9 h. ago Peter Mandelson is back in Britain in disgrace... but is he plotting a tell

Instead of glory for Lord Mandelson, it's ignominy. Last week, he was pictured at a railway station in Wiltshire looking far from his usual, well-heeled self.

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3 d. ago Dear Britain, do you worry that Team Farage is just a hot mess in power? Or is everyone too angry to care | Marina Hyde

Footage of Reform councillors fighting is further proof that uselessness abounds, but that’s almost moot. To voters they are very useful idiots “I’m meant to be on bloody holiday this week, Paul! I don’t want to be having this meeting!” There is much to enjoy about the patriotic revolution in government promised by the leaked footage obtained by the Guardian of the Reform UK group of councillors running Kent county council. Take council leader Linden Kemkaran speaking for all free speech absolutists when she declares: “Paul! Paul! I’m going to mute you in a minute!” Or consider her repeatedly stated vision of the imperfections of representative democracy: “You’re just going to have to fucking suck it up, OK?”Even so I think the standout bit is when Kemkaran, who acknowledged Kent’s “flagship” status for the party and its leader Nigel Farage, says: “If we can avoid putting up council tax by the full 5%, that is going to be the best thing that we can do to show that Reform can run som...

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4 d. ago Backlash as Reform MP Sarah Pochin refuses to rule out Falkland asylum plot

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin refused to rule out sending asylum seekers to the Falkland Islands or Gibraltar, raising further questions about Nigel Farage's immigration plans

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5 d. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Is Labour donor shopping around for new leader?

Labour are facing difficult elections next May, with Reform UK expected to make huge gains, writes ANDREW PIERCE.

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7 d. ago 'She was totally devoted to Denis': ANDREW PIERCE on why Margaret Thatcher affair claims are 'for the birds'

A new book claims Britain's finest ever Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had not one affair, but two. I knew Mrs Thatcher quite well. She was totally devoted to Denis.

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9 d. ago China spy case row: Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer as witness statements are revealed

In the statements, deputy national security adviser Matt Collins called China ‘the biggest state-based threat to the UK’s economic security’

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9 d. ago Dog owner's fatal mistake before XL Bullies mauled man to death

Prosecutors said the death of Ian Price 'could have been avoided' had James Harrison Trimble-Pettitt not failed to secure his two XL Bully dogs at his Staffordshire home

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1 week ago Nigel Farage vows Reform will shake up 'status quo' in Wales

Labour has led Wales since the Welsh Parliament was first established in 1999, but Reform UK and Plaid Cymru have topped recent polling for the election next May

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch's masterstroke? ANDREW PIERCE on how the Tories could make a BIG comeback

Kemi Badenoch's barnstorming speech at party conference may have just turned the tide for the Conservative Party.

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2 w. ago Voices: The Tories are making a fatal mistake in push to cut UK foreign aid to a new low

Britain Cannot afford to ignore the politics of aid, or we will suffer the consequences, writes Stefan Dercon

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2 w. ago Jude Gerrard's parents say son 'deserves better' after fatal nursey 'mistake'

Jude Gerrard, aged two, tragically died at Early Learners Day Nursery, in Bootle, Liverpool, and his parents are angry that his death has been put down to an "honest mistake"

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2 w. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Starmer's security chief Jonathan Powell is a shadowy figure with more influence than any minister

Buried in the depths of No 10, on the desk of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, sits a special phone for secure communications with his White House counterpart, writes ANDREW PIERCE.

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2 w. ago Tragic teen's final moments after making fatal mistake and instantly realising

Harley Dilley, 14, vanished on his way to school just before Christmas - but it wasn't until 23 days later that police found him after he got stuck in a chimney

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3 w. ago ANDREW PIERCE reveals Starmer's fatal mistake which 'raised Nigel Farage to the status of a martyr'

Sir Keir Starmer made Nigel Farage the focus of his keynote speech at the Labour Conference in Liverpool, repeatedly taking aim at the Reform UK leader's policies and politics.

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3 w. ago Reform raise security fears for Nigel Farage after his protection was cut just before he was 'demonised' by PM

Policy chief Zia Yusuf accused Labour of 'incitement to violence' and alleged that the number of guards protecting Mr Farage had been cut by 75 per cent.

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3 w. ago How panicking Labour bosses tried to airbrush disgraced Angela Rayner from glossy conference brochure like Stalin's propagandists, reveals ANDREW PIERCE

Angela Rayner may have resigned in disgrace from the Cabinet - but her spirit is stalking this conference.

Economics

3 w. ago Revealed: The moment Keir Starmer realised he needed to attack Reform

Exclusive: The scale of the Unite the Kingdom march shocked Sir Keir, who decided to launch a fightback on rherotic ‘that has become too common place’

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3 w. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Crime is soaring in London. But Sadiq Khan wants to spend £66million on wokery

The projects include Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month and an event called 'Black On The Square' in Trafalgar Square.

Economics

3 w. ago If you worry about migration Labour will call you racist, says Reform after Starmer's attack on plan to strip migrants of 'settled status'

Kicking off Labour 's conference in Liverpool, Keir Starmer risked inflaming public anger by using the term 'racist' to dismiss the policy of abolishing 'settled status'.

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3 w. ago Starmer vows to crack down on taxi rides costing hundreds for asylum seekers in hotels

Sir Keir Starmer made the pledge after it was revealed one taxi bill cost the Home Office £600 to take an asylum seeker 250 miles from a hotel to a doctor’s appointment

Economics