11 h. ago Met chief demands ‘insensitive’ Palestine Action protest called off in wake of Manchester terror attack

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood slammed the demonstration and Nigel Farage called it a ‘celebration of murder’

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11 h. ago Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of 'emboldening' hate marchers who 'celebrated Manchester synagogue attack' after recognising Palestine

Farage took to social media on Friday to accuse the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, of 'emboldening' protesters by recognising the state of Palestine last month.

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12 h. ago Michelle Mone told us ‘business isn’t easy’ during Covid. How are things now, your ladyship? | Marina Hyde

After a company she was linked to was ordered to repay £122m it made from pandemic deals, the baroness has embarked on a masterclass in victimhoodBy their own accounts, there have been two Westminster-adjacent victims of inflammatory language this week. One is the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, hurt to the point of requiring smelling salts by some politically commonplace words spoken by the prime minister. And the other is legally besieged bra baroness Michelle Mone, who has always been performatively sensitive, with chaos as her rising sign.Alas, far from their shared victimhood drawing our two snowflakes closer together, in Michelle, we may have finally found the Tory from whom Nigel would not accept a defection to Reform. Which really means something, considering Britain’s would-be next prime minister currently has precisely zero peers in the House of Lords. Like the PPE she provided during the pandemic, Michelle would be deemed incredibly expensive and absolutely unusable.Marin...

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12 h. 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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12 h. ago Green Party leader calls for all drugs to be legalised and blasts Farage 'dark forces'

Zack Polanski told the BBC that a 'public health approach' is needed to drugs, including cocaine and heroin, and in his party conference speech he had a strong message to Nigel Farage

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14 h. ago Kemi Badenoch blasts Tory splitters 'who want to be a notch on Nigel Farage’s bed post'

Embattled Tory leader Kemi Badenoch sought to downplay the impact of a steady flow of defections from Conservative ranks to Nigel Farage's Reform party

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15 h. ago Kemi Badenoch makes embarrassing Brexit gaffe despite claiming she never makes gaffes

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch claimed in a TV interview that Northern Ireland voted to leave the EU - even though the nation actually backed remain by a majority of 56% to 44%

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24 h. ago Kemi Badenoch ‘staying the course’ to fix Tory party despite ‘tough times’

The Conservative leader said blows traded between Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage were ‘not serious behaviour’.

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31 h. ago Badenoch defends vow to ditch climate law branded ‘catastrophic mistake’ by May

The Tory leader said the real error would be to retain the ‘nonsensical’ Climate Change Act.

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38 h. ago Wes Streeting knows he can save Labour by saving the NHS. So why isn’t he talking about it more?

Wes Streeting was animated in his fight against Nigel Farage during the Labour Conference, but how did he get on winning people over in the health arena? Health correspondent Rebecca Thomas was there to find out

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38 h. ago Scrapping landmark legislation risks future jobs, says Tory ex

Conservative peer Alok Sharma urged his party not to ‘squander’ its legacy of climate progress.

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39 h. ago Could Nigel Farage really win the next election? Here’s what the polls say

Reform’s lead is persistent but pollsters themselves point out that their models come with significant uncertaintyUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has spent his political career disrupting the political order, but with Reform UK’s popularity on the rise, some in Westminster believe he could be on course to pull off the greatest political earthquake in modern British political history.Not only have recent polls pointed to Reform effectively replacing the Conservatives as the main opposition, some have even suggested Farage could enter Downing Street if such support is maintained at the next election. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Starmer only has 'breathing space' until May elections after Labour conference... as Budget looms, Cabinet 'revolts on digital ID push' and resentment festers over reshuffle

Ministers and activists publicly rallied round the PM at the gathering in Liverpool, as Keir Starmer tried to lift the mood with brutal barbs at Nigel Farage .

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41 h. ago Nigel Farage party 'utter snowflakery' blasted as 'ridiculous' Reform claim exposed

A Home Office minister has said it is 'utter nonsense' to suggest Keir Starmer is inciting violence against Nigel Farage and accused Reform UK's Zia Yusuf of 'utter snowflakery'

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42 h. ago Reform’s suggestions Starmer is inciting violence ‘offensive’, minister says

Home Office minister Mike Tapp also insisted that the Home Office would not be involved in any decision to cut Nigel Farage’s security.

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45 h. ago Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet?

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silenceSo you really want to know how Prime Minister Farage would pan out? Well, speculate no longer. An excellent test case is unfolding right now, in a country that just so happens to be run by one of Nigel’s heroes. Javier Milei is “amazing”, said the CEO of the private company he calls Reform. “Cutting and slashing doing all the things he’s done that’s leadership.”You may know some of this story, about how a political outsider took power in Argentina. You’ve seen photos of El Loco, the self-styled madman, in a black leather jacket, with sideburns like hedges and wielding a giant red chainsaw – all the better to slash the public sector with. Taking over Latin America’s second-largest country made Milei the poster boy of the international hard right. Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My...

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45 h. ago Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silenceSo you really want to know how Prime Minister Farage would pan out? Well, speculate no longer. An excellent test case is unfolding right now, in a country that just so happens to be run by one of Nigel’s heroes. Javier Milei is “amazing”, said the CEO of the private company he calls Reform. “Cutting and slashing doing all the things he’s done that’s leadership.”You may know some of this story, about how a political outsider took power in Argentina. You’ve seen photos of El Loco, the self-styled madman, in a black leather jacket, with sideburns like hedges and wielding a giant red chainsaw – all the better to slash the public sector with. Taking over Latin America’s second-largest country made Milei the poster boy of the international hard right. Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My...

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50 h. ago Keir Starmer's attacks on Nigel Farage backfire: Labour plunges in polls as PM ramps up his war of words with Reform

Labour has seen a slump in support since Keir Starmer stepped up his personal abuse of Nigel Farage, a survey found yesterday.

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51 h. ago Keir Starmer in asylum crackdown as he vows to end ‘golden ticket’ for migrants

PM will stop migrants having automatic rights to bring family members to Britain as he ramps up bid to counter threat from Reform over immigration

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52 h. ago Keir Starmer in new asylum crackdown as he takes on ‘Farage boats’

PM will stop migrants having automatic rights to bring family members to Britain as he ramps up bid to counter threat from Reform over immigration

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