’s Ukip as “fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly”; but today, Camero...

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26 hours ago Reform UK threatens legal action against Tory leader Kemi Badenoch in membership 'fakery' row

A furious row has erupted between Mrs Badenoch and Reform leader Nigel Farage after an online counter indicated Reform now has more than 141,000 members.

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31 hours ago Nigel Farage boasts of larger social media following than Kemi Badenoch in party membership numbers row

Nigel Farage compared his and Kemi Badenoch's social media following as he hit out at the Conservative leader's accusation of “fakery” over claims that Reform UK membership has surpassed the Tories, making it the second-largest political party in the UK.

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33 hours ago Kemi Badenoch rises to Nigel Farage brag and accuses him of 'fakery' in bitter festive spat

Kemi Badenoch predictably took the bait after Nigel Farage bragged his Reform UK party had more members than the Tories - prompting an allegation of 'fakery' in an angry rant

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40 hours ago Tories accuse Farage of ‘fakery’ over claims Reform now has more members than Conservatives

The party has been on a push to boost its membership in recent weeks

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