56 m. ago After years of criticising Davos, Nigel Farage heads to Davos

Reform UK leader has decried ‘globalist’ event but this year hopes to meet Donald Trump for Greenland talksFor years he has derided the annual gathering at Davos as a smug and conspiratorial meeting of enemies of the nation state. But this week, Nigel Farage will himself be rubbing shoulders with the “globalists” he has so reviled.Farage’s itinerary at the Swiss ski resort remains unclear, although his Reform UK deputy, Richard Tice, said on Sunday he hoped Farage would get a chance to speak to Donald Trump, who is also attending the event run by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Reform leader in Scotland says independence vote should be postponed for 10 years

Speaking to the BBC Scotland Sunday Show, Lord Offord said that Nigel Farage ‘would not be dictating the policies’.

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5 h. ago Independence should be parked for a decade, says Reform's Malcolm Offord

Mr Offord said voters are ‘sick and tired’ of the constitutional ‘doom loop’

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6 h. ago Robert Jenrick conducted himself in 'disgusting way' over defection, says Bowie

Mr Jenrick jumped ship to Reform on Thursday

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7 h. ago Dining across the divide: ‘For him it seems to come down to good immigrants and bad immigrants’

One is a Reform voter who supports Tommy Robinson and thinks Muslims want to take over. The other works with immigrants and knows they’re not here to steal jobs or get benefits. Can they make it through a meal together?Amrit, 32, BirminghamOccupation Immigration solicitor Continue reading...

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7 h. ago More likely we win next general election with Jenrick at Reform – Zia Yusuf

Zia Yusuf said Robert Jenrick is ‘thoughtful’ and ‘clear eyed about all of the different ways the Tories betrayed this country’.

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7 h. ago Blue Posts boss: If opening a pub becomes so risky, in the end people just won't do it

Pubs are community assets, says Layo Paskin, and they’re under threat

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7 h. ago "If it walks and quacks like a duck, it usually is a duck": Lisa Nandy slams Nigel Farage and Reform UK

'I come from a mixed race background. I’ve seen this playbook before'

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8 h. ago The pub that changed me: ‘We celebrated Christmas in July – and suddenly every night was Saturday night’

At the start of the first festive shift, the other bartender and I silently pulled our crackers and grimly donned paper hats. Yet it worked a treat and taught me the value of making your own funI was an employee and a customer at this pub as a teenager in the early 1990s. This was one of four or five pubs clustered around the high street in the town where I grew up in Somerset. We gravitated towards the Blue Ball as teenagers, not because they served underage drinkers. They didn’t. And we could only afford to drink lime and soda anyway. No, we loved this place because it had (drumroll) two bars. So we were not only cool enough to go down the pub (never “to the pub”, strictly “down the pub” or, better still, “down the Blue”), but we even had our own bar. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Poll: Support for Nigel Farage's Reform UK stalls in Scotland

A Norstat survey shows backing for Nigel Farage’s party dropping slightly

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8 h. ago ‘Feels like a Muslim city’: Reform UK mayoral candidate suggests burqa stop

‘Feels like a Muslim city’: Reform UK mayoral candidate suggests burqa stop-and-search in London; faces b  Times of India

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10 h. ago 'Parts of London feels like Muslim city': Reform UK mayor candidate 'burqa' remarks sparks backlash

'Parts of London feels like Muslim city': Reform UK mayor candidate 'burqa' remarks sparks backlash  WION

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10 h. ago Toddler, 2, left fighting for life after mum noticed chest turning blue in bath

Louisa Shilleto, 37, knew "something was not right" during the evening routine for toddler Charlie after she noticed the veins in his chest had turned an alarming shade of blue

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11 h. ago Psychiatrist shares 3 'warning signs' you should be aware of this Monday

A consultant psychiatrist has outlined three early warning signs of depression to look out for as Blue Monday - widely regarded as 'the most depressing day of the year' - approaches

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15 h. ago Hidden health conditions that may qualify you for a Blue Badge

People with hidden conditions like heart disease, dementia, ADHD, epilepsy, chronic fatigue or Parkinson's may be eligible for a Blue Badge

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16 h. ago Universal Credit to replace two benefits within weeks and how to keep current payments

Many people claiming one of two benefits may have already been sent a letter by the DWP

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17 h. ago Two benefits set to be replaced by Universal Credit this April

The DWP is sending letters to some benefit claimants with jsut a few months left to switch to Universal Credit or lose payments

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24 h. ago The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequencesOn one side of Dr Ben Galton-Fenzi’s view across the vast Totten ice shelf, the sun sat low on the Antarctic horizon. On the other, a full moon.The ice shelf is “flat and white”, says Galton-Fenzi. “If there’s cloud around, you lose the horizon.” Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Shadow London minister Gareth Bacon says ‘zero chance' he will defect to Reform

This comes after Robert Jenrick’s bombshell defection left Westminster reeling and wondering who will jump ship next

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24 h. ago 'The new sheriff in town!': Surreal Robert Jenrick defection notes REVEALED as turncoat Tory summoned up the courage to jump ship to Reform

A private 'media plan' drawn up by the former Shadow Justice Secretary while he was plotting to join Nigel Farage's party also called his move 'the biggest defection story Reform has ever had.'

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