34 h. ago Reform surges ahead of Labour in Scotland to lead challenge against the SNP, new poll reveals

Reform UK has overtaken Labour and moved into second place in the race for Holyrood, with a poll predicting Nigel Farage's party will win 22 MSPs.

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45 h. ago Poll: Farage's Reform UK set to become second biggest party at Holyrood

Survation put Nigel Farage's party second on both the constituency and regional list votes

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4 d. ago ‘My kids cried for two hours’ admits jockey as he’s kicked off huge £5million ride in Breeders’ Cup Classic

A TOP jockey has revealed how his kids cried for two hours after he lost the ride for the Breeders' Cup Classic. Umberto Rispoli has rode Michael McCarthy-trained colt Journalism to five of his six career victories including the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes. However, Rispoli has lost the ride on 12-1 favourite Journalism for...

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8 d. ago Support for Reform UK increasing among British Indians, poll shows

Exclusive: Survey finds 13% of British Indians back Nigel Farage’s party compared with only 4% at last electionSupport for Reform UK among British Indians has tripled since the election, according to polling from a diaspora group that suggests Nigel Farage’s party is gaining ground in some demographics where it has struggled.Research by the 1928 Institute, a group of Oxford academics who analyse the British Indian community, shows backing for Reform has jumped in the past year from 4% to 13%. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Work begins to restore power to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Work has begun to repair the damaged power supply to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said

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1 week ago ‘He kicked my a***’: Novak Djokovic sums up brutal reality after defeat to Jannik Sinner

‘It's never nice when somebody kicks your a*** like this’, Djokovic admitted after Sinner’s comprehensive 6-4 6-2 win at the Six Kings Slam

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1 week ago ‘He kicked my ass’: Novak Djokovic sums up brutal reality after defeat to Jannik Sinner

‘It's never nice when somebody kicks your ass like this’, Djokovic admitted after Sinner’s comprehensive 6-4 6-2 win at the Six Kings Slam

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1 week ago The US supreme court appears ready to nullify the Voting Rights Act | Moira Donegan

Court has repeatedly expanded states’ leeway to make voting laws that would have previously been deemed discriminatoryThe last remaining piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – section 2, which empowers the federal government to protect voters from racial gerrymandering meant to dilute Black political power – appears headed for an untimely end. At oral arguments in Louisiana v Callais on Wednesday, the US supreme court appeared ready to strike down section 2, effectively completing the gradual nullification of the Voting Rights Act that it has pursued for over a decade.The case stems from new congressional districting maps that were drawn in Louisiana after the 2020 census, which found both that the state was eligible for six seats in the House of Representatives and that its population was about one-third Black. The state initially drew maps that featured only one majority-Black congressional district, rejecting seven more racially fair maps; voters sued, and federal courts ordered L...

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1 week ago A taste of what's to come? Labour set to be humbled in Senedd by

Survation research suggests Reform is on track for victory in the Caerphilly contest for the Senedd.

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1 week ago POLL OF THE DAY: Will Reform UK win the next General Election?

Cast your vote on what you think will happen in the next General Election after an explosive megapoll found Nigel Farage is set for the biggest Commons majority in modern political history.

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2 w. ago Poll suggests most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy

Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts, according to investment body.

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2 w. ago Stop asking me about Nigel Farage! Kemi Badenoch clashes with interviewer as she says Reform 'is not a party of the right' amid poll woe

Conservative leader Mrs Badenoch said she was 'not interested' in talking about her Reform counterpart and wanted to discuss THE Tories, in a blunt response to Sky News .

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3 w. ago Poll shows two in three Tory members want a pact with Reform at the next election

Nearly two-thirds of Tory Party members want a pact with Reform UK at the next election, according to a poll.

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3 w. ago Neil Kinnock endorses Lucy Powell ahead of crunch Labour deputy leader vote

Lord Kinnock threw his weight behind 'outstanding' Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell, saying she would ensure the whole Labour movement was heard if she became deputy leader

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3 w. ago Poll shows Starmer's 'fightback' Labour conference flopping with Reform extending lead to 13 POINTS and PM's personal ratings at another low

Keir Starmer was seen as having given himself some breathing space from mutinous MPs and activists after ramping up attacks on Nigel Farage in Liverpool last week.

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3 w. ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Keir Starmer suddenly has fight in his belly with brutal two

Keir Starmer's Labour needs to climb out of that hole, closing the poll gap and overtaking a Farage and Reform who either have peaked too soon or could seize power

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3 w. ago It's me or Farage! Struggling Starmer will bid to 'squeeze' mutinous Labour troops into getting behind him in crunch conference speech TODAY

Keir Starmer will use his keynote speech to party conference in Liverpool to talk up the threat posed by Reform - which is streets ahead in the polls.

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4 w. ago Don’t just focus on immigration if you want to beat Reform, Starmer warned

John Curtice tells Labour and Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as the Conservatives

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4 w. ago No dramatic comeback for Keir as he quits too early... PM watches his beloved Arsenal go one

Sir Keir Starmer took a break from this year's crunch Labour Conference to watch his beloved Arsenal take on Newcastle United in the pub - but missed his team's dramatic comeback.

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4 w. ago Fresh blow for Sir Keir Starmer as half of Labour members don't want him at next election

The latest numbers come after a YouGov poll revealed Reform would be on the brink of winning an outright majority if an election were held tomorrow and Labour leadership rival Andy Burnham leads Sir Keir by 50 points

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